• WeVideo is our favorite site for creating videos with students.
• Two modes: Storyboard Mode (simple, easier) and Timeline Mode (more complicated, but more options).
• Record and edit video clips (crop, add filters, adjust volume).
• Add titles, photos, voiceovers, themes, transitions, and music.
• Publish your video and share the link. You can also download videos you create.
• Dave has some examples here, and Alfonso has some examples here.

With PixiClip, students can record their webcam as they draw on a whiteboard and import images. No login required. See some student examples here.

FotoFriend is an online photobooth that lets you record videos with various effects and filters. We don't actually have any examples of this yet because we used to use PhotoBooth on the Mac, and we haven't fully recovered from losing it. So here's me last night in the hotel room as Alfonso slept there behind me. That will have to do for the demo.

Screencastify is a fantastic tool for recording your screen. Once you have the Chrome extension installed, you can record videos of these other resources:

Google Earth Tours

I found that screen recording is easier than using the GoogleEarth built-in record feature. If you don't have Google Earth, students can go to Google Maps, switch to Google Earth view, turn on 3D, and record some amazing videos!

Online GreenScreen

After losing our Mac PhotoBooth, we searched forever to find a free online greenscreen tool, and finally found this one. It's not perfect, but it works. It works better if you have a real greenscreen and not a plastic table cloth held up by students like in the example below. (Here's one that worked better).

SitePal Talking Heads

SitePal lets you upload a photo of a person, then program it to talk. This takes a bit of work, but the end results are pretty amazing. Here are some examples from a 4th grade class (and here's another example I created for a school training).

3-D Models

Students can upload a black and white terrain drawing to this site and it turns into a 3-D terrain model. Other great 3-D modeling websites for students are TinkerCad and CoSpaces.

These next video tools require an account to use, so we don't use them with students. However, they are excellent resources for teachers to use.

YouTube Editor

YouTube Video Editor is a great way for you to edit your videos (since you have to have an account, we don't use this with elementary students). You can crop, add photos, filters, text, music, and transitions. You can even remix creative commons videos.

Stupeflix

Stupeflix is another easy-to-use free online video editor. You also need an account to use this site, so that's why we're including it in the teacher resources.

Animoto

Animoto is one more site that requires an account for making videos, but it's really great. You can upload videos and photos, then add music, transitions, and themes.