Multimedia projects provide students with opportunities to acquire 21st century skills by requiring them to gather, integrate and synthesize information as they collaborate and communicate within a digital environment.  Effective multimedia projects require students to construct knowledge and use higher-level thinking skills to remix and present content. 
There are many free and user-friendly tools available for creating multimedia projects and it’s hard to know which tools to choose. I used Scoop.It to put together a collection of my favorites to get the school year started

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View my collection of Cool Toolsfor Multimedia Projects on ScoopIt