Our Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

A sampling of the many fine PSAs that we created in 2008-09 school year:

• Kyra and Emily's Giving Tree KYRA AND EMILY GIVE TO THE GIVING TREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.wmv
• Preventing Forest Fires  preventing forest fires 2.wmv By Jonah, Jeremy, and Kegan
• Require Community Service in High School   communityservice_words.wmv by Mr. Kabodian
• Stop Global Warming  Stop_Global_Warming_4th_hour.wmv by Helen, Delaney, and Izzy
•  Autism Awareness   Autism Awareness1.wmv   by Alivia, Caitlin, and Katie
• Stop Smoking no smoking.wmv by Joe, Khalil, Jacob, and  Victoria
•  Stop Funding the War Prevent the War.wmv by Ellen, Alexis, Abby, and Michie 

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How To:

Many short tutorials on How to Use Movie Maker

Papa John website for more training on using Movie Maker 

Organizing a Project video

Finding and Saving Images video 

Use Photo Peach to make your video online

Looking for Images or Video clips to use? 

• You can import files with the following file name extensions into Windows Movie Maker to use in your project (other file extensions will not work):

  • Audio files: .aif, .aifc, .aiff .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma
  • Picture files: .bmp, .dib, .emf, .gif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .wmf
  • Video files: .asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv
• Whether you use Google or another search engine, keep the following tips in mind.
  • Don't use the (small) thumbnail version of the photo; go to the full size version
  • Check the size of the image by right-clicking and going to Properties; we want images that are 20 K or larger
    • 1000 bytes equals 1K...so, for example, an image that is 34,000 bytes is 34K and it's large enough
• Creative Commons search engine (type your topic in the Search bar and check the box that says "Search for works that I can modify, adapt, or build upon.")

Looking for Music to use?

• Free Play
• Partners in Rhyme (music loops and sound effects)
• Sounds wiki (includes the Fair(y) Use Tale on Copyright link...possibly the funniest, yet most informational video ever made)

Examples:

Student examples of the Digital Arts Alliance website

The Ad Council PSAs (you'll see a list of topics; click on one and then choose "TV" from the right column, to see the PSA)

Star Wars Drunk Driving PSA

Keep Art in Our Schools

Gun Control

Mr. Kabodian's PSA example:  High School Community Service Requirement  communityservice_words.wmv

Copyright and other resources: 

Fair Use Travelogue (exploring copyright laws in depth) 

Tutorial on How to Avoid Plagiarism (you may have to pretend that you live in Canada)

Digitales Copyright page

2008-09  PSA Issue Ideas:  a student-generated list of topics for Public Service Announcements. 

How to Use Movie Maker.doc