Screencast-O-Matic is the original free and easy way to make a screen capture video recording with audio (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting.
Storybird is a collaborative writing website that provides a forum for elementary and middle school classes to develop creative writing. At this site, users create storybirds which are short, art-inspired stories that are fun to make, share, and read. They are created online at the site storybird.com and are saved online at this same site.