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iMovie and Digital Media Resources

Materials Written by Gary Stager

Educational Podcasting
A growing collection of articles, tools, resources and inspiration to help you use podcasting in your school.

Stuff I Like
An annotated list of my software tools.

Digtal media/iMovie-related book list
The best books about digital media

The Digital Video Toolkit
Digital video production, editing and publishing offer genuine opportunities for kids to learn and express that knowledge in new ways. This feature provides an overview of digital media and a collection of recommended resources. WARNING: The article is a 16 mb PDF file.
Click here for the HTML version of this article.
Published in the December 2001 issue of District Administration

Putting QuickTime Movies on the Web
How to embed a QuickTime in a web page.

The Short-Attention-Span Guide to Media Streaming on the Cheap
10 steps to streaming nirvana!

Video Editing with MoviePlayer/QuickTime Player

Examples of educator sites using digital video for reflective practice

WADIO
The story of students creating a streaming audio radio station on the web.
Published in the November/December 1998 issue of Curriculum Administrator

Every Kid a Publisher
Published in the November 1999 issue of Curriculum Administrator

Opus One
Critics of computers in education often argue the investment in technology detracts from the arts. This does not need to be the case. Increasingly powerful and easy-to-use music hardware and software can rejuvenate any school music program
Published in the May 2002 issue of District Administration

Take Control of Making Music with GarageBand
A terrific MacWorld tutorial on how to produce your first tune.

MacWorld Magazine's articles about iMovie...

MacAddict Magazine's comprehensive The Making of a MacAddict iMovie - April 2000

MaciLife.com
Jim Heid's great and growing collection or articles, resources and tools related to iLife.

Creativemac
A website containing news, tools and techniques for pro Macintosh Creative Professionals

Terrific free iMovie Tutorial movies
AtomicLearning.com has created a great collection of brief QuickTime clips to help you with every feature of iMovie.

DV for Teachers
A collection of resources for digital video-using educators.

Apple - QuickTime Player for Mac or Windows

A list of the file formats supported by QuickTime 6
What can QuickTime create and understand?

QuickTime Tutorials
A strong collection of one-page tutorials for creating and distributing QuickTime content

“QuickTime Rules”
“For versatility, QuickTime rules,” writes Jim Heid in the Los Angeles Times, comparing computer audio and video technologies. “More than a streaming platform, QuickTime is a multimedia operating system used for everything from Web playback to video production.” [Nov 9, 2000]

Fast Start vs. Streaming
When deciding on the best way to deliver your QuickTime movies over the web, which should you choose--Fast Start (HTTP/FTP delivery) or streaming (RTP/RTSP delivery)?

Digital Idiots
This is an amazing site filled with animated tutorials, complete with audio, designed to teach video neophytes everything they need to know about producing terrific digital films.

ShowMacster 1.0 is an extension to iChat AV that makes it possible to stream pictures, Quicktime movies, and live screen captures during video conferences. The software is integrated into iChat AV, adding a drawer to the video chat window, and with a button or hot key press, it switches from the current iSight video stream to the assigned picture, movie, or live capture. ShowMacster is 15 Euro for Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 with iChat AV and an iSight camera.

iRecordNow is a $14.95 one-button application that allows you to use the iSite as a digital camcorder creating DV files you can use in other applications, such as iMovie.

 

Click below to buy an iSight

Making Movies with the iSight
One of the first articles I've seen about how to use the iSight camera with software other than iChat. It shows how you can use QuickTime Broadcaster to capture/record/archive video for use in other applications. The article also demonstrates how iSight may be used to overdub audio in iMovie.

Note: iMovie 4 now supports the iSight as a video source.

Top Ten Digital Video Tricks -- Great hints for capturing beautiful video with DV camcorders and the iSight.

Sound is Half the Picture -- Want to learn more about recording sound on your Mac OS X computer? This article give you lots of great tips.

Digital Still Cameras for QuickTime Movies -- Here's a helpful tutorial that will expand your QuickTime Pro editing skills.

The Digital Video Pocket Guide is the perfect companion for making movies with your new iSight webcam. Lots of video making tips and tricks.

 

Mac Tools

iLife
iLife
iLife

iMovie 2
Apple's groundbreaking easy-to-use movie editing software. Free with new Macs or via download. $59.95 (education pricing) as part of the iLife software suite.

Free and low-cost iMovie Plug-ins
CF/X offers free and low-cost iMovie plug-ins, all less than $9.95 per plug-in. Unlike the plug-ins from Virtix, GeeThree and Stupendous, these are a la carte. Choose the one you need and skip the rest.

