Multimedia and Creativity
Digital Presentations
Collaborative Digital Presentations Enrich Projects from Edutopia on YouTube
Learning from PowerPoint: Is It Time for Teachers to Move On? Michelle Denise Miller, September 24, 2015
Favorite Presentation Tools from Common Sense Media
15 Science Projects for Book Creator Classrooms
Podcasts
Podcast Directory: Check Them Out
Digital Storytelling
The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling, University of Houston
YouTube
In 2012, YouTube reached the one trillion page views per year mark.
YouTube: Consumers and Creators. A Teaching Tolerance podcast
Many Turn to YouTube for Children's Content, News, How-to Lessons. Pew Research Center Internet and Technology (November 7, 2018)
The Beast with a Billion Eyes from Time Magazine (January 30, 2012)
What Kids Are Really Watching on YouTube, Common Sense Media (February 2016)
Five Ways to Make YouTube Safer for Kids, Common Sense Media
Alternatives to YouTube lists sites that offer video-based teaching and learning resources.
Creator Academy from YouTube Creators
9 YouTube Tips and Tricks for Teachers
Video Resources
3 Truths and a Lie video activities
15 Tools for Teaching with Video from Richard Byrne Media
Teaching With YouTube: 197 Digital Channels for Learning
SciShow is a YouTube Channel exploring science ideas in engaging and thoughtful ways.
Video Sharing Among Adults 71 percent of online adults use video-sharing sites, according to Pew Internet & American Life Project.
100 Best Video Sites for Educators from Edudemic.
The blog Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has begun providing a listing of excellent YouTube channels for different subjects:
- 8 Great YouTube Channels for Math
- 7 Great YouTube Channels for Science
- 7 Outstanding YouTube Channels for History Teachers
20 YouTube Channels for Social Studies
For videos by students about technology and education, see White House Film Festival 2014
Link here for a special topic page on Quizzes as Active Learning Resources
Digital Cameras and Smartphones
iPhoneography refers to the use of smartphones (specifically iPhones) as a picture-taking, photo-sharing art form.
Why Faculty Shouldn't Ban Smartphones in Classrooms, EdTech: Focus on Higher Education (September 29, 2016)
Not Just Duck Lips and Avocado Toast: Instagram for Western Mass Artists, Valley Advocate (September 2016)
Joe Jelen on Camcorders from National History Education Clearinghouse.
Photos and Video as Social Currency Online from the Pew Internet & American Life Project (September 2012) reports on video creators and curators. Creators are the 46 percent of adults who post original photos or videos online that they themselves have created. Curators are the 41 percent of adults who take photos or videos that they have found online and repost them on sites designed for sharing images with many people.
7 Amazingly Easy Video Ideas for Capturing and Keeping Students' Attention from T.H.E. Journal (May 2013).
Annenberg Learner: Browse Teacher Resources offers an extensive collection of educational videos for teachers and students.