Resources

Services we offer related to filming in the classroom:

• borrow equipment
• advice on recording issues (visual, audio, etc.)
• download the footage from the recording device
• cut the video
• compress the video
• upload to Dropbox, Google Docs, ...

Reserve Resources: Student - Faculty/Staff - Schedule

Available Workshops

Information about Software in the computer rooms.

Information about Hardware in the computer rooms.

Description of Recording Equipment

Podcasts

• CuteCUT Tutorial (about 4 minutes)

The following Handouts are available in the Multimedia Center:

• The Multimedia Center of the School of Education (1 page)
• iMovie Tutorial: Editing Footage in the Multimedia Center (4 pages) 
• Editing Videos in Adobe Premiere (9 pages) - Version: 2015 or 2017
• How can I find my relevant clips the most efficient way? (1 page)
• Search the Internet (4 pages)
• Research with the Internet (1 page)
• Introduction to Computers (4 pages)

Technology

• Video editing:
  • WonderHowTo - iMovie: if you wonder how you could accomplish different tasks in different versions of iMovie you might find a video tutorial on this page.
• Internet Security Book for Kids, Teens, and Adults: Own Your Space by Linda McCarthy
• Online Dictionary for computer terms.
• Search engines:
  • List of Search Engines with brief description on Wikipedia.
  • Search Engine Colossus - a directory of international search engines.
• Educational search engines:
  • Ask ERIC - the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• Search engines designed for children:
  • KidsClick - web search for children made by librarians.
  • Yahooligans - search engine for children by Yahoo.com.
• Evaluating website information:
  • Evaluating Web Sites by Lesley University Library
  • Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources by the USM Libraries
  • Critically Analyzing Information Sources by Cornell University Library
• Acceptable Use Policies by Virginia Department of Education, Division of Technology - their meaning and example policies.
• W3 Schools.com - tutorials on different web scripting languages from beginner to advance levels.
• Mac Viruses, Malware, Spyware, etc.
• • Apple Mac Malware - A short history (1982-2010)
  • Free Anti-Virus Software: Sophos, ClamXav

General

• Online Writing Lab - handouts for teachers and students. Topics:
  General Writing Concerns (Planning/Writing/Revising/Genres), Research and Documenting Sources, Punctuation, Spelling and Capitalization, etc.
• Copyright
  • US Copyright Law
  • US Copyright Law - Fair Use
  • Copyright Consideror by Jim Lengel - this tool helps you to think through your copyright questions
• Plagiarism
  • Educational Cyberplayground - Information for teachers and students about plagiarism.
  • Plagiarism.org - Latest news about plagiarism and prevention.
• Citation
  • All about MLA, APA, Chicago, etc. Citation Styles for websites, email messages, and other web resources.
  • Columbia University Citation Guide: Citing Electronic Resources

Libraries

• CCNY and CUNY Resources - the City College directory of campus libraries.
• Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image - special Collections Library to provide the scholarly community with web access to virtual facsimiles of original texts, documents, and sources from Penn's collections.
• The United States Library of Congress - the Library preserves a collection of nearly 121 million items, more than two-thirds of which are in media other than books. These include the largest map, film, and television collections in the world.
• Project Gutenberg - free online books.
• SearchBiblio.com - find used, rare, and out-of-print books.

Education

• How to get started with Wikis
  • Articles:
    • Taking a Walk on the Wiki Side : Campus Technology by Brian Lamb
    • Main Articles: 'Making the Case for a Wiki', Ariadne Issue 42 by Emma Tonkin
  • Open Course Collaboratories? - In virutal communities, teachers help teachers to use Web technology to improve their teaching. They discuss how to develop evaluate and use open, non-proprietary learning objects in their discipline.
  • Build your own Wiki - PB Wiki - Free Collaborative Editing & Publishing
  • Find the best suitable Wiki for you - WikiMatrix
• How to get started with ePortfolios:
  • Electronic Portfolio Articles
  • My Electronic Portfolio for Kintergarden 2000-2001, Victoria Barrett
  • Electronic Portfolios from Discovery Middle School
  • Helen Barrett - Technology & Assessment
  • ePortfolios the CCNY School of Education used in the past
• Kid Info - homework help, reference resources, fun sites for students, teachers and parents.
• Edutopia - George Lucas Educational Foundation
• Instructional Technology Online Resources from Philadelphia University