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SMORE
Create newsletters, or electronic flyers in seconds for free. Easy-to-use and engaging. Collaborate with your audience even add text, images, video or clickable buttons. Colorful backgrounds and choice of font styles. Professional look achieved quickly. SMORE generates a clickable link that remains with your design. If you need to edit, just re-publish to update. Tool…
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Breakout EDU
This site is a “sandbox” of examples of digital breakout lessons Breakout EDU games consist of a combination of physical and digital puzzle elements that must be solved in a set amount of time to create escape room type of activities. Players of all ages are challenged to open the locked Breakout EDU box using…
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Clipchamp
With Clipchamp, you can edit, compress, convert, and record without compromising the quality of your video. It also allows you to create Facebook video ads, Youtube videos, Instagram promos, and Slideshow videos. Pick from the different available templates to meet your needs. Create your story now! Clipchamp
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Storyboarder
Storyboarder makes it easy to visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures. Quickly draw to test if a story idea works. Storyboarder Keywords: video storytelling
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National Geographic – Including VR & 360° Video Content
National Geographic pushes the boundaries of visual storytelling. The National Geographic site has a large collection of stories that relate to critical issues affecting the world today and the impact on your life. The online series includes content from all over the world, including podcasts, virtual reality, and 360° videos. National Geographic National Geographic…
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Data Visualization: University at Buffalo Libraries Research Guide
This guide provides an introduction to best practices, tools, and educational resources for data visualization, including tools, best practices, examples, and resources. Data visualization is the process of representing information using visual means, such as a chart/graph, diagram, map, concept map, or picture. There are two fundamental types of data visualization: exploratory visualization and explanatory…
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How To Upload A Podcast (To iTunes Or Any Other Directory)
It’s a fairly common misconception that iTunes and other podcast directories host your podcast media files (typically an MP3). You don’t actually upload your podcast episode files to iTunes. What really happens is that you show iTunes where your podcast files are located in the form of an RSS feed. Then every time you upload a new episode, your feed is automatically updated – and iTunes updates your show listing with…
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Knight Lab
Northwestern University Knight Lab is a community of designers, developers, students, and educators working on experiments designed to push journalism into new spaces. The Lab provides an open, collaborative environment for interdisciplinary exploration and conversation, where students and professionals learn together and from one another. Products from Knight Lab include easy to create timelines, StoryMaps,…
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PechaKucha
PechaKucha 20×20 is an alternative way to present information which was devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham in Tokyo in 2003. It is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images. PechaKucha Keywords: presentations
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Ultimate Guide to Easily Make Instructional Videos
A wonderful outline on how to create educational videos, including how-to videos, tutorial, and instructional videos. Ultimate Guide to Easily Make Instructional Videos
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Teleprompt.me
The web’s only voice-powered teleprompter. Drop in a script and it automatically scrolls as you speak. This voice-controlled teleprompter uses Chrome’s built-in microphone to scroll as you speak. Creating a text-based script for your videos also helps to later generate captions, ensuring your video’s content is accessible to the widest possible audience. Teleprompt-me
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Seesaw
It is an app and website that offers instructors different assessment methods of students and ways to create interactive lessons for students. Like other websites that allow for portfolios, students can create their own portfolios while allowing for communication between students, parents, and teachers. Students can use online tools to demonstrate their creativity and learning.…
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Creative Book Builder
Creative Book Builder allows you to create books in epub format, which can then be exported to iBooks and shared with others. Embed images, audio files, video files, and write text. The advantage of an epub document over a PDF document is that all of the media will be preserved and available for readers to…
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VEED
VEED is a simple video editor with a bunch of great features such as Trim, Crop, Add Text, Add Subtitles/Captions, Add Stickers, and much more. VEED works directly in the browser and does not require download any software. An additional feature is that VEED can turn a podcast into a video by simply adding artwork…
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Shotcut
Use this free software to edit videos and add effects. Shotcut is a free and open-source video editing software available for Windows, Mac, and Linux devices. The platform works with resolutions as high as 4K and has broad format support. It is an ideal solution for creating video thanks to its array of editing features and…
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Remix Project – improving media literacy across the curriculum
The goal of the Remix Project is to improve media literacy across the curriculum so that all students are better prepared for the media-rich world of the twenty-first century. The Remix Project is a collaborative effort of the Hesburgh Libraries and the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning from the University at Notre Dame. The…
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HitFilm
Video editing and all the power you need to make something cool. Free starter software, HitFilm, is perfect for beginners, film students, and YouTubers. HitFilm Keywords: video editing
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Clips
Clips is an iOS app for making and sharing fun videos with text, effects, graphics, and more. From choosing backgrounds to using animated special effect and 3D, Clips makes the whole experience of capturing a moment and sharing it more fun. As Clips is in sync with iCloud, creating memorable moments is equally available on…
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Visual Learning Center by Visme
The resource to help you become a better visual communicator. The site contains a wide array of resources visual learners and presenters. These resources will help you become a better presenter, communicator, and storyteller by creating better presentations and infographics. Visual Learning Center by Visme Keywords: visual learning, digital literacy, blogs and wikis, visualize information, presentation
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Snapchat
Snapchat is a popular messaging app that lets users exchange pictures and videos (called snaps) that are meant to disappear after they’re viewed. It’s advertised as a “new type of camera” because the essential function is to take a picture or video, add filters, lenses or other effects and share them with friends. It’s like texting,…