I use Pinboard to bookmark interesting websites related to ENGL 3844, but I will try to add the most important resources to this page. If you’d like me to add a link to this page, just let me know.
Virginia Tech Resources
- Lynda.com (Free software tutorials)
- InnovationSpace
- Student Software Distribution
- VT Google Apps Portal
Image Editing Software
Public Domain and Creative Commons Images
- Wikipedia’s list of public domain image resources
- Creative Commons image search
- stock.xchng
- Library of Congress American Memory project
- Wikimedia Commons
- Google Advanced Image Search
Video
- Turn a PowerPoint Presentation into a Video (Windows)
- Turn a PowerPoint Presentation into a Video (Mac)
- Windows Movie Maker (relatively easy to use, but it can be buggy; several different versions available; should be free for all Windows users)
- iMovie (relatively easy to use, but I recommend keeping your project on a single computer the whole time; to move your project, follow these instructions; costs $15, but it may have been pre-installed on your Mac)
- WeVideo (web-based video editor; looks very promising; might cost $5 to access some features)
- Animoto (web-based video editor; lots of pre-designed templates; costs $5 to complete our Unit #1 project)
- Stupeflix (web-based video editor; easy to use, but not very powerful)
- Mozilla PopcornMaker (web-based video editor; OK for very basic videos, but limited in what it can do)
- Prelinger Archive of public domain video clips
- Creative Commons’ wiki-based list of video resources
- Audacity
- Creative Commons’ featured list of sites that offer “legal music for videos”
- Free Music Archive
- Freesound
- Sound Cloud’s archive of tracks with Creative Commons licenses
- 7 Sources of Creative Commons Audio For Podcasts
- Creative Commons’ wiki-based list of audio resources
Audio
- Audacity
- Creative Commons’ featured list of sites that offer “legal music for videos”
- Free Music Archive
- Freesound
- Sound Cloud’s archive of tracks with Creative Commons licenses
- 7 Sources of Creative Commons Audio For Podcasts
- Creative Commons’ wiki-based list of audio resources
Sample Video Narratives
- “What You Wanted,” by Genevieve Critel
- “Memory Test,” by Leasa Burton
- “Persistence of Vision,” by Tim Lockridge
- “Ironing,” by Ryan Trauman
- “Rhetoric, Christmas Cards, and Infertility: A Season of Silence,” by Kristin L. Arola
- “High Voltage Cable Inspection,” by simonjz05
- “Holy Cow Lisa,” by Bianca Giaever
- “Home Movies,” by Dana Atchley
- A collection of video narratives on Vimeo.
- YouTube channel for The Center for Digital Storytelling
Tap Essays
- Tapestry (the software we’ll use for our tap essays)
- Tips and Tricks for Better Stories: Working with Text
- Tips and Tricks for Better Stories: Using Color
- Tips and Tricks for Better Stories: Pacing Stories
Sample Tap Essays
- “Fish,” by Robin Sloan (the one that started it all)
- “Passion,” by Gary Vaynerchuk
- “The Jump,” by Dominic Basulto
- “Don Saltero’s Coffeehouse: Or a Secret History of the Museum,” by Brooke S. Palmieri
- “The Italics,” by Robin Sloan
- “Subcompact Publishing,” by Craig Mod
- “Don’t Chase the Ball,” by Ryan Skinner
- “Why Nikola Tesla Was the Greatest Geek Who Ever Lived,” by The Oatmeal
- “Lessons from a Dog,” by Patrick Moberg
- “Graduation,” by anonymous
- “Empty Mayonnaise Jar,” by Kim Ku
- Collection of last semester’s ENGL 3844 tap essays
Word Processing
- WordStar emulator (Mac OS)
- WordStar emulator (browser-based)
- Writer, the internet typewriter
- Write or Die
Web Design
- Mozila Thimble (for practicing HTML markup)
- CodePen (for practicing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript)