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Xtranormal combines text-to-speech with animation, allowing you to create movies by simply choosing a scene, selecting actors, and typing in a script.

xtra normal is a site that helps you o create and publish animated movies. There is a filtered education site so kids don't access questionable content.

ISTE 2012 Movie Project Workshop

This site has many movies suitable for use in the classroom. The quality of the movies are above average which makes them more engaging for the students.

A tool for older students to create short comic movies with short dialogue. No sign in required, quick and easy to use!

This is a great website for all types of thematic units. There are full-length movies, movie clips, images, and lessons. This is a subscription service.

Scholastic sponsors Beth (I don't know how)... and she gives an EXCELLENT tutorial for making movies in class (Note: Mac computer required)

Free video editing software to edit videos or movies. Make movies, edit videos and burn to dvd or export video to avi wmv mpg mpeg 3gp mp4 mov etc.

Great site to use as a starter or attention grabber. Find movie quotes and the clips associated with quote for use in you class.

Created by the Keith Haring Foundation this site is full of fun activities for kids, images of Keith Haring's artwork, a movie on his life, snapshots of Haring working, virtual interactive books by the artist, links to over 180 lesson plans, and more.

This a great website for educational movies. It is not blocked by security filters like You Tube is at most schools.

Great way to make videos and upload them to the internet. Free download.

Since launched as a consumer product, Moviestorm has been used not only in film studies, but also extensively by visionary educators as a cross-curriculum tool that promotes engaging and collaborative teaching and learning. As a result, they now offer a range of affordable licenses designed specifically for the technical requirements of modern day schools and colleges.

CinePaint is a deep paint tool that's used for retouching movies, not a movie editor like Avid or Final Cut Pro.

Free movie clips you can insert into lessons, presentations, etc.

Great site that explains popular American and English movies. Also useful guide for a format if you want your students to create guides.

A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System: one star, eight planets, and more This website is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system. Each page has our text and NASA's images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.

Students will enjoy inputting their own text and seeing the message appear in images of fortune cookies, movie marquees, etc.

Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts & Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12 kids, aligned with state standards. My students love these videos!

BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology

8th grade students in New York were given the assignment to tweet about the book and movie animal farm as they studied those. The students felt that it took a potentially "boring" project and made it more fun. They got deeper insight into the material than if they had just done it by themselves. This assignment could be done for any number of topics or mediums.