This is a fantastic site that, with teacher supervision and specific directives, could yield amazingly entertaining and informative projects and lessons.
Basically, you are able to type dialogue into an series of easy to understand and use text boxes and "shoot" a movie scene. You can change the camera angles, languages, accents, and backgrounds. The site is free but it costs money to unlock extra characters and sets. There are some Colonial America characters I might put some money into later in the year.
Here is a sample movie I made in about three minutes.
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6960597/
You will need an account to make your own movies. If I allow students to use the site, I will probably make a few class accounts for groups work. Obviously, like nearly all web based content you will need to be careful about monitoring their navigation of the site.
*Come to think of it, every year our students make skits for a colonial fair. This might be a good tool for them to use in order to get a sense of how their dialogue is working. We'll see.
For now, enjoy... and in the words of Brian Regan, "Take Luck!"
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