Animoto is an easy-to-use video/slideshow/animation app. You can sign up as a teacher and get 50 educational accounts to share with your students.  This allows them to create videos up to 5 mins long for free (whereas the limit is 30 sec for the free regular access).  See one of the digital literacy coaches if you need support on how to create students accounts etc.

Intuitive & fun to use, Powtoon lets you and/or your students make 5 minutes animations/videos/slide presentations free!

Sign up from the Powtoon.com site or get an educational account from here. Available as an convenient app within Google Docs too!

Here is an example: 

Tiki Toki is an interactive timeline that allows students to integrate visuals, information and links to other presentations.  It supports some complexity in content and scope. The product looks great and they have fun working with it.
Here is an example of Ms. Davies' Hum 8 class projects about the Decline of the Middle Ages.

GoAnimate for Schools
GoAnimate is a suite of web applications that lets you make amazing animated videos easily. Produce a video in minutes without drawing or using a camera.

An alternative to the recently discontinued Xtranormal.

Educators' pricing available - may be around $100 for 50 students.


Features:

• libraries  of characters, backgrounds, props, music & sound effects
• import your own audio, image, video or flash files
• Quick Video Makers & Full Video Makers
• Share the link, copy & paste embed codes or download the video file as an mp4.

OTHER OPTIONS:
Powtoon
DoInk app for iOS
ToonDoo

Cube Creator This little interactive tool helps students identify and summarize key elements. It can be used as a prewriting or postreading activity (examples are for story cubes, mystery cubes, bio cubes and make-your-own cubes).  Includes graphic organizer sheets as well. 

Every image contains a story and ThingLink helps you tell your stories. ThingLink interactive images form a channel that other users can follow.


Below is an example of a Thinglink used to make an interactive image that shows tools for Flexible Learning paths.

You can use one of several social bookmarking/networking sites to:

• save, categorize & tag websites & access them quickly from any device 
• add & share notes, save images & screenshots along with the bookmarks
• share with followers (or with groups, eg Diigo)

Scoop.it

As with Pinterest, you can curate topics from the web and assemble them into pages/boards that you can share with visuals.  You can also follow others' curated topics.  Here's a GREAT example:  Digital Delights for Learners

Delicious





(see Alison's Delicious links on the Languages page)

Edmodo for Langley Schools

• group networking with your classes or groups of colleagues (like Facebook, but controllable)
• share resources
• online discussions
• post & submit & mark assignments
• polls

Teacher Edmodo Manual & Support (plus there are lots of tutorials on Youtube on basic and innovative uses)

Storify: make the web tell a story.

Four ways to use Storify in the classroom: (includes examples and how-to)

• Current Events: Compile a story about a recent event or phenomenon
• Literature Class: Create a multimedia “book report”
• History: “Reenact” a Historical Narrative
• Science: Put together photos, videos, and other information about a scientific concept.

Voicethread
OR
Ed.voicethread for K-12 (network for K-12 only)

• Using Voicethread in the classroom - includes examples, e.g. social studies
  
• Voicethread digital library: examples of projects using Voicethread in different subject areas and grade levels

Pixton for schools.
Students use this comic creation tool to tell stories, individually or collaboratively.  Share with the group or beyond.
Subject area examples of Pixton.

20 Options for real-time collaboration. 

Never used Twitter?   You might consider starting if you want to connect with teachers interested in the same subjects you are, especially "trending" ideas (passion projects!).

• follow experts
  
• follow certain hashtags (group discussions on a topic, preceded by a <#>)
  
• participate in a scheduled online Twitter chats on a certain topic
  
• engage in backchannel discussions at a conference
  
• share what you're doing (what's ordinary to you might be extraordinary to someone else)
• ask questions
• ...

Try using an app such as Tweetdeck on your computer so you can twitter activity that you are interested in.  Here are hashtags that are useful to follow:
#thinklangley = education (Langley Educators sharing)
#bced = British Columbia education (Educators in British Columbia, Canada sharing)#edchat = education chat
#edtech = education technology, tools and tips chat.
#engchat = English education chat
#lrnchat = language learners chat
#mathchat = Mathematics discussions.
#mlearning = use of mobile technologies in education
#scichat = Science chat.
#spedchat = chat about special education.
#geniushour = chat about Passion Project/20% time/Genius Hour

Learn it in 5.
5 minute how-to videos by teachers for teachers and students on how to create classroom strategies for today's 21st century's digital classroom. Step-by-step videos demonstrating how to use Web 2.0 applications like blogs, social networks, podcasts, interactive videos, wikis, slide sharing and much more.

Read more: http://learnitin5.com/#ixzz2mSwN42XU

Polleverywhere is an easy-to-use poll & survey tool.  You will need to create an account.  Students can text their responses.  Responses are displayed immediately in a choice of visual formats.


Video tutorial below: