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Movie box office data that is current and very comprehensive. Several different trends are easy to track including exponential, and log functions. Great for using with students to create regression models, making predictions based on the models, checking the results and re-analyzing. Also, when a movie doesn't follow the predictions there are often easy to understand reasons for why the movies behave differently (a holiday weekend may cause the movie to gross more on a given weekend than predicted, etc.)

Movie making site that has participants write scripts, draw characters, add music, and create movies. 

The Kerpoof website is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company. What is Kerpoof? The answer to that is not so simple. Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative. Here are just a few ways that you can use Kerpoof: * Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!) * Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!) * Earn Koins which you can trade for fun things in the Kerpoof Store * Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug * Tell a story * Make a drawing * Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made

Windows live Movie Maker, is even easier than it used to be. Great FREE tool for making videos with students.

With History Maker, a  digital instrument, students make their own history stories. Each story consists of a text, mutiple images or movies, and links to relevant websites.

An educator's resources for mobile learning. Focus' podcasting and movie making using iPods, iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, and netbooks

A digital storytelling tool, similar to Xtranormal but not as good at this point. The site is still in alpha, so it will likely evolve. 

Great way to get students to write a dialogue. The nice thing about this tool is that students can listen and then make changes based on their reaction to their own language (at least I did when I made my little test video- no I'm not sharing it)

The typical student at the Newcomer Center, an alternative school in Township High School District 214 in Arlington Heights, IL, is a recent immigrant with little or no English skills. The school is a temporary stopover for these students--they stay at the center for about a year, building up their English-language skills, and are then transferred to an ESL program at their home school in the district.

increasing the engagement of activities when using the IWB