Brush Ninja

Brush Ninja is a super-fun site for creating customs animations, digital art, collages, and more.  Also, Brush Ninja has an abundance of educator resources to help integrate Brush Ninja into the classroom.  Educators are using BN in a wide variety of ways such as: digital storytelling, project based learning, "spicing" up a project, and much more.  Best of all, Brush Ninja is free, easy-to-use, and requires no student registration making it CIPA compliant for the classroom.

I highly recommend checking out Brush Ninja by clicking here!!!

Thanks to Richard Byrne's wonderful blog for the tip.  

Buncee for the Holidays

 

Buncee one of my all time favorite web 2.0 sites for classrooms, has just released a bunch of lessons/templates/ideas for how to use Buncee for the holidays.  This is a great easy-to-use learning tool for creating beautiful looking presentations, stories, posters, eCards, and more.  Finally, educators are using this to "flip" their classroom, for project based learning, digital storytelling, finding ideas (Ideas Lab) and much much more.

I highly recommend checking out Buncee by clicking here!!!!

For holiday ideas click here.



*Buncee is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Cloud Stop Motion

Cloud Stop Motion is an innovative site for creating and storing stop motion video projects.  This is
ideal for educators looking to integrate technology into the classroom and can be used for project based learning, digital storytelling, and more.  Best of all, the educational portal allows teachers to track and manage student accounts, organize all projects, and export/watch all videos, all from w/in the web/browser.

I highly recommend checking out Cloud Stop Motion by clicking here!!!

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Cloud Stop Motion

Cloud Stop Motion is an innovative site for creating and storing stop motion video projects.  This is ideal for educators looking to integrate technology into the classroom and can be used for project based learning, digital storytelling, and more.  Best of all, the educational portal allows teachers to track and manage student accounts, organize all projects, and export/watch all videos, all from w/in the web/browser.

I highly recommend checking out Cloud Stop Motion by clicking here!!!

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.

Buncee

*Be sure to check out Buncee at ISTE June 24-27th, booth #2136

Buncee is the award winning learning tool that provides a digital canvas for students to create amazing projects, presentations, and much much more.  Educators have been using Buncee in a wide variety of ways through their educational portal "Buncee Classroom" to create virtual classrooms for students to complete assignments, take quizzes, etc.  Best of all, Buncee Classroom lets educators track students, assign quizzes, and even differentiate/assess instruction.  Finally, w/ the vast amount resources, lesson plans, templates, and tutorials, teachers can easily integrate Buncee into any
subject/curriculum.  It's the ultimate all-in-one tool for education!!!

More features include:

• Stitching Slides
• Google Classroom Integration
• State of the art/custom animations, clipart, and backgrounds
• COPPA compliant
• Complete Multimedia integration w/ voice recording
• Quiz/assignment creation (multiple choice/free answer)
• iPad app
• Buncee Boards
• much much more...

Below is a brief demo of Buncee Classroom...



***For more exciting news from Buncee such as: ISTE, Buncee Chat on Twitter, and more, check out their blog by clicking here!!!

*Buncee is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Animaker Edify

Animaker Edify is an amazing creative toolkit for students/educators that I found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers.  AE allows users to create animated videos that includes media such as: videos, infographics, gifs, and more.  Best of all, the educational portal allows teachers to monitor/track student, assess student progress, and differentiate instruction, to allow for more
effective teaching.

Below is brief demo...



I highly recommend checking out Animaker Edify by clicking here!!!

Parapara Animation

Parapara is a neat little site that for making animations/slideshows that I just found out about from Richard Byrne's excellent blog.  This is a simple to use site that lets user select and color then draw on a screen/frame.  These frames are automatically stitched together to create a slideshow.

I highly recommend checking out Parapara Animation by clicking here!!!

Animatron Updates

Animatron the excellent free online tool for creating custom animations has just released a bunch of new updates.  Teachers and students are using these updates to creating stunning digital stories, for project based learning, collaborative projects, and much much more.

New Features

• Lite Mode - Lite mode is a simplified version of the Animatron video editor.  This makes it easier for students to create video and control the length of a scene.

• Appearance Effects - A user now has the ability to add a zoom in/out effect (i.e. fly in, draw, etc.) to an object.

• Speech Bubbles - A great way to add a voice to a character by drag-n-dropping a speech bubble.

• Whiteboard Animation - Anticipate what's going to be drawn next using this innovative tool to create explainer videos and more.

• Voice Over - One of the best ways to tell a story is to record your own narration, this takes digital storytelling and presentations to the next level.

Finally, Animatron is always adding new characters, objects, scenes and more, to help make it more useful for their users.  In the future they'll have more collaboration tools, ability to import your own media, and more animation sets.

