iPads, MakerEd and More in Education

Making animated videos is a great way for students to bring their written stories to life on screen. Those could be fiction or nonfiction stories. Some nonfiction animated video topics include making a video to illustrate a historical event, making biographies, and explaining complex concepts in simple animations like Common Craft does. In the fiction realm you might have students make an adaptation of a favorite story or an animation of their own creative writing. Whichever direction you choose, the following five tools offer good ways for students of all ages to make their own animated videos.

Looking for some good web tools to help you create educational whiteboard animated videos? The tools below have you covered. These are some of our favourite options when it comes to whiteboard animations. You can use them to create a wide variety of educational video materials including explainers, tutorials, screencasts, step-by-step guides and many more. Bear in mind though that these platforms are not totally free. The first two offer a free trail and the last one has a basic free version with very limited features. You may want to check them out and see if they work for you.