MCC ESL Digital Stories

Adobe Premiere

Adobe Premiere is a software that is on MCC's computers in the labs.

You can see tutorials for using this program at

http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/premiere/pro/
and http://www.techtutorials.info/adpremier.html
and video tutorials (plus AdobePhotoShop)at http://www.wrigleyvideo.com/videotutorial/tutorials.htm

Free Sources for Photo Editing and Effects

Picasa is a free Google download for photo editing.

To download Picasa, go to http://picasa.google.com/download/

A free online Picasa video tutorial can be viewed at
http://www.ewiza.com/misc/picasa-video-tutorial.html

Free online photo editing and altering (special effects) sites (no download required, but registration is required with some sites):

Be Funky http://www.befunky.com/
FotoFlexer http://fotoflexer.com/
Graphita http://www.graphita.com/
Phixr http://www.phixr.com/
Picnik http://www.picnik.com/
Pixenate http://pixenate.com/

Picasa is a free program from Google which has sufficient features for basic photo editing and is fairly easy to use:
Google Picasa (free to download and use!)To download Picasa, go to http://picasa.google.com/download/

A free online Picasa video tutorial can be viewed at http://www.ewiza.com/misc/picasa-video-tutorial.html and above.
Other Picasa Tutorials:
Picasa Photo Editor Software Training - Very clear, FREE streaming tutorial videos for Google Software from LearningElectric.com. (Check out in particular the section on Editing Photos)
Using Picasa - Part 1 (Free video tutorial, 7.15 mins) from HelpMeRick.com
See also Google's own help page on Editing Photos in Picasa

Uploading Video to Share with the World

Many sites allow free video uploading. Some allow registered users to choose private or publish postings.

Here are some of the most popular sites:

Blip.tv http://blip.tv/
Crackle http://crackle.com/index.aspx
DropShots http://www.dropshots.com/
Freevlog http://www.freevlog.org/index.php/category/tutorial/ (set up your own video blog)
Google Video http://video.google.com/
MetaTube http://www.metatube.com/
Motionbox http://www.motionbox.com/ Make a flip book!
Next Vista for Learning http://www.nextvista.org/ For posting educational videos. Also An online library of free videos for learners.
Photobucket http://photobucket.com/
Revver http://revver.com/
School tube http://www.schooltube.com/
TeacherTube http://www.teachertube.com/
TinyPic http://tinypic.com/
Viddler http://www.viddler.com/
Yahoo! Video http://video.yahoo.com/
YouTube http://www.schooltube.com/
ZippyVideos http://www.zippyvideos.com/

Color

There are important factors one must consider when choosing colors to illustrate and enhance a story. These sites inform about color theory, color as therapy, color meanings and symbols, color meanings in various cultures, and color effects on mood.

http://myth.com/color/meaning.html
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/color/a/symbolism.htm
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/color2.htm
http://www.sibagraphics.com/colour.php
http://webdesign.about.com/od/color/a/aa072604.htm
http://www.colormatters.com/symbolism.html
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html

Digital Photography

Here are some good sources for learning how to take better photos:

Kodak Photo Tips
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=39&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=856

Microsoft Digital Photography Tips
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/learnmore/composition.mspx

Photography Tips
http://www.photographytips.com/

NPR and Affliated Program

Many NPR programs are also broadcast or at least archived online.
These make great bases of ideas for students when crafting their own stories.

Here are my favorite: