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."