Tech Tools for Creating Content

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Video Creation Tools

iMovie

iMovie

(Already installed on most iPhones / iPads / iPods or installed on Macs.)


  • Pros: Drag & drop. Lots of pre-made templates and transitions. Fairly easy to use. Use your own music in your iTunes.
  • Cons: Only one person can work on the video. Projects take up drive space & have to be exported.
  • Sign Up: Download app on iOS or find on Mac computer.
  • How to Submit: Upload final movie to FISD Youtube channel or FISD Google Drive account.

WeVideo (online video editing)

WeVideo (online video editing)

http://www.wevideo.com/


WeVideo is an online video editing website that allows you to edit & create your video from home. Similar to iMovie and MovieMaker, you can create a video using themes, while having the freedom to edit and move video clips, transitions, graphics and sounds. Great for creating commercials.


*** If you choose to create a video, you must understand that all recording and editing should happen OUTSIDE of class. You must provide your own equipment.***


  • Pros: Work from home! Include your own pictures or videos. Freedom to edit and create video as you'd like it. Three levels of use for Beginning editors through Advanced editors. Pull video clips from Google Drive.
  • Cons: Only allowed to export 15 minutes of video per month to outside sources (Youtube, Google Drive, etc.), but no limits if videos stay in WeVideo. Website can sometimes be confusing to work through.
  • Sign Up: Click "Sign up with Google Account" to create a Free WeVideo account using your FISD Google account-- Signup page is here
  • Adding Contributors: You can add only 4 other people to edit your video. Users cannot edit at the same time.
  • Apps: App available in iTunes and Android for uploading videos from your device to your WeVideo account. Editing must still be done online.
  • How to Submit: Submit the unique URL for your published video.


All files are stored on the WeVideo website.



Animoto

Animoto

http://animoto.com/


  • Example: BYOD Presentation for Teachers
  • Pros: Easy to use, but you still have choices for themes, music, etc. Include your own pictures or silent videos, then Animoto combines them all into one video for you.
  • Cons: Only 30 seconds of video for the Free version. Text boxes only hold about 50 characters on each line. Consider typing longer text in a PowerPoint slide, save the slide as a .jpg file & upload that file to Animoto.
  • Sign Up: Create a Free account -- https://animoto.com/sign_up
  • Adding Contributors: Cannot be done. Single user only.
  • Apps: Good, easy to use apps available on iTunes and Android devices.
  • How to Submit: Submit the unique URL for your published video.

Copyright-free Images & Sounds to use in your Projects

If you are going to search through Google Images, be sure to follow these instructions:

  • Google Image Search → Search Tools → Usage Rights (How to get there, What each level of rights means & how to appropriately use each)


Visit these pages to find collections of images in your projects:

  1. http://technopeterson.com/resources/copyright-friendly-resources/
  2. http://search.creativecommons.org/
  3. Smithsonian Institution Public Domain Images -- http://flickr.com/photos/smithsonian
  4. New York Times Public Domain Archives -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Public_Domain_Images_from_the...
  5. "The Best Online Sources For Images" [article] -- http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/10/11/the-best-online-sources-for-images/


Use Soundzabound for free music and sound effects that you can include in your school projects -- http://www.soundzabound.com/


Animation Tools

Powtoon (animation)

Powtoon (animation)

http://www.powtoon.com/


Use PowToon to create explanatory videos through a simple drag and drop process. PowToon provides drawings of people and objects that you can arrange on blank canvas. After adding your narration to the arrangement you can publish your video.


  • Pros: Work from home! Use characters to tell your story. Share from Powtoon website or Youtube.
  • Cons: Only allowed to create Powtoons of up to 5 minutes long. Website can sometimes be confusing to work through.

Infographics Tools

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Infographics are visual representations of data. They are popular on the Internet because web users drawn to their shiny, brightly colored messages with small, relevant, clearly-displayed nuggets of information. Infographics are straight to the point, usually factually interesting and with quality visuals can give you a wake-up call as to what those statistics really mean.


There are many websites out there to help you create an infographic. They each do something a little different. Take a moment to check out the suggestions below and see if one works for you.




Source: https://www.smore.com/vw0q-project-tools-list

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