GeeThree Slick
Six terrific sets of extra transitions, special effects & titling toolsfor use with iMovie 3-'05.

Virtix Bravo and Echo for iMovie
Bravo Filters and Echo Transitions offer 18-20 cool effects and transitions for use with iMovie. $24.99 each or both for $39.99. Samples are available for download. Several new Virtix plug-in packs specialize in cinematic effects.

eZedia Plug-ins for iMovie
eZedia offers amazingly cool tools for extending the power of iMovie and QuickTime.

  • eZeMotion allows you to create up to ten layers of animation in a movie.
  • eZeScreen allows you to create "blue screen" chroma-key effects.
  • eZeMatte allows you to place a matte around your movie.
  • eZeClip allows you to place a still or movie on another clip or in split screen.

Get all four sets together for $69 (retail)

eZediaQTI is cross-platform interactive QuickTime authoring software for creating rich internet content and movies.

eZediaMX 3.0 is multimedia authoring software which revolutionizes media integration and editing by generating QuickTime output.

Education pricing for individual, lab packs and site licenses are available.

Stupendous iMovie Plugins
Stupendous offers a large selection of commercial plug-ins designed to add functionality to iMovie
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iTunes 2
Apple's free mp3 player, ripper, burner and library.

Gary Stager's Podcasting Page
More than you know you wanted to know about the latest communications revolution, podcasting.

iTunes Applescripts
Add functionality to iTunes with these free powerful Applescripts. If you use iTunes, you need to download these scripts.

iPodLounge is a good source of tips, tricks and utilities for your iPod

iPodRip
Recover or transfer tracks from your iPod to your Macintosh. This is the best of a whole crop of similar uilities (IMHO).

Crockpod
xPod
Podestal
Pod 2 Pod

PodUtil
Other programs that copy files from your iPod to your Mac or between iPods.

iTunes Linkmaker
Apple provides a free tool for creating HTML links to songs, albums and artists in the iTunes Music Store. Use this web tool to create links from your web page to the iTunes Music Store.

Understanding Compression & Lossless Compression

iTunes CD-RW Helper
If your recorder is too new, too old (but not way too old), or just not supported by the current version of Apple's iTunes, you used to be out of luck or had to resort to hacking resources. Now you can run the free iTunes CD-RW Helper and iTunes may be able to work with your drive.

For those of you who care about the hallucinogenic designs that appear as screensavers while iTunes plays, the following sites have new visualizers for you to download.
DHG-BlueStarWarp
ArKaos Visualizer
Andy O'Meara's G-Force


iPhoto
Apple's free image organizing, editing and publishing software.

iPhoto Library Manager
Fixes missing features in iPhoto 1.x. One of those features is the ability to have iPhoto work with multiple photo libraries, or even the ability to have your library in a location other than the one it chooses. iPhoto Library Manager's job is to fill this gap

Flickr
Flickr is a web-based photo management, editing and sharing service. It's quite ingenious and worth a look.

Flickr Export Plugin for iPhoto
Upload photos from iMovie directly to Flickr.

PixelNhance
is a free OS-X native program that let's you adjust brightness, levels, color, saturation, tones, shaprness and noise.

iPhoto Toast Export Plugin
The Toast Export Plugin allows you to burn directly from iPhoto using Roxio Toast Titanium. Send discs to your friends or to a local photo processor for prints. Share photos, albums, film rolls or your entire photo library on CDs or DVDs.

iPhoto Applescripts
Add functionality to iPhoto with these free Applescripts. They allow you to perform a number of tasks including the creation of an audio postcard and slideshow with music.


iDVDiDVD
Apple's revolutionary software for creating your own DVDs. Free with Superdrive-equipped Macs, $59.95 for others as part of iLife.

Authoring with iDVD 5
An excellent overview and tutorial for getting started authoring with iDVD 5.

iDVD Themepak
Professional quality button and templates for use with iDVD.

iDVDThemes
A source of inexpensive alternative themes to spice up iDVD.

KeynotePro
Fabulous professionally produced iDVD, Keynote and Pages templates. Great for kiosks too!

A fantastic FAQ containing information about performance issues, debugging and using iDVD4.

An article on customizing iDVD 3

Make DVDs with more than 90 minutes worth of video
This article details step-by-step instructions for making longer DVDs with iDVD. It is not simple, but it is possible. (iDVD 4 allows users to create DVDs containing two hours worth of video.)


