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Kent Teachers Blog is part of the Kent NGfL website (http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl). The aim of the Kent NGfL website is to support both teachers and pupils in the use of ICT across the curriculum by providing pages of resources, lesson ideas and links to 'safe' websites on the internet.

Rhodri Marsden on why it's goodbye to the goggle-box and hello to a host of new ways to watch your favourite shows

This PDF gives an introduction to implement audiovisual education and courses for children.

"Written for the beginner, Practical DV Filmmaking guides you thorough the process of making a film with low-cost digital equipment: from development through to production, post-production and distribution. While the technical tools you need are fully explained, the book concentrates on filmmaking principles throughout, illustrating how these tools can be used to achieve stylistic approaches for innovative filmmaking. The book assumes no background knowledge in either technology or filmmaking and is divided into four key areas: development, production, post-production, distribution."

WatchKnow as in, "You watch, you know" is a non-profit, online community that encourages everyone to collect, create, and share free, innovative, educational videos. WatchKnow started its beta-testing phase at the end of 2008. "Let's collect all the best free videos online to help with the education of children everywhere. We're a free, open, international project to make excellent watchable educational media accessible from one place."

Several links and papers concerning student-developed digital video. Schuck, S. & Kearney, M. (2004). Students in the director's seat: Teaching and learning across the school curriculum with student-generated video. (This study was funded by a UTS Industry Links Research Grant with Apple Computers Australia. ) Project Description This project investigated the value and use of student-generated digital video for enhancing pedagogy in K-12 schools. It aimed to identify, examine and analyse pedagogical practices in relation to use of this technology in five case schools. A further aim was to articulate the principles, contexts and approaches underlying these practices. An understanding of the practices and approaches which enhance or constrain pedagogy in these five cases will contribute to a future larger study. Principles of good practice developed in this study will be used to inform future research on models for enhancing pedagogy with digital video in education.

LeMill calls itself a web community for finding, authoring and sharing learning resources: LeMill is a web community of (in 2008) 3178 teachers and other learning content creators. At the moment LeMill has 1468 reusable learning content resources, 300 descriptions of teaching and learning methods, and 480 descriptions of teaching and learning tools.

This web site shows the process and trailer of a DVD film created by more than 70 American students and advisor/ director of the language course / Spanish Club “Spangles” who worked for seven months from October to May, 2002 on the adaptation of the passionate play Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding) by Federico García Lorca. "They created the first DVD film made by students at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. The 50 minute film, which is in Spanish with English subtitles, made a debut performance at the Performing Arts Center on May 16thand will be aired on the local cable channel."

The web site Playful was created to share learning materials with families and teachers.

What are the aims of the Video Conferencing Project? # To provide a better understanding of critical factors relating to conceptions, motivations and experiences of staff and students in a variety of VC contexts. # To inform future strategy and practice through the provision, use and evaluation of a series of products, materials and resources that can inform appropriate staff development. # To provide models and techniques for evaluation that can systematically be used in the future to promote an ongoing process of transformation, both of staff conceptions and use of VC, and of student learning. # To disseminate findings and outcomes within the Universities involved and to the sector more broadly, through HEA Subject Centres and other appropriate bodies. Related: The case study report (http://www.as.ex.ac.uk/eeu/vcproject/?p=378): a Word document with 3 brief papers of 3 different video conferencing examples, by Video Conferencing for Teaching and Learning, Education Enhancement Unit, University of Exeter: Briefing Papers: # Medical students’ perceptions of telematic lectures # Geovid - the use of two-way video conferencing technology to enhance student integration # Evaluating the effectiveness of “remote” teaching in biosciences http://www.as.ex.ac.uk/eeu/vcproject/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/case-studies.doc