Animoto is awesome! That was a lot of fun creating a short video. I made a video describing how students can join Washburne's "Monkey Club." This is a "club" that is for kids who are able to climb to the top of one of our climbing ropes. With the easy share-ability of Animoto, I can easily link this to my students using Schoology.
Animoto is really easy to use. Its simply adding a little text with some pictures, and it creates a fun video. The themes were cool, and the music was as well (including very easy to add!)
One thing I immediately thought this could be useful with is creating an ACC video. Katie Nelson and I (mostly all Katie) have been making videos to promote upcoming ACC events. It was easy to do, we can add pictures of previous ACC's, and text of what to expect. It would save a lot of time, and still has a cool finish.
Kids could also use this to create a trailer for an upcoming "movie." The movie could be a book or chapter they read, and this is a simple way to check on what they've understood so far.
I really enjoyed this thing! I can actually see myself creating a video for my own personal agenda. It was that easy and cool finished product.
I used to use Animoto for my yearly holiday greetings in addition to using it for student projects.
ReplyDeleteI love this movie! It made me want to join...and I can't even get a foot off the ground from a rope. :) I think using it for ACC videos is a great idea, and it would be super easy for book trailers too (thanks for thinking cross-curricularly :) ). I also thought of using it for intro videos for advisory instead of the traditional interviews.
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