Using Video in Education
Examples of Digital Video in Education
- iMovie Examples - On this page, you will find movies categorized by grade level and topic.
Video Making Tools and Techniques
iSight Webcam in Education
- iSight in the Classroom
- iSightEd: The Eyes and Ears of Education
- Want to do more with iSight than Chat?
- More iSight Video Tricks
- Making Movies with the iSight Camera
- Accessories for the iSight Camera
- SightFlex - This stand is a "gooseneck" stand for your iSight camera.
- iFlex - This is a "gooseneck" that connects directly to your laptop.
- Accessory Kit for Apple iSight Video Camera - The kit from Kaiden includes a 37mm threaded lens adapter ring/lens shade, a tripod 1/4-20" mounting adapter and a small desktop tripod with extendable legs. Each component is available individually for sale as well. $49.95 for the entire kit.
- Software to use with your iSight camera
- GCam - Record video from iSight for free
- BTV and BTV Pro - Video display, capture, editing and animation software for the Macintosh.
- iStopMotion - used for Claymation and Time Lapse recording.
- iVeZeen - turn your iSight camera into a videocamera. Has many features.
- EvoCam - Using virtually any QuickTime-compatible video camera, EvoCam periodically captures an image and uploads it via FTP to your web server. You can also create one or more motion sensors, which will analyze the video for motion and capture a new image when motion occurs. EvoCam can also create timelapse QuickTime movies, compressing hours, days or weeks into seconds of video.
Movie-making for Kids
iMovie - this great software allows you to easily create digital movies on a Macintosh.
Sound Clips
- FreeplayMusic - download free MP3 music clips
- www.sounddogs.com - free sound effects
- www.findsounds.com - free sound effects
- Information about Multimedia Sound file formats - at this page you will learn various characteristics of sound file formats such as size, compatibility, etc. According to this site, "The WAVE format is one of the most popular sound format on the Internet, and it is supported by all popular browsers. If you want recorded sound (music or speech) to be available to all your visitors, you should use the WAVE format.The MP3 format is the new and upcoming format for recorded music. If your website is about recorded music, the MP3 format is the choice of the future."
Quicktime
Final Cut Express
Other Helpful Items
StillLife - This product allows you to create videos from still pictures. It has much more versatility than the Ken Burns effect that is part of iMovie.
Cellulo - this free Macintosh software allows you catalog your Quicktime movies using an interface similar to iTunes.
Live Channel Pro - Create your own TV show with your Macintosh.