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" Today while I was reading a short article on the importance of videos in education, it dawned on me to compile a list of some of the best video creation tools to share with you here. I do have a separate section here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning where I have been featuring a plethora of video to"

"Short videos from YouTube and other sources can be quite helpful in introducing topics to students and or reinforcing concepts that you have taught. Watching the video can be enough for some students, it's better if we can call students' attention to specific sections of videos while they are watching them. The following tools allow you to add comments and questions to videos that you share with your students."

"However, SlideShare is not the only website that specializes in hosting and sharing presentations. There are other great, high-quality sites that let you upload, host and create or discover great presentations and slideshows shared by other presenters. 1. AuthorStream -  a free platform for uploading, hosting and sharing PowerPoint presentations online. It has a pretty large user base and helps you discover great presentations in various categories: business and finance, education, product manuals, science, technology, and many others. 2. Empressr  - a free online tool for creating rich media presentations without having to be a technology expert. Add images, video, audio and music to your Empressr presentations to create visual stories and share them privately or publicly in an instant. 3. MyPlick is a free service for sharing, embedding and discovering slide shows and presentations on the web. They support Microsoft PowerPoint, PDF and OpenOffice documents for slides, and various audio formats if you want to add narration to your presentations. 4. PowerShow - yet another community for hosting, sharing and viewing PowerPoint presentations online. It converts uploaded PowerPoint slides to multimedia Flash slideshows while preserving all types of embedded effects, photos and live links to YouTube videos. Everyone can publicly share and view personal and educational presentations for free. PowerShow additionally allows its users to earn money with their presentations by marking them as "pay to view" and setting a price for viewing them. 5. Prezi - a virtual whiteboard for transforming presentations into compelling stories and visually flowing lessons. Prezi is perfect for creating impressive resumes (called Presumes) and portfolios that will undoubtedly help opportunity and job seekers to stand out from the crowd. 6. Projeqt - create and share dynamic presentations from scratch or by converting old static slides. Simply upload PowerPoint, PDF

Use Powerpoint slides to create a video in Windows Movie Maker

"100 Best YouTube Videos for Science Teachers"

A great site with loads of videos about how stuff works.

"TOP WEBSITES THAT PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL VIDEO TUTORIALS FOR TEACHERS"

"8 FREE AND SIMPLE TOOLS TO CREATE VIDEO TUTORIALS FOR TEACHERS"

"Top Websites that provide Educational Video Tutorials for Teachers"

"43 Surprising Ways To Use Video Cameras In The Classroom"

"Effortless Video Sharing via Google Drive"

videos onthe web

"← Out of My MindDear Mr. McDonald, I Will Never Forget Genius Hour → 23 Videos That Sparked Genius Hour Thinking, Collaboration, and Actions"

"Best Free Video Conferencing Tools 2014"

"Here are 12 viral YouTube videos and something about them that we can use to hook students into our lessons:"

"SafeShare is a website that takes YouTube videos and gets rid of almost ALL of the advertisements and junk around the main video"

"existing members of Skype in the classroom or new registrants can use Skype's Group Video Calling free of charge. A feature previously available only to paid Skype Premium subscribers, "

"3 Good Books and Videos About Crafting Stories and Presentations"

"VideoNotes is a cool web app that allows users to add notes to YouTube videos. "