Garageband 2

Garageband Resources
An enormous collection of Garageband related links, tutorials, product reviews and more.

Free Loops
Get hundreds of free loops for use in Garageband, Soundtrack or Logic/Logic Express by registering as a member of icompositions.com.

icompositions.com is a free community web site where you can share your Garagband compositions and learn about books, tips and loops for Garageband.

Music on the Mac
A community and collaboration site full of wisdom and links.

Take Control of Making Music with GarageBand
A terrific MacWorld tutorial on how to produce your first tune.

Take Control of Recording with GarageBand
($10 downloadable eBook)
by Jeff Tolbert

Want to record music with GarageBand? This ebook explains how to use GarageBand to create musical compositions with vocals, drums, guitars, MIDI keyboards, even the kitchen sink! Seattle musician Jeff Tolbert shares his GarageBand know-how and years of recording experience to help you get the most out of your existing gear or purchase new equipment that fits your budget and style. You'll find real-world recording studio techniques, learn how to use a microphone, and discover how to apply effects like a pro. Clear steps and plenty of practical advice help you plan a recording session, record with Software Instruments or Real Instruments, and rerecord if you make a mistake. Two example songs demonstrate many of the techniques discussed. Bonus! Linked-in audio lets you listen to examples while you read about them. Remember us when you're famous!

Take Control of Making Music with GarageBand
($10 downloadable eBook)
by Jeff Tolbert

Trying to make music with GarageBand? Seattle musician Jeff Tolbert's step-by-step instructions guide beginning and intermediate users through using GarageBand's built-in loops to create two songs, teaching you not only how to use GarageBand's editing and mixing features but also how to be playful and creative while composing tunes that please the ear. You'll learn how to plan a song, the six elements of a successful song, strategies for adding loops to a song, five goals to consider when mixing, and how to export your music to iTunes. The ebook also covers how to change track volume, pan your tracks, adjust equalization, and work with the Reverb effect. Linked-in audio lets you listen to examples while you read about them. Bonus! Is your Mac bogging down while playing complex tunes? The ebook includes seven suggestions for solving performance problems.


,Mac
Apple's web-based storage, publishing and tool suite is fully integrated into Panther and iLife.

GraphicConverter
This wildly popular and extremely powerful $30 shareware program converts images between 145 graphic formats. It's a must in every digital toolbox.

DV Backup
This incredibly clever OS X application allows you to use your digital video camera as a backup drive. That's right, you can store 10-15 gigabytes of data on one hour-long DV tape. $25 shareware.

WireTap 1.0.0
WireTap is a free product for MacOS X 10.2 or later that allows you to record any audio playing on your Mac, saving it to a file for later listening or processing. This allows you to record news from Internet radio stations such as the BBC News, sound snippets from your favorite DVD movie, record the audio from a game, or even iChatAV conversations. WireTap works using a simple tape recorder-like interface. Simply click the record button, and any audio playing through your Mac will be recorded to disk. WireTap can record any sound that is playing regardless of the source, so RealPlayer, iTunes, DVD Player, Windows Media Player, etc. are all supported. FREE!

RadioLover allows you to record your favorite Internet radio streams as separate files.  Archive and listen to radio shows on your iPod. Record Internet radio streams as individual MP3 files You can schedule recordings of your favorite radio programs, even multiple streams at the same time $15 shareware.

Audio Hijack and Audio Hijack Pro are shareware tools (Mac) that allow you to capture any audio played or streamed on your computer. Audio Hijack Pro allows you to convert these high-quality recordings to MP3 files on the fly. You could always just convert the AIFF files created by Audio Hijack in iTunes or another utility. $16 or $30.

QiPo
QiPo stands for 'QuickTime in - Preview out'. QiPo processes a QuickTime movie and creates an image containing sequential frames that conform a preview of the movie. QiPo can process any movie format that QuickTime understands, such as MPEG, some AVIs, and even QuickTime VR objects. This amazing utility can preview web-based streaming movies without having to download them and lets you quickly scan a bunch of movie files. For Classic and OS-X. $10 single-user, $99 site license.

Nicecast
Using any audio player on OS X, you can set up your very own internet radio station, which any MP3 player in the world can then access. Host a call-in show or DJ a 12 hour block of your favorite techno music with the VoiceOver plugin. Radio has never been this easy, or this much fun. $30 (before 2004) $40 (after 12/30/03)

BetterSound is a Mac OS X audio preference panel. Unlike the standard Mac OS X Sound panel, it displays both input and output options in a single panel and adds a stereo input VU meter, stereo input gain controls, stereo output volume controls, input mute and monitor buttons, and other features. BetterSound is free for Mac OS X 10.2.

