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Loom

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Loom is among a new wave of excellent, useful video creation products. What makes these products so good is how easy it is to create + edit a video on any device and then the ease with which it can be shared. You no longer need to worry about video format, where it is saved, where it can be downloaded, everything is just streamed.

Loom

Screencastify

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Screencastify is in the new wave of products like Loom. In fact Screencastify runs a comparison with Loom on their own website (I like the confidence!). They boast a number of additional features which I do not doubt. The only thing I would add into the mix is that with Loom your videos immediately have their own space people can visit and make comments.

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Edpuzzle

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Edpuzzle is a fantastic way to add value to videos in lessons. The video here gives a great overview, effectively you insert points into the video where students need to answer questions or make a response allowing you to check engagement + understanding. If you are interested in an account here's a referral code: 3ckp27 (It will get me 3 more video spaces for free 😉)

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Cloud Stop Motion

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Cloud Stop Motion is, as the title would suggest, all to do with Stop Motion. If you are not sure what that is then pop it into Youtube, there will be a plethora of resouces! I think it unlikely teachers would use this that often to create content, however I can imagine it being an excellent product for students to use on occasion to create content.

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Classhook

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Classhook is attempting to curate a huge library of engaging videos matched to subjects and age groups for you to find and use easily. I think it is worth having a free account if you like using video clips in lessons. You get 20 clips per month to watch for free which is probably more than enough for most casual users.

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Flipgrid

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Flip(Previously Flipgrid) scares me a little - simply because I'm not yet super comfortable putting my face to video, let alone that being the key feature! However, something I have noticed is that many students often don't just call each other, they video chat each other. So I can see that Flipgrid may well be embracing this change and that I might need to get on board soon! 😬

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Audacity

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Audacity is fairly niche, but considering the scale of what it can do I felt it worth including, particularly for pudding music students or maybe those interested in making podcasts. Audacity is not 'online' it is free downloadable software for all your audio editing needs. I have not yet had a chance to download it myself (ICT permissions...) and have a try but everything I've seen looks good.

Audacity

Screencast - O - Matic

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Screencast-o-Matic is similar to Loom and Screencastify. It feels a little more analogue, however I think you may also get a bit more such as 15min video length for free. If you are interested in making videos I would recommend giving all 3 products a good look before deciding which may be best for you.

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TedEd

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TedEd is like an extension of the famous TED videos. You can find a vast library here of high quality videos that will get your students thinking. But more than that you can create your own, in a similar way to Edpuzzle you upload your video and then add pause points for questions and thoughts.

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YouTube

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Lets not forget the giant that is YouTube. The product that is hosting >90% of the videos on this site. YouTube is a modern marvel, there is just so much excellent content out there now. There is often more to YouTube than people realise as well, start searching up the different channels that YouTube itself has created like YouTube kids, or YouTube learn.

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