Storytelling Tips from the Producers of BBC Explainers

BBC Explainers are short explanatory videos produced for the BBC. Through Lee LeFever's recent post I learned about the process used to...

Create Whiteboard Recordings on the Updated eduClipper iPad App

The popular digital portfolio and bookmarking service eduClipper has released an updated iPad app that offers four awesome new features. T...

Five Multimedia Creation Apps for BYOD Classrooms

One of the challenges facing teachers in BYOD classrooms is finding apps and sites that will work on a wide variety of devices. Creating mul...

A Comparison of 11 Mobile Video Creation Apps

Tomorrow at the NCTIES 2014 conference I am facilitating a workshop on creating videos with mobile apps. I designed the workshop to accommo...

A Great Message from a Student About Autism Awareness

My friend Rushton Hurley recently sent me a video that a student had posted on Next Vista for Learning . The video , embedded below, feature...

5 Ways for Students to Create Audio Slideshows

For the next few days I'm taking some time off to relax, play with my dogs, and ski with friends. Rather than leave the blog dormant for...

Magisto for Chrome - Magical Video Editing

Magisto is a video editing service whose mobile apps I've featured in the past. This morning I tried tried their free Chrome App. The M...

A Quick Tip for Shooting Better Video With Mobile Phones and Tablets

This morning on Google+ Tony Cacaccio shared a picture that offers a great tip for shooting better videos with your mobile phone or tablet....

PresentationTube Offers New Options for Recording and Sharing Presentations

PresentationTube is a free service that teachers can add narration to their PowerPoint presentations. When the service launched last winter...

QuickCast - Quickly Create Screencasts

QuickCast is a free screencasting app available to Mac users. QuickCast allows you to capture all or part of your screen while you talk. Th...

How to Create Audio Slideshows in YouTube

Twice in the last two days at the WLMA 2013 conference I demonstrated how to create audio slideshows on YouTube. Creating audio slideshows i...

Is Your Message Clear? Have Someone Else Animate or Illustrate It

This is a problem we all face at times; we think that we've created a great presentation or developed a great story yet it just doesn...

7 Ways to Use Video In Your Classroom

Wideo , an animated video creation tool that I've reviewed a couple of times, recently published a video highlighting seven ideas for u...

Best of 2013 So Far...Create Interactive Videos on WireWax

We're half-way through 2013. Like I've done in years past, this week I'll be featuring some of the best new tech tools of 2013 a...

Best of 2013 So Far... Wideo

We're half-way through 2013. Like I've done in years past, this week I'll be featuring some of the best new tech tools of 2013 a...

Making Videos In the Common Craft Style - Rubric Included

A couple of years ago I had students in one of my classes create Common Craft -style videos to tell the story of Lewis and Clark. I was remi...

90 Videos That Will Help You Make Better Videos

Last week I featured the Vimeo Video School's series about stillmotion video creation. YouTube also has an extensive collection of vide...

Five Ways to Digitally Celebrate Your Students' Year

The end of the school year is here or soon to be here which means it's a great time to reflect on what your students have done this year...

Next Vista for Learning - Videos of the Year

Next Vista for Learning is the first video sharing site that I recommend to teachers looking for alternatives to YouTube. Videos on Next Vi...

How to Create Multimedia Projects Using Mozilla's Popcorn Maker

Mozilla's Popcorn Maker is a free tool for crafting videos that incorporate images, remixed video clips, links, and social feeds. It ca...