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Multimedia & Website Resources

Below are listed some good sites to get files off the web to use on your webpages or in your multimedia projects. Note - all these links leave the SAU 16 website. If you find any broken links or resources that are no longer useful, please contact the webmaster - these types of sites change all the time!

Other Resources

• Nortel - Learn IT - great site with learning videos
• Atomic Learning - some free but most you need a subscription. Worth it!
• KidzOnline Tech Training
• Adobe Digital Kids Club

Copyright

• Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
• Education World - The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
• Microsoft's Copyright Policies
• A visit to Copyright Bay
• A crash course in copyright
• The Copyright Website
• The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use - TechLearning.com - includes chart in pdf
• For Students - Copyright Kids!
• NHPTV Opening Screen Information - Multimedia Productions and Fair Use

• Noodlebib - create formatted citations online

Web Layout and Usability

• Web Style Guide
• UseIt.com - Jakob Nielsen on Web usability
• Student Web Awards - Judging Criteria
• Yahoo's links to some bad design sites

PDF Tools

• Using PDF Files
• A free PDF Creator

ClipArt & Photo Graphics

some of these sites offer various kinds of graphics so categories are multiple:

ClipArt Websites

• Classroom Clipart
• Teacher Files.com
• Awesome ClipArt for Educators
• Clipart for Teachers
• The Teacher's Guide
• Graphic Maps.com
• KidsDomain Clipart
• Bells N Whistles
• FlamingText.com
• DiscoverySchool.com - give credit
• Microsoft Office Online Clipart and Media Gallery
• Cool Archive
• Clipart Heaven
• Barry's Clip Art

Photo Websites

• Pics4Learning
• FreeFoto.com
• One Odd Dude
• Image After

Websites that link to other Web Resources

• FreeGraphics.com
• The Freebie Directory

Animated GIFs

• Animation Factory

Website Graphics (buttons, backgrounds, etc.)

• Realm Graphics
• Free Buttons.com
• Graphics by Dezign - templates, clipart, interfaces and backgrounds (requires link back)
• Designed to a T
• Online Graphics Generator (create logo or buttons)
• Themeworld

Fonts - remember to use only in a Graphics program, not directly on website

• The Font Foundry
• FontFace
• 1001 Free Fonts
• EKNP
• Font Mania
• ThemeWorld
• BTGraphix

Webpage Backgrounds

• Free Backgrounds
• Animation Factory - Backgrounds
• Backgrounds Archive

Graphics Search Tools

• PicSearch
• Google Images
• AltaVista Images

Graphics Software Programs

• Irfanview
• The Gimp
• Other software programs

Batch Resize Photos

• Visualizer Photo Resize (free one)
• Irfanview

Sound and Music

A great free audio recording and mixing program Audacity

Save sound clips found below to your computer by right clicking on the file of choice (mp3 or wav) and selecting 'Save Target As':

• Royalty Free Music - Free music link
• Freeplay Music
• Partners in Rhyme - Sound Effects and music loops
• Simply the Best - Sounds and Music
• The Free Site - links to many sites
• Movie Sounds Central
• Wav Central
• Acoustica - sound effects
• Findsounds.com searches the web for sound files
• Creative Commons - Wired CD link
• Free Kids Music
• Wikipedia Free Sound files
• Free Sound Effects

To find others, use a web search tool and search for "public domain free wav mp3"

Video

Information about inserting video clips into webpages is located on the video workshop webpage sample video.

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