I came across the fantastic website Remix America by accident, but it was a happy accident. This website enables users to create their own small videos using historical film clips, contemporary film/TV clips, recent news broadcast clips, and pictures. You can also add your own soundtrack. (I am assuming that you could upload an Audacity file converted to mp3 to their site if you wanted to voice over a clip.) The interface is quite easy to use and I believe the ability to edit together clips from the past with modern clips will be very attractive to my students. This site will allow my students to create their own documentaries and also give voice to their opinions not only on historical topics, but contemporary topics as well. It also gives them a vehicle to compare and contrast the past with the present. A very cool website!!
I have posted a sample video I made at the bottom of this blog. I put this together in just a few minutes. Their tutorial video is very helpful if you get stuck.
