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Students need to be taught and encouraged to be creators of content, not only consumers of content. Video creation is a great way for students to show their knowledge as well as create something of use to share via the internet.
Do Ink is an Apple app designed to help students create green screen videos. There are so many uses for green screen videos in the classroom. The app is simple enough to for young students to use but powerful enough to provide impressive results.
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Animoto is a website that allows students to create slideshow-type videos using pictures, video clips, and text. Students have to be concise with their wording because there is a limit to the number of characters that can be used. The web tool helps students combine all the elements, including music, into great videos.
Videolicious is an iPad app that helps students create videos using pictures, video, music, and audio voice over. It is very simple to use and makes video editing a snap. Students can make videos about just about anything. Below are two examples: a book report and a social studies report.
iMovie is an Apple app that uses video, pictures, sounds, music, and audio voice over to create stunning videos. These videos can be any length and can be downloaded to devices or uploaded to the internet.
Chatterpix is an Apple app that lets students take a picture and draw a mouth on it and make it "talk" using their voice. This is a great tool for students to share learning in a fun way. They can animate animals, historical figures, or even inanimate objects and drawings. The possibilities are endless!
Texting story is a app for Apple and Android devices. It allows students to create a video that looks like a texting conversation. It is a interesting way to have students explain a concept. It will require the app to be downloaded onto a device and then shared with the teacher as this app is not technically meant for the classroom.
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Adobe Spark allows students to create videos using text, pictures, recorded narration, and music. The website creates the video with all the components along the way as the students import the feature they want included. Adobe Spark is a free website and the quality if the videos is very high. The videos can be linked, embedded, or shared.
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