http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/home
This is a wiki authored by teacher Michelle Harclerode which shows how students can create book trailers using a variety of editing software such as photo story and examples of book trailers created by her students.

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/UMICH/sweetland/Home/Instructors/Teaching%20Resources/UsingBlogsintheClassroom.pdf
A scholarly article written by Gayle Morris from The Sweetland Centre for Writing at UM. She advocates for the use of blogs in teaching and learning in the classroom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZXBc6yRhU
this is a great example of the away in which one teacher used Garageband with her students to create their own digital stories.