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A far-from-comprehensive list of technology tools (for final adventure project work) and in-class student tech demos.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Media Tools\u00a0 Video
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iMovie<\/a><\/strong> or Windows Movie Maker (PC):<\/a><\/b> Create video works, documentary films, visual essays, cinematic works (any genre), poetronica, experimental films. For newer PCs\/Windows, you can edit\/creative video films using Microsoft Photo.<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

Shotcut: <\/strong>Free Cross Platform Video Editor<\/a><\/p>\n

Camtasia<\/a> (Screen Capture)<\/p>\n

Open-Broadcast Software <\/a>(Screencapture \/ Streaming – Free)\/ Jing<\/a> (free) or\u00a0 Camtasia<\/a> (free trial only) ; Apowersoft<\/a> (free) or Screencast-O-Matic<\/a> (Free).<\/p>\n

Knowledge Visualization, Mapping, Timelines (Add Links)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tour Builder<\/strong> (for Place-Based Digital Stories) <\/a><\/p>\n

NFB-Stop Motion App<\/a><\/strong> \/ NFB Education Site<\/a>: See also Stopmotion Magazine<\/a> \/ Bruce Bickford<\/a> \/ N. McLaren, Neighbors<\/a><\/p>\n

Twine<\/a><\/strong> is an easy-to-use browser-based tool for creative interactive, non-linear narratives (multimodal stories, poetry, essays, or really any genre) and interactive narratives games.<\/p>\n

iBook Author<\/a>: <\/strong>Interactive multimodal publishing: integrates texts, images and graphics (knowledge visualization and modelling), video works, audio soundfiles, interactive min-presentations, 3-D modelling tools. Mac only.<\/p>\n

Ren Py <\/a><\/strong>Visual Novel and Game Creator<\/a><\/p>\n

Super-8<\/a><\/b> (App) supports\u00a0retro film aesthetic\u00a0(e.g, in the tradition of older documentary films, family movies, including frame stutter and light-leak distortions).<\/p>\n

Action Movie Effects<\/b> <\/a>(App: same developer as Super-8) is a silly, incorrect app that allows you to add spider attacks, explosions, avalanches and meteor strikes (and so on) to your narrative.<\/p>\n

Glossary of Technical & Aesthetic Film Terms: Filmsite.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Open-Broadcast Software <\/a>(Screencapture \/ Streaming – Free)\/ Jing<\/a> (free) or\u00a0 Camtasia<\/a> (free trial only) ; Apowersoft<\/a> (free) or Screencast-O-Matic<\/a> (Free).<\/p>\n

HP5<\/strong> Interactive Video Tools<\/a><\/p>\n

Multimodal Text Production<\/strong><\/p>\n

iBook Author<\/a> is a free tool enabling users to write their own multimodal texts (integrating audio and video files, multimodal graphic texts)<\/p>\n

Comiclife<\/a> is a great platform for serious comics\/graphic texts. Powerful and Free (plus I have some licenses upon request).<\/p>\n

iPad Comic Makers:<\/a> Apps I have used for Visual Essays, ‘Serious Comics’ and Zines include Halftone 2<\/a><\/strong> and ComicBook<\/a>!<\/strong> … Both enable you to import your pictures and posterize your images.<\/p>\n

Klynt <\/a>(HTML 5) Have one key for temporary sharing. Advanced but powerful.<\/p>\n

Twine<\/a> is an easy-to-use browser-based tool for creative interactive, non-linear narratives (multimodal stories, poetry, essays, or really any genre) and interactive narratives games.<\/p>\n

Ren Py <\/a>Visual Novel and Game Creator<\/p>\n

Vidibox.com<\/a> Compose video\/soundworks by recording, sampling & remixing. Not just for VJs –\u00a0 limitless possibilities for multiple genres –\u00a0 <\/em>buggy in record mode. Does not enable image files to be imported, but you can save images as movies (in iMovie, etc) and then import image in video format (image + time). VidiBox tutorials.<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital Games <\/strong><\/p>\n

Twine<\/a> is an easy-to-use browser-based tool for creative interactive, non-linear narratives (multimodal stories, poetry, essays, or really any genre) and interactive narratives games.<\/p>\n

RPG-Maker<\/a><\/p>\n

Gamesalad<\/a><\/p>\n

RPG-Maker<\/a><\/p>\n

GameMaker<\/a><\/p>\n

Twine<\/a> \/ Twine on Gamasutra<\/a> (Open Source Tool for Developing Non\/Linear Narratives\/Games<\/p>\n

Unity<\/a><\/p>\n

Construct2<\/a><\/p>\n

Scratch<\/a>\u00a0 (MIT Site \u2013 Coding)<\/p>\n

GameMaker Studio<\/a><\/p>\n

MIT App Inventor <\/a>Start making apps today.<\/p>\n

Makey-Makey<\/a> \/\u00a0 Arduino <\/a> \/ Raspberry-Pi.org\u00a0<\/a> DIY maker space kits<\/p>\n

Sounds \/ Music \/ Digital Audio Workstations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garageband<\/strong> (DAW)<\/p>\n

Audacity<\/a> (Free) Edit, hack &\u00a0 tinker with your Audio-files (Remix\/Mashup, Glitch-ify, Tempo Edit, Distort and Elongate, ect)…or use Audicity for Databending<\/a> > see also:\u00a0 Circuit bending<\/a> \/\u00a0Datamoshing<\/a> \/\u00a0 Glitch Art<\/a><\/p>\n

Soundcloud<\/a> and MixCloud<\/a> (Free Publication\/Sharing and Social Media Sites).\u00a0Synthtopia<\/a> Site for new digital tools, app reviews, models, technique-sharing.\u00a0CCmixter<\/a> Resource site for ‘remix culture’.\u00a0Looping Tools<\/a>\u00a0(Resources for Digital and Analog Looping Tools & Techniques)…<\/p>\n

Staffpad<\/a>: Interactive composition and musical notation (real-time knowledge visualization tool)<\/p>\n

MPC Sampling\/Composing <\/a>with Tablet App Version<\/a>\u00a0iMPC<\/a> (iTunes)<\/p>\n

Tenori-On \/ Tenori-On for iPad<\/a>\u00a0(Soundworks Composition based on innovative Tenori<\/a> music hardware). Super.<\/p>\n

Caustic<\/a> for Android<\/a>\u00a0and for Ipad<\/a> \u00a0(Inter-expressive\u00a0Keyboard, Beat, Editing Grid, MPC interfaces, Synth-based sound modifications, etc). Caustic is super.<\/p>\n

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