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The Web is filled with information and ideas, but it is not always easy to find good educational resources amidst the noise on the Internet. The links below are categorized for your convenience. Please enjoy them, and stop back again soon to check for updates. 


Arts and Communications Foundation
  • Communication Careers
    List of Communication careers by field of study.
  • Video Basics
    Use this guide to prepare your role for the classroom broadcast.
  • Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations Slide Show
    These notes from Professor Deborah Baker introduced the second unit. Pay particular attention to the 9 Common Advertising Appeals.
  • Radio Days Web Quest
    Follow this link for the Radio Days Web Quest. We are not including the Advertising Executive for this project because of the work we did last unit.
  • Guide to Newswriting for Radio
    Use this link from radio journalist Michael Meckler to prepare your script for the radio news broadcast assignment.
  • Film and Theatre Terms
    This link will take you to the terms you need to know for our last unit.
  • Commercial Advertising Webquest
    This link will take you to the print and electronic media assignment.
  • Advertising Age
    Online version of Advertising Age magazine, which has topical articles and useful resources for the Advertising Campaign Project. Full-text version of some articles requires subscription, which, obviously, you won't be getting.
  • American Film Institute Screen Education Center
    This link contains the lesson plans and curriculum guide for most of Unit Four: Video Production. Bookmark it and plan to use it often.
  • Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Teacher Guide Series
    The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences -- better known as the host of the Oscars -- created teaching modules for film making. We will study Animation (Module One) and Visual Effects (Module Nine)for Unit Four: Video Production.
  • Get Started with Windows Movie Maker
    Home tutorial page from Microsoft containing links to the basics of Movie Maker and how to make your first movie using the video editing features of the program. This is a good site for those of you who are not very familiar with the program.
  • Get Started with Windows Movie Maker
    Home tutorial page from Microsoft containing links to the basics of Movie Maker and how to make your first movie using the video editing features of the program. This is a good site for those of you who are not very familiar with the program.
Google Sites Tutorials
Follow these links to tutorials for Google Sites. All links are Web Washer-friendly, so feel free to use them at school.
  • Google Sites Overview
    Tutorial from the creators of Google Sites. The links for page creation will be most useful at first.
  • Google Sites Help Center
    Unofficial Google Sites Help Center from KC Cloud Solutions, Inc. Tutorials in form of Frequently Asked Questions links. Be wary of video tutorials from YouTube. You won't be able access those from school.
  • Google Sites Video Tutorial
    This 12-minute video covers the basics of Google Sites; however, the first half deals with signing up and creating a site, so you may not find that part as useful. There are video tutorials available outside of Web Washer from YouTube and Googlepages.com.

     


     
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