Animoto.+Jessica+Doyel



[|Animoto]


 * Introduction **

Animoto is an online tool used to create videos and insert images from your computer, Facebook, Instagram, Flickr and other social media and online image web sites. You can then download and embed them to play on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and more! I chose to use Animoto because I myself have used this tool and it is very user friendly. You can use Animoto online or from your iPhone or Android which makes it a very cool Web 2.0 tool for all ages!


 * Teaching and Learning **

Some ideas for Animoto use in the classroom include:
 * Another way to introduce video editing to students
 * Use as a classroom icebreaker at the beginning of a new semester by having students create a video that would describe them
 * Demonstrate a concept or review an upcoming lesson plan (flipped classroom)

This tool is user friendly, although has a time limit of 30 seconds; for anything longer, it is $5 per month. To begin making a video you are asked to create a style or theme of your video with pre-loaded categories such as: family, holidays, or travel for. Once you choose your style you can then view the theme and to get an idea of how it will animate throughout your video by clicking on the selection and watching a sample video with the selected theme. You must sign up or log-in to begin creating your video. Once you begin uploading videos, there is a running time on the top of the page so you know approximately how many more videos or images to upload. When you are finished you can preview your video and "produce" when you are complete. Here is an example video I created of my son: Animoto Example Video Here is another [|example] I found online that is student created demonstrating the skills on inline skating.

Information on Animoto found on the Animoto web site [|Source for student created Animoto] Animoto image provided by Google images
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