Check out Xtranormal.
Sometimes I have to remind myself that I’m actually working when I come across things like this! Once again thanks to The Ed Techie for drawing it to our attention.
Basically, it’s a 3d animation tool for dummies. You type in your script select character costumes, pick camera angles, sounds, music etc.
The results can be crude but have a certain charm to them. Here are a few examples…
Introduction to a teaching topic on digital media
Something more fun…
Excellent tool for teaching about storyboarding and pre-production or maybe just general cross-curricular idea presentation.
Word of warning, it’s at beta stage at the mo so using it as a class activity may not be reliable. Also, when it comes out of beta testing you may find that you have to pay to put stuff up on it.