Production



Online Screencasting Jing
 * //Take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor.//
 * Share it instantly via web, email, IM, Twitter or your blog.
 * Simple and free, Jing is the perfect way to enhance your fast-paced online conversations.

 Capture audio and video from your computer including what you are doing on your computer screen for presentations, how-to videos, and anything else you can think for free!

Animation


 * Make your own speaking avatar in just a few simple steps for any presentation. **

Animoto

Turn your photos & videos into pure amazing.
Animoto automatically produces beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips and music. **Fast**, **free** and **shockingly easy**.

Scratch Create and share your own interactive stories, games, music, and art.

Xtranormal


 * Do you sketch? Make your sketches movies! **



Hosting PodBean.com Podbean.com is an easy and powerful way to start podcasting.
 * Easy** to publish your podcast in 3 steps. No tech to learn.

YouTube Join the largest worldwide video-sharing community!

For more information about how a podcast works, watch this brief video on the Common Craft Show: Podcasting in Plain English.

Production Applications <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%; line-height: normal;">Audacity Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.

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 * <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Use **COLLAGE** to quickly produce dynamic interactive panoramas with hot-spots.
 * <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Use **STUDIO** to build a personalized media presentation... and, place it in your COLLAGE.
 * <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Use **EXPRESS** to build presentations with dynamic content from RSS feeds and online albums.
 * <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Tap into **CUT-OUT Express** to use your photos as frames for slideshows.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%; line-height: normal;">Wax Wax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software. The idea for Wax is to be very general purpose and flexible in video compositing and effects, so that you can compose your dream video sequence with ease every time.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%; line-height: normal;">Windows Movie Maker Windows Movie Maker 2.1 makes home movies amazingly fun. With Movie Maker 2.1, you can create, edit, and share your home movies right on your computer. Build your movie with a few simple drag-and-drops. Delete bad shots and include only the best scenes. Then share your movie via the Web, e-mail, or CD.



<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">RealeWriter A very capable product that kids of all ages can use to create fun, interesting RealeBooks and make a difference for community literacy, and it's FREE!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 26px;">Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you can share, read, and print. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #808080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 25px;">Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards. They’re curiously fun.

<span style="color: #973030; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Shape Your Photos with Loupe

<span style="color: #6f6fe2; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">**Make Your Slides Stand Out and @Say Hello**

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 * <span style="color: #6f3e3e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 300%;">Speech Pace Recorder for Android **

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 300%;">You can use this for research too!

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 300%;"> <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 300%;"> <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 300%;">Use Zopler to make your next short story presentation.


 * <span style="color: #b5b52c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Create Your Own Museum Box **

<span style="background-color: #000080; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 300%; text-align: center;">Productivity Bundle

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Open Office Suite

OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading **open-source** **office software suite** for **word processing**, **spreadsheets**, **presentations**, **graphics**, **databases** and more.

You will need to have, at a minimum, word-processing software such as Microsoft Word. If you do not have productivity software or if you use word-processing software that is uncommon, you can download a free suite called OpenOffice that has a very similar layout to Microsoft Office. The software bundle includes a word processor, a speadsheet application, and a presenter application similar to PowerPoint. Note: In order to avoid compatibility issues, please save your work as an **.odt** file.

<span style="background-color: #000080; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 300%; text-align: center;">Your Face on a Billboard!

Want to make your own poster, a cartoon of yourself, make yourself or someone you know look absolutely ridiculous, or whatever comes to mind? Use this web site and let the magic happen. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Blabberize

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Glogster

<span style="background-color: #000080; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 300%; text-align: center;">The Ultimate MultiMedia Presentation

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 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Create astonishing presentations live and on the web! You can now import your Power Point slides! Learn how to use Prezi Here **

Bring your digital photos to life with Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows

or you can use One True Media to mix your photos and videos with their effects to create something wow-worthy.


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">SoundBible.com ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">is the encyclopedia of free sound clips and may just be the last sample resource you'll ever need. They offer free and royalty free sounds for video editors, movie scores, game designers, and weekend audio warriors. You can bookmark their page now by hitting Ctrl+D. They update daily so be sure to keep returning for one of the best copyright free sound resources on the net.


 * <span style="color: #3e3eb1; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 300%;">Make Your Own Online Magazine **



<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">If you have questions on how to use one of these resources, please let me know.