My Updated Big List of Tools for a Variety of Classroom Video Projects
Around this time last fall I published a big list of my go-to tools for creating videos with students. Since then some of the tools in the list were rebranded and or had some notable updates. This is my updated list of recommended video creation tools for classroom projects. By the way, I created the […]
Seven Good Tools for Making Animations
Making animations is a great way for students to bring their written stories to life on screen. Depending upon the story, the animation could be as short frame or two that plays for twenty seconds or it could be a five minute story. Making animations can also be a good way for students to explain […]
A Video Project for the Week – Halloween Safety
Halloween is just seven days away. Ten days ago I shared my updated list of Halloween-themed activities and resources. In that list I included playing a Halloween safety review game from Kahoot. Keeping with the idea of Halloween safety, consider having students create a short video about trick o’ treat safety. There are a lot […]
An Easy Way to Make an Animated Video in Canva
Last week Canva launched a new online video editing studio. I gave it a try last week and recorded a short overview of the basics of how it works. Yesterday, I spent more time diving into all of the features within Canva’s video editor and found some gems. One of those gems is the ability […]
A New Video Editing Tool from Canva
Over the years I’ve used Canva to create everything from simple social media graphics to websites and dozens of things in between including making short video presentations. Today, Canva introduced a new video editor that goes beyond the basics of the previous video creation options available in Canva. Canva’s new video editor includes hundreds of […]
Intro to Animation and Green Screen Videos
Every Thursday afternoon in August I’m hosting a different Practical Ed Tech professional development webinar. Last week’s was all about Google Classroom, Calendar, and Keep. This week’s webinar is about creating animated videos and green screen videos with your students. In Intro to Animation and Green Screen Videos you’ll learn how your students can make […]
5 Ways for Students of All Ages to Make Animated Videos
Making animated videos is a great way for students to bring their written stories to life on screen. Those could be fiction or nonfiction stories. Some nonfiction animated video topics include making a video to illustrate a historical event, making biographies, and explaining complex concepts in simple animations like Common Craft does. In the fiction […]
Best of 2018 – Five Options for Creating Animated Videos on Chromebooks
This week is a vacation week for the vast majority of readers of this blog. As I do at this time every year, I’m going to republish some of the most popular posts of 2018. Here’s one from May. Creating animated videos can be a great way for students to explain a science concept, to […]
How to Use QR Codes to Share Animated Videos
Earlier this week I answered an email from a reader who had heard someone talk about using QR codes so that people could watch animations made by students. Not having heard that person speak or seen the actual presentation my guess was that the process went like this; students wrote stories, students then made videos […]
Five Tools for Creating Animated Videos on Chromebooks
The new school year will be here soon and I haven’t taken a break all summer. I’m taking a short break from the Internet to go fishing at one of my favorite places in the world, Kennebago Lake. I’ll be back with new posts on Saturday. While I’m gone I’ll be republishing some of the […]
Five Options for Creating Animated Videos on Your Chromebook
Creating animated videos can be a great way for students to explain a science concept, to tell a history story, or to bring to life short stories they’ve written. One of last week’s most popular posts was about how to do those things on an iPad. Chromebook users have some good tools available to them […]
Animaker Edify – Easily Create Animated Videos In an Online Classroom
Disclosure: This is sponsored content. Animaker Edify is an excellent service for teachers and students who want to create animated videos. In reviewing Animaker Edify it hit on all of the things that I look for in a video creation tool for classrooms. It provides for teacher management of students’ accounts, offers a huge gallery […]
Three Free iPad Apps for Creating Animated Movies
Last night I answered an email from a reader who was looking for a free alternative to Tellagami. Tellagami hasn’t been updated to work with iOS 11 so if you’ve updated your iPad, the app won’t work. Tellagami says that an update is coming, but I’m not holding my breath waiting for that. They said […]
PuppetMaster – A Great App for Creating Animated Movies
PuppetMaster is a free iPad app that kids can use to create animated movies. The app is designed for elementary school students and therefore doesn’t require students to create accounts in order to use it. All movies made with the PuppetMaster app are saved to the camera roll on a student’s iPad. To create an […]
Chromebooks That Support Android Apps
I’m beginning to regret that I ever wrote anything about Toontastic 3D. Yesterday, I received an email from someone who upset that Toontastic 3D doesn’t work on her Chromebook. This afternoon I received a phone call from a tech director who was upset that Toontastic 3D doesn’t work on the Chromebooks in his school. As […]
Create Animated Videos & More With Animatron
Animatron is a nice tool for creating animated videos and images. I learned about it from Larry Ferlazzo a couple of weeks ago and I finally got some time to try it this morning. The concept behind Animatron is similar to that of Wideo and Powtoon. You drag and drop characters on a background scene […]