The Art of StoryTelling - Use elements from famous paintings to illustrate your own writing or look at a famous painting and record a story to accompany the painting.
Story Maker - From the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, this site prompts students to write simple visual stories.
Bookr - Create a photo book using images from Flickr
Story Maker - From the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, this site prompts students to write simple visual stories.
Bookr - Create a photo book using images from Flickr
Storify - Collect media from the web or from a personal repository, use it to create a multimedia story that can be published to the web.
Animoto - Add images and video with background music to create a short video presentation
KidsSpace - From the Toronto Public Library a visual story editor with drag and drop functionality. Create up to 14 pages of a visual story.
Animoto - Add images and video with background music to create a short video presentation
KidsSpace - From the Toronto Public Library a visual story editor with drag and drop functionality. Create up to 14 pages of a visual story.
Voki - Create speaking avatars with up to 60 seconds of audio. Site includes lesson plans and activities, for a variety of subjects, which utilize Voki.
Anmish - Create speaking animations of puppets or celebrities including Obama, Lady Gaga, Sarkozy and Gaddafi. Animations can be made to be sad, happy or angry and the camera can be controlled as well with close up or full shot.
ToonDoo - Easily create comic strips with this click and drag program
Anmish - Create speaking animations of puppets or celebrities including Obama, Lady Gaga, Sarkozy and Gaddafi. Animations can be made to be sad, happy or angry and the camera can be controlled as well with close up or full shot.
ToonDoo - Easily create comic strips with this click and drag program
Speaking Avatars
Video Recording Programs
Google Docs Story Builder - Create a video story in which the characters communicate in Google Docs. The video also has background music available. No signup required as the program is part of Google. There are a couple videos with examples of what is possible with this tool.
PixiClip - An interactive whiteboard with the ability to record audio and video to accompany the whiteboard.
Screencast Recording Programs
Screen Cast O Matic - Record video of your computer screen with audio
Jing - Capture short videos and images of your computer screen
Camstudio - Record video of your computer screen with audio
Screenr - Web based screen recording program
Capture Fox - Firefox add-on that records your screen
Screen Castle - Web based screen recording program
Webcam Recording Programs
Windows Movie Maker - This program should be on your school issued laptop. If not you can follow the link to download the program for free.
Touch Cast - A program for iPad or desktop which allows the user to create interactive videos
Tutorial Recording Programs
Educreations
Show Me - Video tutorials created using iPad
PixiClip - An interactive whiteboard with the ability to record audio and video to accompany the whiteboard.
Screencast Recording Programs
Screen Cast O Matic - Record video of your computer screen with audio
Jing - Capture short videos and images of your computer screen
Camstudio - Record video of your computer screen with audio
Screenr - Web based screen recording program
Capture Fox - Firefox add-on that records your screen
Screen Castle - Web based screen recording program
Webcam Recording Programs
Windows Movie Maker - This program should be on your school issued laptop. If not you can follow the link to download the program for free.
Touch Cast - A program for iPad or desktop which allows the user to create interactive videos
Tutorial Recording Programs
Educreations
Show Me - Video tutorials created using iPad
video editing tools
Metta - Search for content from youtube, soundcloud and twitter. Use that content and your own content to create a multimedia presentation which can include video, audio and text. Includes the ability to edit video, record voiceovers and insert polls. Publishes presentations to the web and provides a url address for the presentation your create.
Windows Movie Maker - This program should be on your school issued laptop. If not you can follow the link to download the program for free.
YouTube Video Editor - Search for multimedia content, including videos, images, and audio. The video editor allows for the addition of transitions and text. There is also the ability to add annotations so that videos are more interactive. Here is a tutorial on how to add annotations to your videos using the Youtube Editor.
TedEd - Find TED Videos and add additional notes, resources and questions for students
Tube Chop - Want to show a video from youtube but not the entire video? With Tube Chop insert the link to a youtube video and then select the portion of the video you want students to watch. Tube Chop will give you a link to your video segment and an embed code if you want to insert the video into your webpage or edmodo class site.
Mozilla Popcorn Maker - Import and edit videos and audio
EDPuzzle - Select the parts of the video you want students to see, add questions, and audio
Sophia - Platform to give directions, organize videos, provide additional content, add quiz questions, etc.
Teach Em - Create interactive educational experiences from YouTube videos
Clip Converter - Download video clips from various sites and convert them to a format which will display on various devices.
Zaption - Turn videos into tutorials by adding questions, images and text to the video
Vialogues - Title is a combination of the words video and dialogues. This site, created by Columbia University, combines video with discussion forum so that the teacher can post questions relevant to the video and students respond to the question on the website.
Windows Movie Maker - This program should be on your school issued laptop. If not you can follow the link to download the program for free.
YouTube Video Editor - Search for multimedia content, including videos, images, and audio. The video editor allows for the addition of transitions and text. There is also the ability to add annotations so that videos are more interactive. Here is a tutorial on how to add annotations to your videos using the Youtube Editor.
TedEd - Find TED Videos and add additional notes, resources and questions for students
Tube Chop - Want to show a video from youtube but not the entire video? With Tube Chop insert the link to a youtube video and then select the portion of the video you want students to watch. Tube Chop will give you a link to your video segment and an embed code if you want to insert the video into your webpage or edmodo class site.
Mozilla Popcorn Maker - Import and edit videos and audio
EDPuzzle - Select the parts of the video you want students to see, add questions, and audio
Sophia - Platform to give directions, organize videos, provide additional content, add quiz questions, etc.
Teach Em - Create interactive educational experiences from YouTube videos
Clip Converter - Download video clips from various sites and convert them to a format which will display on various devices.
Zaption - Turn videos into tutorials by adding questions, images and text to the video
Vialogues - Title is a combination of the words video and dialogues. This site, created by Columbia University, combines video with discussion forum so that the teacher can post questions relevant to the video and students respond to the question on the website.
Video Manipulation
WireWax - Add hotspots (clickable spots which take the viewer to links, videos, etc) to videos so the viewer can click on a location within a video to get to other content
Peanut Gallery - Add your own audio to silent film clips. Works best with Google Chrome web browser.
Propaganda Film Maker - Create short patriotic films using footage and photos from World War II
Peanut Gallery - Add your own audio to silent film clips. Works best with Google Chrome web browser.
Propaganda Film Maker - Create short patriotic films using footage and photos from World War II
video editing
Animoto - Add images and video with background music to create a short video presentation