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Making the Curriculum POP!
Clif Mims


During this workshop we will be focusing on the use of digital media and alternative text selections to engage students’ interest in “pop” culture.

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Before We Begin

1. It's not about the technology. It's about learning.
2. It will be what you make it.
   

Getting Creative

Website/Service	Media Type	Teacher Example	Student Example	Resource (see Notes below)
VoiceThread	Audio and images	Internet Safety	Triangle Scavenger Hunt Jose, the Travel Bear	VoiceThread in the Classroom VoiceThread: An Overview
Glogster	Interactive digital posters	Interactive Webpage	Polar Bears Arctic Fox Oral Language & Reading Success	How to Embed Glogs
Animoto	Generate "cool" slide shows	Teacher Intro.
ToonDoo, Pixton	Create comic strips		My Science Fair Project (The Water Cycle) History of ID
Xtranormal, GoAnimate	Text to movies. Easily create animated videos.		French Lesson for Beginners Facts about Hunger in Children The First Derivative of a Function
Tikatok	Imagine a story. Create a book		Amalia and the Fairies The Journey To The North Pole
AudioBoo, BrowserBoo and PhoneBoo	Audio	2 Announcements Clif's AudioBoo Profile AudioBoo in the Classroom More Examples	First Day of Preschool Dear Mrs. Estep… Kids Get Creative	Publishing to AudioBoo from a Web Browser Creating an AudioBoo from iPhone

Finding Media

• Video Search: VideoSurf
• Online Video: YouTube, Vimeo, TeacherTube, SchoolTube, Blip.tv
• TV: Hulu
• Movies: MovieClips, WingClips
• Highlights: Network Websites (News, Sports, Shows)
• Copyright Free Audio: Music Bakery,
  
• Online Audio: GrooveShark, Last.fm, Blip.fm
• Images: Compfight, Flickr CC

Creating Media

• Cameras, Flip Cams, Webcams, Phones
• Recording devices
• Screenr
• And see table above
  

Also Recommended

• Making Curriculum Pop Ning
• Literary Terms Visualized
• The Newspaper Clipping Image Generator
• Big Huge Labs
• History Tunes

Teleconferencing

• Skype

Video

• Wing Clips and MovieClip - Legally use clips from Hollywood movies.
• VideoSurf - Meta-Search Engine for online videos.

Quick Show and Tell

• Bit.ly - Shorten and share links
  
• Sweet Search -
  
• Quiet Tube -
  
• Big Huge Labs -
  
• Screenr - Create screencasts/video tutorials
• Cafe Press - Create an online store (Fundraising)
  

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Notes and Resources

Please share any any ideas for connecting music, TV, movies, newspapers, magazines, etc. with the curriculum, as well as links to images, audio, video, resources, etc. that you can share. I’ll certainly credit you for your suggestions, too. I have a feeling some of you may be holding back a bit out of courtesy. Rest assured that I welcome your input in this endeavor! Click on the Easy Edit button above to add to this page. Membership is NOT required. However, you can join this wiki by clicking the Join This Wiki button toward the top-right corner.

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