Bookcast+Production-Transaction+Costs+Matrix

= = toc =Production Tools= Planning Your Production -- For a simple seven-step process to producing digital stories, including storyboard templates, see Digitales. Process V || Video || Audio/Video Slide Show || Flip Cam-Like CameraRead Review by Educator (Sadly the Flip Cam is no longer being produced but there are many similar cameras).
 * Tools >
 * Time || Wide range with Flip being quick and easy and editing programs requiring lots of time. || Less than an hour for PhotoStory; longer for iMovies but still relatively quick ||
 * Cost || Wide range || Free ||
 * Capture or Recapture || Capture Your Own

Regular Video Camera or Digital Still Camera that Captures Video Common Craft Animated Style Sample booktrailer from ECI 521 “The Chocolate War”

Recapture Tools for Remix from the Fair Use Remix Site ( includes how to use Google MyMaps)

* Digital Artifacts -- directions for remixing with iMovies/Windows Movie Maker and making GoogleEarth videos

For an animated style: Create cartoon images to use in iMovie or MovieMaker with : [|Toondoo] [|PikiStrips] (use your own photos)

Choose from cartoon characters to make movies: Xtranormal (free access is limited now) GoAnimate

Happy mashup of Wallwisher & Stupeflix -- Use Stupefix to create an audio slide show with images from Wallwisher. || Stills from digital camera, scanning, *copyright free or fee paid Web sites

Cool, contemporary technique with PowerPoint

PhotoStory is a simple-to-use audio-slide show tool for PCs-only. Sorry, not for Macs.

See five free & easy tools for Video Slide Shows . . . || iMovies (may need Perian free download) Windows MovieMaker (PCs) Free Online Editing Note different tools provide different features:
 * Edit || Can only stop and start with Flip Cam software but can edit in YouTube.

Music Video style with Animoto for Educators -- free Plus account! || PowerPoint + PhotoStory (PCs only) PhotoStory download & tutorial iMovies (Macs) ||
 * Upload || YouTube (Note that YouTube is still blocked in many systems but the walls are coming down.) || YouTube ||
 * Promote || [|Twitter] || Twitter ||

*50+ Ways to Tell a Story -- Cogdog aka Alan Levine collects tools and resources for telling stories.

= Copyright and Fair Use = Learn about copyright and fair use so you can model respect for intellectual property -- of others and your own. Copyright Remix: What's Copyright, Copyleft, and Copywrong in a Participatory Culture is an open online course offered in the Fall of 2010 and all of the resources, including a most informative session with an educator-lawyer.

= Free or Inexpensive Images =

Flickr is the best thing around. Be sure to search for images that may be used under Creative Commons and follow any specifications for attribution that the producer requires. Compfight is a search engine for "visual inspiration and free stock photos." Observe type of Creative Commons licensing carefully and honorably.

Morguefile offers free images for many uses including remixes.

Dreamstime -- royalty-free images for purchase, and, in some cases, free of charge.


 * Wise Owl from NCDPI has some recommended image and audio resources that could come in handy.

iStock also has great images for a small price (often $1 per image). But, of course, the best source of images is your own digital camera. You can develop your own image library using family, friends, pets, and the stuff of everyday life. These are often much more compelling than any you could find or buy. = Free or Inexpensive Music = Incompetech -- Amazing range of royalty-free music! Free Music Archive -- Actually good music for free. Read the licenses to see which may be remixed. The Kavhi Collective provides free electronic music licensed under Creative Commons. Please note any requirements for attribution as you select music. As educators, we can help Kavhi achieve its goal: making "sound a power that really can change the world." Formats for Bookcasts. . . in addition to dramatic performances, Bill Ferriter suggests a talk-show format that could work well for book clubs.

• Remember to respect copyright laws if you’re re-capturing video or audio or still images originally posted by others. The **[|MultimediaLibrarian Wikia]** is an excellent repository of the current information and thinking about copyright. Temple University's Media Lab has a **[|fair use curriculum]** for students at all levels.


 * Wise Owl from NCDPI has some recommended image and audio resources that could come in handy.

=A Teachable Moment= See a teachable moment about copyright and intellectual property. . . if students learn to value their own intellectual work and their rights then they are more likely to respect the work and rights of others.

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