LiveStage
A very powerful authoring tool for interactive QuickTime programs

EditDV Unplugged with Media Cleaner EZ for QuickTime
Cost: Free
EditDV Unplugged is an entry-level digital video editor based on Digital Origin's award-winning EditDV. EditDV Unplugged provides more powerful content creation, editing than other free tools available on the Macintosh platform, such as Apple's iMovie. Additionally, when used in conjunction with Terran Interactive's award-winning Media Cleaner EZ for QuickTime, users can quickly and easily produce streaming QuickTime content for delivery on the Internet broadband networks and CD-ROM. Comments supplied by icanstream.com.

QuickMovie
QuickMovie is a $20 application that creates QuickTime movies from a series of images. You can create fixed sized movies or have the size of the movie reflect the size of the largest image in the series. You can optionally scale images to the movie size, specify how many images are displayed per second, choose from any available QuickTime compression method, and much more! QuickMovie supports every image format supported by QuickTime 3.0 or later, which includes JPEG, GIF, Photoshop, PICT, and many others.

LiveSlideShow
A $49.95 program for Mac and Windows which allows you to drag a load of graphic files to the application, determine the time for each slide and the transitions you wish to have between them. The slideshow may then be exported as a QuickTime movie and shared with friends.

Free ProTools
Here is the ultimate in freeware sound editing. It will allow 8 tracks of recording, MIDI and will import video! This application does it all, including a large list of effects processors to improve the audio, such as EQ, noise gate, de-esser and delays. It will export to various formats including Quicktime, WAV and AIFF. This is a robust application (40 MB download) designed to compliment Digidesigns audio hardware. However, the Mac's built-in mic input works great, as well as importing audio. Cross-platform
A tutorial for learning basic ProTools production techniques.

Sound Studio
A highly recommended $49.99 shareware product allowing you to record/digitize, edit and export audio on the Mac. Academic pricing ($25) and site licenses are available on their special order form.

Ultra Recorder 2.4.3
Play and record sounds in various formats.

Mac OS 8 SharewareSound Studio 1.5.4
Record and edit audio files with this visual waveform AIFF editor.

OS: Mac OS 8.5 D-SoundPro 3.5.1
Download a professional sound-editing utility.

Mac and PC Tools

QuickTime system software
Pay $29 and unlock the power of QuickTime Player and PictureViewer. QuickTime 5 is the current version for Mac and Windows.

Standalone QuickTime Installer
Rather than install QuickTime via a web connection, download this standalone installer for Mac or Windows, burn it on a CD and have it ready to go.

Which RealProducer is for you?
Decide if you should pay $29.95 for RealProducer Plus or use the free Basic version.

Download RealPlayer
The application needed to play RealVideo and RealAudio streaming media

Download RealProducer
The free tool for producing modest quality streaming media.

RealSystem Production Guide
Learn all about Realmedia

Blue Armadillo (Mac/PC)
This indispensable shareware tool allows you to resize, convert and compress an entire folder full of graphics at once. Useful for Mac OS 9 (not OS X) and Windows.

Sorenson Squeeze Compression Suite
Sorenson creates perhaps the best Codec for compressing QuikTime and Flash movies. Squeeze is an easy-to-use powerful tool for compressing video files or DV input for delivery via the web or disk. The Squeeze Compression Suite includes Codecs for MPG-4, QuickTime and Flash. You may buy less expensive versions specializing on one of these output standards. Education pricing may be available.

Cleaner 6
The magical gold standard for media compression of all sorts. Cleaner allows for a variety of media-types to be converted and compressed in batches.Education pricing may be available.

Gimp
Gimp is is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Some people think that Gimp is a viable alternative to Photoshop. Click here for installation instructions and here for Mac OS X installation instructions.

HipFlics
HipFlics will take your movies that were exported from FinalCut Pro, iMovie, or any other popular video editing package and prepare them for Internet delivery. File Sizes can be reduced over 50 times from straight DV with HipFlics, and your video will still be clear enough to see you baby's first teeth! Education pricing may be available.

eZediaQTI is cross-platform interactive QuickTime authoring software for creating rich internet content and movies.Education pricing may be available.

eZediaMX 3.0 is multimedia authoring software which revolutionizes media integration and editing by generating QuickTime output. Education pricing may be available.

