Although I liked using Animoto, I would recommend that you put this free animation software tool goanimate.com on your list for next year. With this tool students can create a sort of comic. You can choose characters, setting, voices, movements and background music. Students can write a story or have a conversation. They get to choose dialogue baloons ,add text and voice. There doesn't seem to be any limit to how many you can create for free and it is so easy to create. I know students will love it! Have a look at one I did for a course last year.
http://goanimate.com/movie/0Ru10thoPam0/1
Here is another free presentation tool for sharing photos: Zooburst.com. It is a popup book. You can take your mouse and move around the sides of the book to see all the pictures, plus you can add text to explain the photos.
http://www.zooburst.com/zb_books-viewer.php?book=zb0_4ceec4c9e9016#embed
I haven't used goanimate.com but I will start recommending students use it. I generally encourage people to just explore and try out a few...not necessarily the ones I suggest!
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