iPhoto Book links:
Resources from Apple: tutorials and how tos
iPhoto Book video tutorial video 1
iPhoto Book video tutorial video 2
Sharing Animated iPhoto Books video
VoiceThread Links:
VoiceThread - register here for account
Examples:
Civil War ABC VoiceThread - Bourque and Miller
Gregor the Overlander - good example using with a novel
Book and Story VoiceThread examples
Many examples on this PageFlakes page
More examples on this Wiki page
Tutorials, Resources:
Liz Davis Slideshare with directions on how to create a VoiceThread
Digitally Speaking - Voicethread resources, handouts.
Langwitches Blog - Voicethread directions
Note: Discovery Streaming has copyright friendly images that you could download to use in a VoiceThread about a specific topic.
Animoto Links:
Animoto - register here for account (see me for SCS code)
Examples:
Simple Machine Animotos - using digital pictures taken by our third graders
Spring is Here - using pictures made by our first graders in Kidpix, printed out. I took digital pictures of their drawings to make the Animoto.
Fun Faces - more KidPix pictures by first graders