Dvolver Moviemaker

http://www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/

Here is a very easy animation  tool.  You choose a background,   a sky,   one or two stock characters, a simple action ( chase, rendezvous, etc) and add some text for dialogue.  


Classroom Idea: 
Teachers could  enliven simple instructions with an animation. 
 Have students spice up their presentation or website with a easy to make simple story.

WeVideo

WeVideo.  This works best with Chrome. Once I accepted that I could not expect every browser to do everything, I find myself using Chrome more and more.  This is a nice video maker  that I see great possibilities for, not least being its connection to Google Drive.

Classroom idea:  Storytelling, digital narratives, prayer.

Xtranormal

Xtranormal http://www.xtranormal.com/  
lets you create animated movies to tell your story
Here is one I did.
Pocahontas and Queen Elizabeth Discuss Website Evaluation
by: joantracy
Classroom Idea; Have your students use this tool to create animations that demonstrate their knowledge on a subject.

Creaza

Creaza

http://www.creazaeducation.com/

is a tool that  lets you make cartoons, movies and mindmaps.  I was impressed with the movie editing, and liked the add a note feature to the mindmaps.





Classroom idea: Movie making as a group project is difficult, but this tool might be the solution, as students could work on one account.

Classroom Idea

Neok12

Neok12
http://www.neok12.com/ is a search list for educational videos. It seems to be mostly youtubes, and heavy on science.

SciVee

Scivee http://www.scivee.tv/. I read about this on Jane Knight's E-learning Pick of the Day

A very interesting idea and attempt to disseminate scientific information.

Classroom idea -
1. Search here for new information on your subject of the week.
2. Current events project, but using video