Video Editing and Remixing Tools
Loom
Create, present, and assess with effortless interactive screencasts
Bottom Line: This intuitive tool is excellent for recording and responding to screencasts of any length.
Flip
Pose questions, spark thoughtful video responses with stellar tool
Bottom Line: This accessible, approachable tool offers connection, multiple means of expression, and creativity to apply to almost any topic.
PlayPosit
Interactive video creator has great question variety
Bottom Line: This tool strikes a nice balance, offering teachers an easy intro to interactive video mixed with a large set of features that can lead to increasingly sophisticated lesson design.
Adobe Express
Enjoyable and practical design tool supports creators of all ages
Bottom Line: Beautiful templates and user-friendly tools empower students to turn their creative ideas into professional-looking media.
Green Screen by Do Ink
Versatile, easy-to-use moviemaker and photo editor yields great results
Bottom Line: High-quality moviemaker and photo editor has numerous uses for students' projects.
Twig Create
Teach, learn, and create with all-in-one video platform
Bottom Line: Video-based lessons have more than meets the eye with cool features and thoughtful premade content.
Animaker Video Maker & Editor
Design and present animated infographics and video with versatile site
Bottom Line: A great media creation tool that could be used all year long for everything from posters to videos, but teachers will need to make learning goals clear.
Edpuzzle
Crop, customize, and remix online video content with interactive tool
Bottom Line: As a tool for the flipped classroom or for student-led creation, a cool tool for teachers to create and share engaging video content.
iMovie
Basic movie editor makes for skill-focused, student-centered learning
Bottom Line: Despite some limitations with editing, it's the perfect tool to get teachers and students started with digital video production.
Screencastify
Screen-recording tool facilitates outside-of-the-box instruction
Bottom Line: This is an instructional tool that could reinvent classroom workflow, especially for classrooms in the Google ecosystem.
Screencast-O-Matic
Create and edit sophisticated screencasts without breaking the bank
Bottom Line: This is the most flexible screencasting tool, but it requires patience -- and perhaps a subscription -- to unlock all of its possibilities.
VEED
Create and edit high-quality screencasts and videos in record time
Bottom Line: This platform is full of features that blend video creation and screencasting, helping teachers expand and differentiate their lessons.
WeVideo
Cloud-based multimedia editor elevates brims with possibility
Bottom Line: This is an excellent way to provide multimodal learning experiences to students.
Binumi
One-stop shop for creating and assigning beautiful video stories
Bottom Line: Set students up for storytelling success with quality content and tools in a safe environment.
AndroVid - Video Editor
Versatile must-have creation tool for classrooms using Android devices
Bottom Line: Easy-to-use tool enables Android users to create movies or slideshows.
Piktochart
Create sleek media with cool templates, powerful features
Bottom Line: An easy-to-use tool for producing and sharing great visual content in the classroom.
Clips
Create and share videos with cool effects, tons of language options
Bottom Line: This slick video creation app is fun, empowering, and accessible in lots of languages, but be careful with sharing.
InShot Video Editor
Social media-aimed creation app has cool features, some pitfalls
Bottom Line: For students, there's a lot of fun to be had and valuable editing skills to be gained, but teachers will need to do all the instruction and deal with the ads.
Animation and Slideshow Tools
Easy Stop Motion studio: Introduction to animation
Ideal, easy-to-use way to help kids learn basic animation
Bottom Line: This introduction to digital animation offers lots of opportunities for creativity for young students.
Toontastic 3D
Flexible tool hands kids the reins for creative animated storytelling
Bottom Line: Despite some lack of variety and simple drawing tools, Toontastic 3D remains a terrific, versatile storytelling tool.
Shadow Puppet Edu
Resource-rich video slideshow maker a gem for a variety of classrooms
Bottom Line: Easy-to-use free tool is a must-have for elementary classrooms; just keep an eye on sharing and privacy.
Animation & Drawing by Do Ink
One-stop animation tool for beginners through experts
Bottom Line: Accessible entry into animation for beginning students, but with enough depth to satisfy more advanced artists.
Animatic
Ultra-simple starting point for animation has its uses
Bottom Line: This animation app can be a great starting point for learning the essentials of animation (sequencing frames of drawings), but ultimately it has a small feature set compared to others.
Wick Editor
Design interactive games and animations with creative online platform
Bottom Line: A great starting place for aspiring creators to design and share engaging content.
Looom
Whimsical animation app is beautiful, tricky to implement
Bottom Line: After jumping through some initial hurdles, teachers will find Looom to be a useful tool for some students.
Explee
Build slick, engaging whiteboard animations with Web-based tool
Bottom Line: A stellar -- if somewhat pricey -- creation tool for the classroom.
Animoto: Video Maker & Editor
Create stylish slideshows and videos with simple, customizable features
Bottom Line: Slick videos and slideshows are easy to make, but it takes a little work to make it fit for classroom use.
Vidcode
Cool coding tool tuned to teens' passions aids creativity
Bottom Line: Women-created platform expands the traditional scope of coding to visual elements students interact with online everyday.
