Web+Resources+for+Creating+Media+Projects

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 * List of helpful web resources**
 * Animoto:** Use photos, video clips, and text to create music videos.

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 * Comic Life:** Use your photos to create your own comic book style graphic and text pages.
 * Creative Commons**: This non-profit organization makes resources available to educators and others. A Creative Commons license provides some protections for the artists without being as restrictive as a copyright.

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 * Digital Is**: A forum for electronic and interactive writing sponsored by the National Writing Project.

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 * Edublog:** Educators can set up a class blog here including video, audio, and threaded discussion. There is a basic free option and an upgraded version for a yearly fee.

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 * Everyzing (now called RAMP):** A search engine for just for podcasts. Search specifically for a topic of interest and find related audio podcasts.

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 * Google Blog Search:** A search engine for content just from blogs.

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 * Google Reader:** A Google Reader account will save live updates from websites, news organizations, and blogs on a selected topic for you to read when you log in.
 * Handouts** for NCTE/NWP Digital Writing Sessions:
 * Flickr Creative Commons:** Brings up just images with a Creative Commons license which can be used for classroom purposes.

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 * Free Play Music**: Free CD quality music tracks in a wide-variety of styles for use in educational products.

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 * Morgue File:** Public image file for free use photos.

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 * Podsafe Music Network (PMN):** Database of free music resources for Podcasts and projects.

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 * Purdue OWL:** The consummate resource for research format including MLA, APA, and Chicago styles.

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 * ReadWriteThink**: Database of juried lesson plans, resources and Web 2.0 interactives. Co-sponsored by the National Council of the Teachers of English and the International Reading Association.

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 * Rubistar:** Free template site for designing scoring rubrics.
 * Storybird:** Allows students to create an interactive storybook with words and images in a Web 2.0 format. Geared towards elementary writers.
 * This I Believe from NPR:** Database of recorded podcasts from the popular series. Also, there is a free middle school and high school curriculum available to download.
 * Writing Fix:** This site, maintained by the Northern Nevada Writing Project includes many lessons and interactive, and there are also links to specific Writing Across the Curriculum pages including HistoryFix, ScienceFix, etc.
 * Youth Voices:** A network for student blogs and other digital work.