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Animoto has free educators accounts and you can add up to 50 students as well. This is the equivalent of their upgraded Plus account, which allows you to make and archive longer videos.

"Turn your photos & videos into pure amazing. Animoto automatically produces beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips and music. Fast, free and shockingly easy. "

Includes links to Project-based learning methods, Animoto for multi-media, Dipity for timelines, Google Drive for archiving, Glogster for digital posters and media, and Mindmeister for mind-mapping. Each tool is described with reasons for using it. A nice summary of the current state of PBL.

"Blogging apps make it possible for students to record their observations and those of others from almost anywhere (click here for the mobile apps for the most popular blog platforms). Here are three mobile blogging activities that you might have students try on your next field trip." R. Byrne suggests 3 lessons using Animoto for mobile, podcasting with Audioboo or Sound Cloud, and picture enhancement with ThingLink or PicCollage. More ideas in the links below the entry.

"One of the challenges associated with using many web-based tools is that they require students to register for accounts or require teachers to manage their students' accounts. The process of registering and then remembering user names can take up a lot of instructional time. Therefore, whenever it is possible, I try to use tools that don't require registration. One example of this is found in the Stupeflix video creator which does not require users to register. It is just as versatile as the popular Animoto video creator. In the video embedded below I demonstrate how to make a video on Stupeflix." Another good article from R. Byrne

See Project 1 for examples of how a class of students used Animoto to discuss shopping, budget, and their daily life. Many different applications.

R. Byrne discusses 5 tools used to create an audio slideshow (something between a Powerpoint presentation and a full video). Narrable, UtellStory, Present.me, Hello Slide, and Animoto, which has recently added a video clip option. Each has advantages, and Byrne's links at the bottom lead to some other alternatives and online tutorials. Let your students get creative.