Some tools for media creation/management:
- Screencastify – Screencasting extension
- Educreations – iOS Screencasting tool
- Camtasia – Professional-level screencasting tool
- GIF Creator – GIF extension
- Clip Converter – Media downloader – only works for videos without music
- Flip – Create and organize video
- Lightshot – Screenshot extension
- Skitch – Mac-only screenshot app
- Shotcut – Free video-editor
- Davinci Resolve – Another free video-editor
- iMovie – Mac-only video editing tool
- WeVideo – Movie-making tool
- Canva – Video and presentation creator
- Windows Movie Editor – Video editing for PCs (this can now be found within Microsoft Photos)
- Youtube Editor – Youtube’s built-in editor
- Telegami – animated video creator
- Garageband – Mac-only audio editing tool
- Adobe Spark – new presentation tool
- Audacity – Audio editing tool
- Anchor FM – Podcasting tool
- Powtoon – easy-to-use animation tool
- Vyond – animation creator, similar to Powtoon (free trial)
- Videoscribe – white-board video creator (free trial)
- Stop Motion Studio – stop-motion video creator
- NFB StopMo Studio – stop-motion video creator
- Zencastr – Podcasting tool
- Free Sound – Audio resource
- Videoscribe – download, trial only
- Animoto – creates short, appealing videos quick and easy
- TouchCast – create newscast-type videos
- Puppet Pals – storytelling tool
- Little Bird Tales – storytelling tool
- Fotobabble – allows for pictures with voiceover
- Smore – flyer creator
Resources for teaching about fake news and digital literacy:
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- Web literacy for student fact-checkers (Resource from Mike Caulfield)
- Why do people fall for fake news? (Resource)
- Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and Infolit Standards for Teacher Education (Resources from the American Library Association)
- KQED lesson plans
- Evaluating sources in a ‘post-truth’world (NY Times article with many resources)
- The smell test: Educators can counter fake news with information literacy. Here’s how.
- Dynamic landscapes – Resources list
- Lessons in critical thinking
- NewseumED unit on media literacy
- TED Ed playlist: Hone your media literacy skills
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Key extensions and tools:
- UBlock Origin: Chrome, Firefox, and Edge
- Screencastify: Screencasting tool (Chrome only) (Also see – Loom: Screencasting tool – Chrome extension or desktop tool)
- Screen readers:
- Postlight (Chrome) and Reader (Firefox)
- Read Aloud (for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge)
- Grammarly: Chrome, Firefox, and Edge
- Distraction-free YouTube: Chrome and Firefox
- OneTab
- StayFocused
- Link shorteners: Bit.ly (Chrome extension) and ShortURL (and many others)
AI:
- Prominent Generative AI tools
- ChatGPT – The most well-known generative AI chatbot.
- Microsoft Copilot – Microsoft’s version of ChatGPT.
- Anthropic’s Claude – One of OpenAI’s biggest competitors..
- Perplexity – Known as an “answer engine” vs. a “search engine”
- Gemini – Google’s generative AI tool.
- Meta AI – Meta/Facebook’s built-in generative AI tool.
- Grok – Elon Musk’s AI, tied to X/Twitter.
- Snapchat’s AI – Snapchat’s built-in AI tool.
- Magic School AI – A generative AI tool designed for educators.
- What Can Generative AI do?
- Animated Drawings – Animate your drawings.
- Google NotebookLM – Upload data, interact with it, turn it into a podcast.
- ChatGPT can now see, hear, and speak – OpenAI’s multimodal announcement.
- Speechify – Have your AI sources read to you by specialized voices or celebs.
- ElevenLabs – A service for life-like voice generation.
- Math problems with GPT-4o – Salman Khan’s son is tutored by ChatGPT/Khanmigo.
- How This AI Image Won a Major Photography Competition | Scientific American – How promptography is becoming a challenge to photography.
- ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com – Every time you refresh the page, you’ll see a new AI-generated person.
- 30+ Stunning Realistic Midjourney Prompts You Can Use – Good examples of prompts for creating realistic images.
- “Every Canadian Prime Minister as the lead singer of a 1980s metal band” – Guy on X/Twitter remixes Canadian Prime Ministers via Midjourney.
- Introducing Sora — OpenAI’s text-to-video model – OpenAI’s to-be-released video tool.
- Lumiere – A powerful video generation tool.
- Suno – An AI tool for generating music.
- Udio – Another AI tool for generating music.
- Scientists use AI to discover new antibiotic to treat deadly superbug – Article from the Guardian.
- A boy saw 17 doctors over 3 years for chronic pain. ChatGPT found the diagnosis – Article from Today.
- ChatGPT and Generating a Differential Diagnosis Early in an Emergency Department Presentation – Study about ChatGPT’s accuracy in diagnosis.
- College students used Meta’s smart glasses to dox people in real time – Meta’s new smart glasses hacked by students for doxxing.
- Be My Eyes Accessibility with GPT-4o – AI tool for assisting those with visual impairments.
- Possibilities and Challenges
- GPTZero – Tool used to detect AI plagiarism (not that reliable)
- We tested a new ChatGPT-detector for teachers. It flagged an innocent student – The downside to using inherently unreliable generative AI detectors.
- AI Detection Tools Falsely Accuse International Students of Cheating – GenAI detection tools disproportionately flag non-native speakers of Englsh.
- QuillBot – A popular tool for paraphrasing, often used for cheating.
- Stealth Writer – A tool used to “humanize” AI writing.
- Sourcely – A tool that supports “cart-before-horse” research.
- Essay Writing Tips with AI Assistance – Student tells you how “not to cheat” using Sourcely and other tools.
- AI for acing job interview – Cheat on your job interview with AI.
- NVIDIA Broadcast App: AI-Powered Voice and Video – AI tool to lock eyes on webcam.
- AI generated images are biased, showing the world through stereotypes – Washington Post article on AI bias.
- Google apologizes for ‘missing the mark’ after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis – Verge article on Google’s overcompensation re: bias
- Deepfakes: A Real Threat to a Canadian Future – Canada.ca – An overview of the threat published by the government of Canada.
- AI-powered disinformation is spreading — is Canada ready for the political impact? – AI’s potential to create disinformation/misinformation.