• Teachers’ Domain

Teachers' Domain is an online library of more than 1,000 free media resources from the best in American public television. These classroom resources include video and audio segments, Flash interactives, images, documents, lesson plans for teachers, and student-oriented activities. Grades K-12, all subjects. Although the resources are American, there is more than enough here for Canadian learners. Terrific multimedia site.

• Compfight

Flickr search:   Want quality images for PowerPoint, Photostory 3 or other presentations but don’t want to violate copyright? Need to search safely? Flickr has a bejillion great photos, many available as Creative Commons images free to use if you give attribution. Use this on-line application to find just the right image.

• KnowSchools 

• KnowSchools offers on-line technology  professional development, and it’s free to BC educators. Courses are presented in Moodle (it’s just a website with built-tools to support learning) by experts with facilitators to help you navigate the Moodle. You can dip in and out of these 5 day courses on your own time. They are archived so you can go back and learn more. 

• VoiceThread

  A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways – using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. It’s free, though you can get an education membership with more control options. Hugely powerful, very versatile.

• Animoto

  Animoto for Education helps you and your students create video from still pictures. It’s a free, quick, and pretty easy way to create video. These videos can then be imbedded in a website, or you can view them from your online account, upload to YouTube or email them.

• Flip Video

Inexpensive video camera with a pop-out usb that allows you to gather and share video quickly & easily.  Check out these ways to use a Flip in the classroom