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This website contains hundreds of music clips that students can use in their videos without worrying about copyright infringement. Clips are updated on a regular basis.

Soundation is a powerful online music studio with recordings, effects, virtual instruments and over 400 free loops and sounds. This is another great option for those student more interested in the audio side of video production. Geared more towards high school students, but could possibly be used in lower grades with a small amount of training.

Grade Level: 6-12 Create free online video, music and photo mashups. This website is great for the video production enthusiast on the go. This can not only be used in a video production classroom, but for almost any other subject as well.

Grade Level: 6-12 This website allows students to create their own music. This is great when dealing with the whole issue of copyright infringement. For students who are more interested with the audio side of video production this could be a bonus opportunity. Con: Their isn't anytime in the video production curriculum to go over new software. This would have to be something students learn on their own. Luckily the website is very user friendly.

Grade level- 9-12 CC- Students can use the site to create a visual slideshow as part of a learning assessment for a unit like the Crusades. Overview- Students can take their own video and pictures and make stunning slideshows. Also they can incoroporate music too. Cons- Might need some time getting used too.

This website is great for the person that would like to make a dynamic video slideshow. Animoto takes your photos and arranges them to the beat, rhythm, etc. of the song of your choice. Great for any student who would like to create a professional looking slideshow in a fraction of the time.

Interactive digital posters. that poster project in the 21st century

Purpose of the Website: Glogster is a tool that allows the user to create an interactive poster on various topics. It allows student to express their creativity with many tools that are available to them. Grade Level: 4-12 Classroom Connection: Glogster would be a great introduction activity at the beginning of the school year. Students could create an interactive poster about themselves, as an introduction to their new classmates.

This website includes a great introduction to the film making process. Its broken up in to easy to navigate sections such as scripting, storyboarding, etc. Can be used in classrooms anywhere between grades 6-12. Cons: site contains advertisements.

This website is different than many that I have come across. It allows the user to choose characters, backgrounds, etc. and the dialogue. The website then takes the text and matches it up with the cartoonish characters mouth and creates a movie for you. This could be a great option for classrooms that do have the budget for digital cameras. This could be used in any grade level. however a greater amount of training would be required for younger grade levels.

This website is another resource my students use on a regular basis. It contains many great sound effects, sound bites, etc. that they can use free of charge in their videos. This website could be used in any grade level.

This website is another great example of another high schools video production program. This is also one of the first ones that I came across years ago and have been following ever since. This school is based out of the Seattle area and has won multiple awards for their videos. This site has inspired a number of projects in my classroom. It also contains many good example videos and resources.

This a great resource for schools or classrooms that don't contain video editing software. As far as online video editing goes this is as good of an option as you are going to find. Students and teachers can sign up for an account and be up and editing in no time. The site contains many tutorials for how to use the online software.

Students spend a good deal of time looking for the right audio sound effect to accompany their videos. The right sound effect can greatly enhance any film. This website contains a number of free sound effects the student can download and insert into their videos.