Sunday, October 3, 2010
animoto
Animoto is a great tool for anyone including students in the classroom. It is wonderful site that allows the quick and easy production of short videos. Simply upload images and/or video clips and the program will create a fast moving, high interest video out of the images. The images can be in the form of pictures and power point slides. The video is set to music which can either be selected from the site or uploaded and text can also be integrated. There is a nice short video that shows what they do as well as many samples on their website: http://animoto.com/. It is free to get started right away creating the short videos (30 seconds) and longer videos can be produced on a pay basis. If you scroll to the bottom there is an education link to click on. I have applied for the classroom use but it takes a few weeks to get a response and I'm not sure if the classroom account allows for the creation of longer videos or if there are any other perks with that type of account. I have tried animoto out with pictures of my family and it is pretty cool:) I have not yet used it in my classroom but would like to try it when we are discussing environmental issues. I think the videos have the most potential for issue/cause related content. Powerful images set to music can be persuasive. It would also be interesting for students to create one about themselves at the beginning of the year to introduce themselves.
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Students in my Spanish class would love to use animoto to create a presentation. I can see so many applications for this within a language classroom and students seem to love to make movies. I also love your idea about having students create one to at the beginning of the year to introduce themselves, what a great project for students and a wonderful way to get to know more about our great students.
ReplyDeleteWhile I was student teaching, one day a week in homeroom we would spend time discussing tough issues middle school students face, ie bullying, peer pressure... I think students could take an issue and present a video for other students on ways to make life better for everyone.
I have to do more research but it seems the big drawback might be the cost factor.