Smartsound Movie Maestro

Perfect for home video enthusiasts and educators, SmartSound Movie Maestro is designed to be the easiest audio software on the market, period. Included on the disk are 26 songs designed to work with Movie Maestro’s unique technology and are yours to use for any home or educational video project: family events, sports, vacations, weddings, parties, school projects and more. If you can shoot it, Movie Maestro can make a music soundtrack for it. Only $49.95! Extra sound-CDs and education pricing available.

Smartsound for Multimedia and the new SonicFire Pro!
This cross-platform software and its huge library of sound files will compose a piece of royalty-free music to your specifications. SmartSound for Multimedia is the enhanced version of Smartsound Movie Maestro and SonicFire Pro is the professional version.

Movieworks Deluxe
Create cool interactive multimedia presentations and output them as QuickTime files. MovieWorks deluxe runs in OS X, Classic Mac OS and Windows.

WebPainter
A terrific low-cost and powerful graphics and cell-based animation package

LiveSlideShow
Turn still images into an interactive QuickTime movie in seconds!

MAGpie
Lets you caption, subtitle, dub, or audio-describe a videoclip.

Adobe Premiere

PC Tools

FreeDV
Platforms: Windows 98SE and 2000
Cost: Free
FreeDV is the free version of Digital Origin's popular IntroDV™ which is featured in iCanStream's tutorial videos. FreeDV is the easiest way to make great-looking movies on your PC. Anyone can download FreeDV at no cost from this web site. Of course, Digital Origin hopes that many video enthusiasts will enjoy FreeDV so much that they'll upgrade to the complete version of IntroDV later. But FreeDV is a fully functional program all by itself, and there are no strings attached. You can download FreeDV and start making movies right now! Comments supplied by icanstream.com

eZediaQTI is cross-platform interactive QuickTime authoring software for creating rich internet content and movies.

eZediaMX 3.0 is multimedia authoring software which revolutionizes media integration and editing by generating QuickTime output.

CoolEdit 96
Cost: Free
CoolEdit 96 is a very good simple recording and editing package for Windows users.

SonicFoundry
Sonic Foundry produces consumer and professional-level audio and video tools. Video Factory is particularly good for video capture, editing and publication if you are forced to use a Windows box ($50-60).

LiveSlideShow
A $49.95 program for Mac and Windows which allows you to drag a load of graphic files to the application, determine the time for each slide and the transitions you wish to have between them. The slideshow may then be exported as a QuickTime movie and shared with friends.

Free ProTools
Here is the ultimate in freeware sound editing. It will allow 8 tracks of recording, MIDI and will import video! This application does it all, including a large list of effects processors to improve the audio, such as EQ, noise gate, de-esser and delays. It will export to various formats including Quicktime, WAV and AIFF. This is a robust application (40 MB download) designed to compliment Digidesigns audio hardware. However, the Mac's built-in mic input works great, as well as importing audio. Cross-platform
A tutorial for learning basic ProTools production techniques.

Cool Hardware Digitizers
Hollywood-DV Bridge by Dazzle
This external device allows you to turn analog or digital video into a DV stream for editing on your Mac. Dazzle offers a selection of other low-cost USB and analog devices.

iVoice USB Microphone for the Macintosh

Griffin iMac Adapter
Plug any microphone into your Mac via the USB port.

Cool Stuff on the Web

FinaleNotePad
Free music notation and MIDI composition program for kids by the creators of the professional-level Finale software.

Internet Archive Movie Archive
An ecclectic collection of royalty-free archival video footage. This is the place to look for things like the Duck and Cover films.

Live365.com
Broadcast your own radio station by uploading MP3 files to this site or even broadcast live from your PC!

NotationStation
Web-based interactive music lessons for kids and teachers

TechTools - More Web-Based Productivity Aids
A collection of cool free stuff for web publishers

Beatnik - Sonification Wizards
Add sound effects to your web pages for free!

i Can Stream - The streaming media community
Learn all about streaming media in this terrific site.

istreamnetwork
Another great source of information and assistance about streaming your content.

Xoom.com
Store up to 500mb for free!

Digital Fridge.com
Publish your multimedia on the web for public or private consumption

Royalty-Free Music Sites

Freeplay Music
Zillions of professional-quality royalty-free music, available in 10, 15, 20, 30, 60 & 120 second clips. NBC Sports used some of these sounds in the 2002 Olympics and you can have them for free!

