With thanks to Helen Knight, from St George's CE Primary School in Wrotham, for kindly providing the following notes from the Malling Cluster's multimedia day.
Thumbnail Searchengine
http://www.pagebull.com/
Excellent site. Like a google search, but thumbnails not words.
Images, sounds and videos for schools
http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/gallery-segfl.html
From National Education Network
Free photos, sounds, videos all in folders
Films
http://www.britishpathe.com/
Video News clips. Advanced search will let you search under decades, years etc.
Free if you download at school (have to be on KCN broadband). When downloading, any email address is fine. So you can pick up link at home or school. Can’t preview clip, have to download first.
Music
http://audio.lgfl.org.uk/
Can only view or download at school on Kent broadband.
Free MP3 items.
Online News website for pupils
http://kmi4schools.e2bn.net/segfl_central/
A way for children to publish work. Could link from school website.
Click on the Regions menu
- SEGFL Schools
- Click on your school
How pupils submit their reports
Click on News/submit.
(children: http://mtn.e2bn.net/swgfl_central/b , click on our school, ‘guest entry’)
(2 teachers/admin addresses – can delete/publish/edit etc)
Pictures - EB2M gallery to add picture from site above or browse saved photo’s (e.g. the shared areas in suite)
Flash Blog (Webcam – video of you or cuddly toy or science experiment) Can just do voice (put the guard on webcam down – really good microphone. Or use a puppet?)
See http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/mtn/ for details
Video Conferencing (flashmeeting)
Any school can register from website. http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/flashmeeting
One person speaks at a time not like MSN where anyone can speak at same time
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/index.html
1 person logs in. Use no more than 10 PC’s/users.
Need to register email address to book a room. Safe site as only invitees can join session.
Can save this as a hyperlink anywhere/or in favourites
Playback sessions anytime as sessions are recorded
See examples on http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/flashmeeting
Podcasting (Podium Software)
Spoken words/sounds/radio or broadcast like.
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/podcasting/ (online user guide)
* Use with microphones or webcam microphone.
Can make voice softer, but not louder
Good for reading out work too (stories/ideas)
* Great for playscripts. Use ‘Script’ function
Paste in text/ highlight section/assign by clicking on name. Will assign parts and colour code them. Can print script. Useful for creating script for classroom assembly
* Can record into chapters
* Can import a sound/play music into microphone or use sound effects (click on sound)
* If you save as MP3 file, can save into PowerPoint and play as part of presentation.