No+Fuss+Videos

=Animoto = Animoto is an online video service that supports the creation of high-impact, 30-second videos for **FREE**. It's easy to use for students or librarians; no downloads required! **Below:** Armchair Adventures: Great True Adventures for Teens

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=[|Blabberize] = Blabberize allows you to take any picture and turn it into a video! **Below:** a quick peek at Libba Bray's //Beauty Queens//!

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Or, create a Blabberize to teach a Library Media Center "routine" or management tip: media type="custom" key="8952976"

=Photo Story 3 = //**Create videos that combine still images, narrations, and music in a snap!**//

Microsoft's Photo Story 3 is a free and easy digital storytelling program for those who don't want to learn advanced video editing. Photo Story 3 is free to those who have a licensced copy of Microsoft Windows.

Use Photo Story 3 to create trailers for individual books, for authors or for genres. Post the presentations on your website, blog, or a wiki about books. Encourage students to use the presentations to help with readers advisory, use them as an occasional alternative to live book talks, or use them as a teaching tool. Students can create their own Photo Stories about their favorite books or authors, or even as a culminating project for an information literacy task.
 * [|Download Photo Story]
 * A one page handout for students on Photo Story 3: [|photostoryforstudents.doc]
 * A 7 page step-by-step guide for Photo Story 3: [|photostorystepbystep.doc]
 * Want to add music to your Photo Story from your iTunes account? [|Download CDex] to convert your iTunes files to mp3 files. NOTE: you'll probably need to burn your iTunes musci to a CD, then upload the CD tracks into CDex to convert.

//**Samples:**// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Promoting Fiction** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">media type="file" key="Twilight.wmv" width="300" height="300" media type="youtube" key="ULbgnU--O9U" height="390" width="480"

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Biography/Research Starters** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">media type="file" key="PhotoStoryMovieJake.wmv" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="PhotoStoryMovieLizzie.wmv" width="300" height="300"