The Wolves of Yellowstone
Over a ten year period, biologists have been studying the effects of the
gray wolf's return as a predator to Yellowstone National Park's ecsosystem.
Thus far, the research has shown how some wildlife and plants have actually benefited from the wolf's return
(Lister/McDaniel, Ecology 7: Predation 4.17.2006).

Kaltura
Open source video editing online. Users can edit, create and collaborate on movies together. Select the User Zone and then tutorials or sandbox to view demos and explore some of the features that share similarities with other video editing programs including adding audio, images, video and transitions. The player can also be placed on a blog or Wiki such as netvibes.

http://corp.kaltura.com/

Netvibes Keep all of your Web tools in one place including ". . . widgets, websites, blogs, email accounts, social networks, search engines, instant messengers, photos, videos, podcasts" etc. Visit the link: http://www.netvibes.com/

Dipity
A synchronic and diachronic timeline-streaming aggregator with social sharing, Web 2.0 features.This example features the wolves of Yellowstone

http://www.dipity.com/timetube/YouTube_Yellowstone_Wolves

Anthropological Introduction to YouTube

Narrative presentation by Kansas State University professor, Dr. Michael Wesch at the Library of Congress on the culture of YouTube including trends and thoughts on learning.

A Portal to Media Literacy

Narrative presentation by Kansas State University Professor, Dr. Michael Wesch, on the possibilities of a digital ethnography that is focused on Web 2.0 technologies including YouTube and the multiple functions of netvibes.com to promote student interactions.

Larry Lessig: How Creativity is being strangled by the law

Copyright issues related to user generated content of the past through broadcasting and the Internet today including a new form of literacy based on editing and remixing.The creativity and read-write of the 20 Century is replaced with read only (Larry Lessig, Ted, 2008).

Narrative Forms in the Digital Classroom

Vanderbilt University instructors discuss a pilot project using Worlds of Wordcraft: Digital Narrative and Virtual Reality to explore how narratives change across media in a writing course (http://worldsofwordcraft.word press.com/about).

Ira Glass on Storytelling #1

The building blocks of a good story are discussed including how to think about the anecdote (sequence of events where one thing leads to another), bait and reflective moments (the point of the story) (Current TV, Ira, Glass, 2008).

Ira Glass on Storytelling #2

Ira Glass discusses the difficult part of constructing a narrative is to find a good, interesting story; trying to use it or knowing when to abandon it when its not working.

Ira Glass on Storytelling #3 (Disappointment)

Ira Glass on Storytelling #4 (The Pitfalls)

How to Write a Script - Story Structure

Installing Audacity and the LAME Encoder

This tutorial does a good job of explaining how to install the LAME encoder on Windows.
Also see the Audacity Tools PDFs on the course Website and visit the following link:
How do I? http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3

Audacity Screencast

Takes you through the basic steps from set-up to publishing an MP3 in Audacity.

Preferences Step 1
Setting up the Audio I/O, Quality, File Format and Directory preferences in the Audacity program.
Time: 03:54.

Audacity Level Meter and Mixer Tool Bar, Step 2
At the top of the Audacity program window is the level meter and the mixer tool bar.
This screencast explains how to use these tools.
Time: 03:02

Myths About the Developing World: 1of 3

Statistics exemplified through animation and a narrative by Hans Rosling @ Ted.

iMovie HD 1 - Setting Up Proper Video Formats

"PAL & NTSC - What is the difference? During this short clip from the iMovie HD Troubleshooting Guide we will explain the difference between the PAL and NTSC video formats."

iMovie 2: Splitting and Cropping your Movie Clips

"Learn how to perform basic splitting and cropping within iMovie HD. During this short clip from the iMovie HD Troubleshooting Guide we will explain how easy it is to perform basic splits and crops within iMovie HD."

Updating your Mac for a Video Blog
Where to get the software to update your system.

• Flash
• QuickTime

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iMovie HD 3: Editing & Deleting Titles, Transitions & Effects

Covers how-to "...edit or delete a title, transition or effect within iMovie HD without actually damaging your videos? During this short clip from the iMovie HD Troubleshooting Guide we will explain how iMovie HD handles titles, transitions and effects so that you can always revert back to your original clip settings."

iMovie Audio Editing

Adjusting the volume of a track and splitting tracks

How to Speed Up Video in iMovie

Editing with Video FX

The best way to save and publish files for You Tube From iMovie

Part I of this video deals with Final Cut. Part II is focused on importing video and saving it through iMovie

For PC Users: Movie Maker Video Editing Tutorial


Table of Contents:-
1. Basic Tutorial:Open Windows Movie Maker; Import Video, Pictures, Music; Add item into Storyboard/Timeline; Add Video Transition; Add Video Effect Save Movie File (wmv file); View wmv on Windows Media Player; Upload video to Youtube
2. Advance Tutorial: Managing Clips; Edit Clip ( Crop / Resize / Trim ); Music ( Volume / Fade in-out )
3. Preview Video Transitions
4. Preview Video Effects
"...There are 4 mini guides in this video tutorial, some are short and long. It teaches you on how to get extra Windows Movie Maker titles, transitions and effects for your video. Apart from that, this guide helps newbies on how to create the effect which has lots of process. ..."

Updating Your PC for a Video Blog
Where to get the latest software

• Flash
• QuickTime
• Windows Media

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Photostory
This application has some features that are similar to Windows, MovieMaker. The difference is MovieMaker has the option to import video whereas PhotoStory has the option to import photos only and add narrations.

We Tell Stories
Google Tech Talks July 14, 2008
ABSTRACT Behind the scenes of digital fiction project We Tell Stories (http://www.wetellstories.co.u k/) that turned Google Maps into a storytelling engine. The designers explain the different ways to tell stories as lived experiences through infographics, Blogs in real time, Twitter, etc.. Learn ...

The Machine is Using Us: Digital Ethnography
"Kansas State University studies the impacts of digital technology on human interaction."

Learning Tool: Story Structure

Story structure is used as a learning tool to construct lessons by asking "What's the story?" (Egan, 2008). Also includes a discussion on ways to teach math (exponential numbers) through stories.

Marketing storytelling & narratives - P3Q

Videogrunt (Narrative)
" Craig Syverson uses motion and film archives to explain the basics of video.
Very entertaining and amazing quality. ...'

Learn Something-Golf (Narrative)
Kathleen "Whip" Plinske's video documentary of her "learn something"
project for Dr. Linda Polin's course at Pepperdine ...

Fable 2: Welcome to Albion (Games)