Sound Dogs
Collections of royalty-free sound effects, music loops and samples.

Hollywood Edge
Free samples and huge libraries of sounds and sound effect files you can purchase.

Download Royalty Free Music Online

Fresh Music

Royalty-free.com

The Music Bakery

ScoringMusic.com

Audiodish
Studio quality sounds and sound-effects you can buy for use in multimedia projects.

Books and Recordings to Inspire Your Students

Sources of Inspiration and Examples of Great Radio Online

This American Life
Ira Glass and his merry band of geniuses create a weekly hour-long show around a quirky theme. The storytelling is phenomenal as is their use of low-technology (radio). Their site archives all of their shows, has links to resources for making your own radio and notes on how educators use This American Life.

Lost and Found Sound
This NPR project chronicles the 20th Century through the collection and redistribution of sounds captured across America by all sorts of people on all kinds of media. There are some great stories here and terrific examples of how compelling audio can be.

Sound Portraits
The site says that they are dedicated to documenting a hidden America. Many of their ecclectic and important radio documentaries appear on All Things Considered. The site contains the Peabody Award-Winning Ghetto Life 101 which went on to become the fantastic book, Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago, as well as The Execution Tapes and the Yiddish Radio Project. There are also resources for educators and links to related material.

Ghetto Life 101
An award-winning example of radio made by children that may inspire you or your kids to pick up a microphone.

Studio 360
Studio 360 is a new national radio show about arts and culture, hosted by novelist and journalist Kurt Andersen and produced by Public Radio International and WNYC. Current issues, events and trends in art are a jumping off point for an exploration of ideas that aren't necessarily "news," yet are provocative and offer a lens on experience that only art can provide. Studio 360 presents richly textured and emotionally resonant stories that look at art's creative influence and transformative power in everyday life.

American Radio Works
AMERICAN RADIOWORKS® is the documentary project of Minnesota Public Radio and NPR News. ARW is public radio's largest documentary production unit; it creates documentaries, series projects, and investigative reports for the public radio system and the Internet. ARW is based at Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul and also has staff journalists based in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, C.A., and Durham, N.C.

  • American RadioWorks and National Public Radio co-produce one-hour Special Reports distributed to public radio stations across the country.
  • ARW produces documentaries and series projects for news magazines on National Public Radio, including All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
  • Extensive online documentaries accompany all ARW radio projects, providing background, original photography, interactive elements and streaming audio of the radio documentaries.

Transom.Org
Transom is a site dedicated to giving fresh voices the knowledge, tools, encouragement and community to produce their own radio programs. Some of these programs might appear on National Public Radio.

Youth Radio
Youth Radio promotes young people's intellectual, creative, and professional growth through training and access to media. Through hands-on practice, working relationships with industry professionals, and production of award-winning programming, Youth Radio students learn the basics of broadcasting. In the process, they're exposed to a broad spectrum of media-related careers. But technical training is only part of the picture. Through their journalism education, Youth Radio students also strengthen their foundation in basic "life-skills": verbal expression, writing, computer technology, critical thinking, conflict resolution, and more.

Radio Rookies
Radio Rookies is a WNYC program that trains young people to use words and sounds to tell true stories about themselves, their families, their communities and the world. Young people are spoken about in the media, but they are not often enough given the chance to speak for themselves. Through a series of eight-week workshops, each held in a new neighborhood, Radio Rookies gives teenagers the tools to become radio journalists, and allows them to learn from professionals how to develop a story, conduct interviews and edit and produce a polished radio feature that can air on WNYC.

Radio and TV Scripts for you to Perform
Classic old-time radio scripts
Superman, Fibber McGee and Molly, Gunsmoke and the Flash Gordon scripts are all here, along with many others for your students to perform and produce.

Simply Radio Scripts
An amazing and enormous collection of script transcriptions from all over world. High art and popular shows are represented. There are TV scripts available as well.

A Prairie Home Companion
Audio-clips, scripts and more from this popular family-friendly radio variety show.

Old-time Radio Sound Effects
How it was done.

WC Fields Radio Scripts and Clips

Advanced Stuff
QuickTime Streaming
So you're thinking about webcasting your first special event. It's fast and easy if you have the right equipment and software. But what exactly do you need to get started? How much does it all cost? And how do you know if your setup is scalable for the future?

In this basic guide to live webcasting, Apple experts demystify the process by explaining the important concepts; outlining the right ingredients; showing how to go live quickly, easily (and relatively inexpensively); and pointing out resources in case you need help.

 

 

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