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Zimmer Twins at School

Zimmer Twins at School (http://www.zimmertwinsatschool.com) is a website devoted to kids and creative storytelling. Since 2005, the Zimmer Twins has invited children to create and share their own animated stories.  Our education site bundles the popular moviemaker, featuring Edgar, Eva and their psychic cat 13 with new teacher-friendly class management tools and privacy settings.

Registration for Zimmer Twins at School is free. Free membership allows teachers to set up five student accounts, and create up to twelve movies. Zimmer Twins at School VIP memberships unlock the full potential of the site for $9.95 USD per month or $89.95 USD per year.

VIP memberships include:

• Classrooms with 1 teacher and 40 student accounts.
• Individual password protected accounts for each student.
• Password administration by teachers, no need to rely on 3^rd party customer support services
• Gated communities: Movies published on Zimmer Twins at School are only visible to other members of the class group.
• Unlimited movies for every user.
• Edit and resave your movies.
• Open comments and ratings for students and teachers.
• Teachers can write blog posts, polls, and select featured movies.
• Easy-to-use content moderation.

Visit http://zimmertwinsatschool.com/membership to sign up.

Until November 30^th, one-month VIP memberships are available free of charge to celebrate the launch of our new site!

With its emphasis on media production skills, online citizenship and collaborative production Zimmer Twins at School prepares students to be digital citizens of the 21^st century.

The Zimmer Twins is an Emmy award-winning site devoted to kids and creative storytelling. Since 2005, children have used the original Zimmer Twins to create and share more than one million animated movies.

Questions?

Contact:

Miriam Verburg

Project manager at zinc Roe: New media for kids

Miriam@zincroe.com

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