Step 9: Creating and Using Video (l)

 Book Creator.   iOS /  Android 
  Book Creator allows students to quickly create their own beautiful books. We have included Book Creator in our video section because books created using this app are often shared as a video. Karen Arrington has some great posts about using Book Creator with her students:

• Learn all the different ways you can share your books including  sharing as a video.
• Numerous ideas for using Book Creator with different ages.
• The free plan allows you to create one library of up to 40 books.

  Explain Everything  iOS /  Android 
  Explain Everything is an app that lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and presentations. Here is an example of Grade 2 student using Explain Everything for increasing patterns.Explain Everything app
Instagram  iOS / Android 
Instagram  is a social networking platform that is designed for sharing photos and videos. Users can apply digital filters to their images and share them on a variety of social networking services, such as Facebook, Twitter,Tumblr, and Flickr.
Our friend Larry Ferlazzo’s article using Instagram videos with students. Also, check out his vocabulary videos by English Language Learners.Video and book by Instagram
Note: Instagram is restricted to those who are 13+.
iMovie.  iOS / Mac Computers
 Educators use iMovie if they want to use free software to create or edit movies on their Apple devices.iMovie allows you to easily combine your image and photos, with audio or music, to make professional looking videos. The iMovie app is an essential app for quickly creating movies on iOS devices.
Loom Mac /  Windows  /  Chromebooks  
Loom is a free screencasting tool available via Chrome extension. Loom allows you to record your camera and screen with audio directly from your Chrome browser. You can then download your video, embed it on your blog, or share it via social media or email,etc.
 Screencasting is such a versatile way to use video in the classroom. Not only can teachers make tutorials, but students can share their learning as a screencast by narrating their digital creations. For a very simple example, students could narrate a Google Slide presentation.