Corina Long Technology Integrationist Hardin-Jefferson ISD Discovery STAR Educator Let Your Students’ Voices be Heard: 10 Free Resources to Reach 21 st Century Students

A "normal” brain takes eighteen seconds to decide whether to keep or drop input … approximately enough time to hear one sentence from beginning to end. (Wolfe 1999 quoted in Barron 2004)

Top Five Gifts for Teenagers Portable Game Devices Cell Phones Computers Video Game Consoles MP3 Player/iPods Source: Starkman, Neal (2007).Leave Me Alone.... T.H.E. Journal

Why Digital Media in Science ? - Students can better demonstrate their grasp of a concept or process. - Creative outlet - Students want use a variety of media: photos, images, music, and video - ELL Instruction - Use media to help reach ESL students – matching vocabulary and imagery - It’s engaging – a format that this YouTube generation is accustomed to

Turn your images into a music video!

Animoto Examples For movies that are over 30 seconds, you need to apply for a free educator account at Watershed Example Bridge Building Example

Step-by-Step Animoto User’s Guide Digital-ClassromAnimoto

Animoto is much quicker to create and more engaging than a traditional PowerPoint type presentations making them ideal for the classroom setting. Use teacher created Animotos to introduce complex concepts. Allow your students to display their understanding of a concept using Animoto. Because Animoto is completely web-based, students can create videos from school and continue working on them at home. The ability to download videos is outstanding!

#2 PhotoPeach Quickly and easily create an audio slideshow with captions.

PhotoPeach Example Using Discovery Streaming Images

Online album Holds any type of media (images, documents, and videos) Allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - voice (with a mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) Share with anyone you wish

Voicethread Examples

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Make your Pictures Talk and tell a digital story. Blabberize motivates students and enables them to take more pride in their work. Blabberize Examples

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#5 – Jing Download Jing at to capture screenshots or screencasts of your computer desktop. Upload to to share with students or parents.

Student Mathcast Example

#6 - Voki

Using Voki, students can… Create avatars and record 1 minute of audio. Exchange avatars with e-pals. ESL (English as a Second Language) students can may use the computerized voice first then record their own voice when they feel more comfortable.

#7 Kerpoof is a free tool that allows students to create original work. Use Kerpoof from any browser, on any computer with Internet access. No software to install No licenses to buy (free to educators) Projects can be saved and/or printed out. Projects can be private or public for all to see

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#9 – Mixbook

Mixbook Examples books/education/my-favorite-animal

Mixbook Guide Get started with Mixbook for Educators at

Create, edit and upload quickly Import your existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, or create new ones from scratch. Access and edit from anywhere. Share changes in real-time. It's free. docs.google.com/ #10

Four P’s: Basic Steps in Multimedia Projects Plan - Storyboards and/or scripts help students stay focused. Produce - Create your project. Publish - Provide an audience for your students by posting their work on your class webpage (get a free website at a class blog, a wiki, School Tube, etc. Promote - Get the word out by joining a PLN (Twitter, Facebook, or Ning) to promote your class projects.

Free Web 2.0 tools like Voicethread, Animoto, Voki, SchoolTube and more engage Digital Natives… …in their language

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