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Dr. Alice Christie's Multimedia Resources

Art on the Web

• De Young Museum A huge collection of digitized fine art.
• Corbis.com (Bill Gates) Art Warehouse
• Art Sites A long list of links!
• Berger Foundation: World Art Treasures
• Paris Web Museum: Artist Index
• Alice Christie's Art on the Internet Page
• Alice Christie's Links to Technology and The Arts

Color Hints/Helps

• ASU Web-Safe Color Reference Chart A terrific resource for locating the hexadecimal code (FF00CC for example) for the 216 colors most browsers will recognize.

Color Photos on the Web

• Corbis.com (Bill Gates Picture Gallery)
• Museum of Tolerance Multimedia Learning Center Extensive collection of Holocaust pictures
• NASA Multimedia Gallery Extensive collection of space photos
• Stock Photography
  • California Pictures: Stock Photography
  • Washington D.C. Stock Photography
  • Stock Photo Asia
  • Gibson Stock Photography
    
• Dr. Alice Christie's Photo Essay
• Dr. Alice Christie's Photo Essay 2

Copyright

• Copyright FAQs
• The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use

Digital Cameras

• General Digital Camera Links
  • Digital Camera Resource Page
  • CNET Review Digital Cameras
  • CNET Digital Camera Buying Guide
  • Digital Photography Review
  • Digital Camera Features Search
  • Digital Camera Buying Guide
    
• Digital Camera Tips
  • Top Tips for Shooting with A Digital Camera
  • The Best Digital Camera Tips
  • Digital Photography Primer
  • Top 7 Digital Camera Newbie Mistakes to Avoid
    
• Tips for Buying a Digital Camera
  • Tips on purchasing a digital camera
  • Digital Cameras Help and Tips
  • Digital camera guide: Tips for finding the best one for you
• Tips on Buying a Digital Camcorder
  • Tips from PC World
  • cNet Shopper Buying Your First Digital Camcorder
  • How to Buy a Digital Camcorder
  • Digital Camcorder Review
    
    
• Reviews of Digital Cameras
  • Imaging Resource Reviews of Many Cameras
  • Interactive Comparison of Various Digital Cameras

Electronic Postcards

• Electronic PostCards in the Classroom
• How to Use Postcards From America
  
• Jan Brett's Electronic Postcard Page
• Care2 Make the World Greener eCards
• Cyberzoo Postcards from the San Diego Zoo
• History Channel E-Cards
• NASA E-Cards
• Scholastic E-Cards
• Lion King E-Cards
• Vintage Postcards (Not free but fun to look through!)
• Share the Excitement of Science! E-Cards
• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) E-Cards
• Yahooligans E-Card Links
• Library of Congress: America's Story E-Cards
  
• An example of a 7th grade teacher using electronic postcards in the classroom!
• An example of a 2nd grade teacher using electronic postcards in the classroom!

Glossaries

• Multimedia Glossary
• Multimedia Technology: Glossary of Terms
• The Multimedia Alphabet Soup
• Multimedia glossary from PressAnyKey
• University of California Santa Cruz Multimedia and Digital Media Glossary

Icons/Backgrounds/Borders/Clip Art

• Dr. Alice Christie's Web Development Tool Kit
• Lists of Clip Art Links
  • Awesome Library Clip Art List
  • Clip Art Gallery
  • Pics4Learning
  • Icon Bazaar One of the original icon/border/background resources on the Web. Still a great place!
  • Microsoft's Image Collection
  • Clip Art Review Thousands of categorized clip art to choose from
  • Education Clip Art
  • Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery
  • The Teacher's Guide Clip Art
  • Clip Art for Teachers
  • School-Clip-Art.com
  • Science Spot: Science Clip Art
    
  • Customizing Clipart A great little tutorial!
  • Clip Art 101 A Good Introduction to Clip Art and Its Uses

Quotations

• The Quotations Page
• QuoteLand
• The Quotations Archive
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Scanning

• Scanning Basics 101
• Digital Album
  • What is a Digital Image
  • Why Does My Picture Print Small But Display Large?
  • Support for Essential Graphics Formats
  • Steps to a Quality Scan
• Creating & Editing Digital Photos: Tips for Scanning & Restoring
• HP: 10 tips for scanning photos
• Bryn Mawr College: Scanning Photographs
• Scanning: Resolution and Format (PDF document)
• Scanning Photos in Microsoft Photo Editor
• How to Use a Scanner
  
• Scanning Tutorial for CLCC 216 (Coming Soon!)

Software and Hardware Vendors

• Adobe
• Adobe PhotoShop Elements
• Adobe Acrobat Writer
• Apple iMac
• Apple iMovie
• Apple QuickTime
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Inspiration
• Kidspiration

Sound Files to Use in Presentations

• Personal Collections
  • Absolute Sound Effects Archive
  • Free Sound Files of Well-Known American Music
    
• Comercial Sites
  • IUMA Digital Music
  • TheFreeSite.com: Sounds and Wavs
  • The FreebieList.com: MP3s, Midis, and Wavs
  • ClipArt.coms Sound Files
  • WavCentral.com
  • BestWavs.com
  • SoundDogs.com
  • Apple MusicStore
  • Partners in Rhyme: Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects
    
• Finding Sounds and Videos on the Web
  • FindSounds: Search the Web for Sounds
  • Free Sound Files Directory
  • Audio Resources
  • All the Web: Video
  • All the Web: Audio
    
• A Collectio0n of How To Articles on Converting Sound Files
• Add Sound to Your Web Page
• Web Page Sound Tutorial
  

Web Design Tips

• Designing School Web Sites to Deliver
• Web Design Rubric
• Rules of Thumb for Web Design
• WebMonkey Design Basics
• Graphic Girlz: Abolishing Boring Web Sites

General Multimedia Sites

• Multimedia Authoring
• Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project
• Multimedia University
  
• Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced Learning
  A scholarly journal with articles about how multimedia can enhance learning
• Constructing Multimedia: Benefits of Student-Generated Multimedia on Learning
• Dr. Alice Christie's Preparing to Burn Your Electronic Portfolio to CD ROM Checklist