For more information on Animatron's latest update click here.

Below is a brief demo...

I highly recommend checking out Animatron by clicking here!!!

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Animatron

Animatron is a new free online animation creator (i.e. reminds me of PowToon) that makes it easy for students/educators to create stunning presentations.  Educators are using this to introduce subjects/topics or for explanation videos for professional development.  While students are using it for digital storytelling, to create presentations, and much much more.  Also, Animatron makes it easy to work in groups by allowing students to collaborate/create in real-time on multiple devices.

I highly recommend checking out Animatron by clicking here!!!

Below is a brief demo...



Check out their education page w/ examples by clicking here.

*Animatron is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Animatron for Political Animations

Animatron the amazing new and free site for creating custom animations has just released their "political" set.  This set which contains all of the candidates running for office and other political figures is a great way to study/introduce Politics, the election process, US History, and more.  Educators are using Animatron for digital storytelling, project based learning, and more.  Also, Animatron is an excellent collaborative tool as multiple users can work on the same project in real-time.

For more info on how to make a Political Cartoon/animation click here.
Click here for Animatron's political set.

I highly recommend checking out Animatron by clicking here!!!

Animatron

Animatron is a new free online animation creator (i.e. reminds me of PowToon) that makes it easy for students/educators to create stunning presentations.  Educators are using this to introduce subjects/topics or for explanation videos for professional development.  While students are using it for digital storytelling, to create presentations, and much much more.  Also, Animatron makes it easy to work in groups by allowing students to collaborate/create in real-time on multiple devices.

I highly recommend checking out Animatron by clicking here!!!

Below is a brief demo...



Check out their education page w/ examples by clicking here.

Parapara Animation

Parapara Animation is a neat little site for creating custom animations that I just found out about from Richard Byrne's excellent blog.  Users of stop motion animation will feel right at home as a user draws a picture then clicks on the + button to add another frame.  When that happens an outline of the previous frame is seen on the new frame to make the animation flow seamlessly.  A finished product can then be shared via URL or QR code.

I highly recommend checking out Parapara Animation by clicking here!!!

Moovly

Moovly is a excellent site for creating custom animations/presentations.  This site reminds me a lot of Powtoon, and w/ their educational portal offers a nice solution for classrooms.  Moovly can be used to flip a lesson and for Project Based Learning.  Also, a finished project can then be embedded into a site or blog.

I highly recommend checking out Moovly by clicking here!!!

Below is an example...

DisaPainted

DisaPainted is a fun new site for creating custom animations that I found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's blog.  All a user has to do is register or user their Facebook account and then they can start using drawing tools to create an animation.  Once a picture is done a new frame can be added to create the animation.

I highly recommend checking out DisaPainted by clicking here!!!

For another fun site to create a custom animation click here.

Draw a Stickman

Draw a Stickman is a fun site I learned about from Larry Ferlazzo's award nominated blog. It's simple to do and fun to watch the stickman walk around and talk out loud. Once an animation is done a user can share it w/ others via Twitter, Facebook, or email.

I recommend checking out Draw a Stickman by clicking here!!

GIFup

GIFup is a cool site for creating animated gifs. This is done by uploading a pic (or from Flickr) and then editing it. A pic can be cloned and then timings can be set to make the gif animate. For those people familiar w/ stop motion animation the process is a bit similar. Also, banners and avatars can be made.



I recommend checking out GIFup by clicking here!!

Thinglink

Thinglink is a wonderful new site that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers. This is a site that installs a plugin on a blogging platform and then turns your photos interactive by tagging and labeling them.

I highly recommend checking out Thinglink by clicking here!!

View the demo video below...

Automatoon

Automatoon is a site I just found out about from the great, Free Technology 4 Teachers! This is a site that reminds me a little bit of GoAnimate, in that it is designed for creating custom animations. What makes Automatoon so nice is that it is very user friendly and animations can be done in three easy steps. Anyone familiar w/ a morphing program or Kinemac will feel right at home.

I highly recommend checking out Automatoon by clicking here!!!

GoAnimate

GoAnimate is well known site for creating custom animations. Now, GoAnimate has released an educational version that is ideal for schools. The educational instance comes in two kinds of accounts, Teacher Plus or School Plus. Each version allows the creation of student accounts and the ability to host your animations in a safe environment.



I highly recommend checking out GoAnimate by clicking here!!! (take a look at the lesson plan area).

Wondersay

Wondersay is an excellent new (beta) site for creating animated text. This would be a fun way for teachers to create a nice title to a webpage, blog, or document.



I highly recommend checking out Wondersay by clicking here.

http://www.wondersay.com/#!fix=9740306574063361