Programs or sites needed to visually represent a chapter in a novel

My students are currently reading a short German novel and I'd like them to pick a chapter and visually represent the action in that chapter. Unfortunately my students are stuck in the PowerPoint frame of mind. I'll admit that I'm just beginning to dabble with other programs and websites so I don't have many I can recommend to them. Can you tell me about any programs or sites that my students can use to review the action in a chapter and share it with their classmates? The ones I know of are:
Alice from www.alice.org
Pixton from www.pixton.com
http://www.toondoo.com

They can also create a movie or take still shots and turn them into a movie. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Kelley Irish on October 3, 2008 at 4:35pm

Wow their are so many cool sites

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Kerpoof "Kerpoof’s goal is to become a leading destination site for children through a suite of activities that are enriching as well as entertaining. While mindless fun has its place, creating a place for mindful fun is the mission of Kerpoof. On Kerpoof, users can create art, stories, and animated movies using a simple 3D interface. When users are done, they can save it to their gallery, share it with others, and vote on their favorites." from their site.

Comic Sites
Professor Garfield http://www.professorgarfield.com/pgf_home.html create comics and more!

Toondoo http://www.toondoo.com

Comic Strip Generator http://stripgenerator.com

Captain Underpants Cartoon Maker http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/comic.htm

Make Belief Comics http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/comix.php

Quicktoons http://www.quicktoons.com/create

Howtoons http://www.instructables.com/group/howtoons/

Pixton http://www.pixton.com/home

Read Write and Think http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/ line comics

Garfield Comichttp://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/missionz/comic.htm

Comic strip creator http://www.stripcreator.com/make.php

Boys Life http://www.boyslife.org/games/online-games/235/comic-creator/

Disney Comic Creatorhttp://disney.go.com/surfswell/comiccreator.html Comic Life

Animation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/meandmymovie/

Super simple animation movie maker- Just drag and drop clips for a fast mashup.

http://fluxtime.com/animate.php

http://www.moovl.co.uk/

Moovl is a unique online tool which teachers and pupils can use to draw, animate and apply physical properties

to objects in order to bring their pictures and words to life.

http://www.blender.org/

3d animation http://www.myglife.org/workshop/master/en/play/elephant

Cell based animation

Storymaker Programs
http://www.kerpoof.com/
Digital storytelling program. Kae a picture, make a story make a movie 2-4

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-writing-storymaker.htm
Do you like writing? You can create your own story here. Click on 'next'. Then choose a fairy story, a horror story, or a science fiction story. Wait for the storymaker to load, then answer the questions - choose the characters, words and places or write your own! Then the story maker will 'make' your story - you can print it too!

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/WritingCorner/StoryBuilder/LittleL...
Have fun making your own stories using Squigly's story builder. Squigly and his friends have written some stories that you can personalize with your own words.

http://pbskids.org/sagwa/stories/storymaker/index.html make a picture and then write about.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Baird on October 4, 2008 at 7:08am

Wow, Kelly! I'm blown away by what's available for my students to visually represent a chapter. I'm going to be spending most of the weekend looking and playing with these sites. Thanks so much for typing up the list. I truly appreciate it.