Helpful Tools for Creating Multimedia Projects

Educational Videos and Lessons K-12

ThisMoment..........You just have to see this concept; better than animoto?

Animoto Upload photos - this site makes the movie and adds music for you! Sign up for a free educator acct.

Format Factory

Kerpoof Like online kidpix or hyperstudio - paint, draw, write make cards,etc


Download and convert UTube videos for use in presentations....respect copyright, please.
This will allow you to use these videos in a ppt or keynote even when an internet connection is not available.

Scrapblog This very cool tool lets you make an scrapbook with your photos and allows posting online. YOu can then link to t from your page!
FotoFlexer- online photo editor - upload and work online -free really neat effects for kids and fun teachers! Can store images here as well.
Good for resizing and for getting rid of background layers in photos

Picnik - Another online photo editor much like Fotoflexer

Image Well Download this and put in your dock. So handy when resizing a photo for your home page! Simple.No longer free.

Voice Thread- repeated here as a site that works for multimedia threaded discussion

You Convert It - A great site for converting many things, but especially video file formats.

Some sources of"free" music and video for presentations

Tools for formats, files, ppt, and web pages:


ispring: Convert ppt to flash video for use on a web site.

Vixy: Download and convert UTube movies to different formats. Look at the bottom right of page as top is broken currently.

Slideshare:The best place to share presentations online for free. Now download a plugin so options to upload here show up in the PPT menu bar. Also possible to upload Keynote presentations to this site.