Animoto

Stephen and I presented on Animoto last Thursday. I feel lucky to have had Animoto as the tool that I presented on and learned about more thoroughly because it is unique and different from the other tools. I think back to how excited I was when I first discovered it. I made a variety of videos that I sent to my family. I thought it was so cool that what I was learning in class could be beneficial outside of class and outside of a teaching setting. I sometimes became frustrated in trying to narrow my pictures down in order to fit them into a 30 second video, but it is still a great tool!

Animoto can also be useful in the classroom. We made a video on the special olympics, so Animoto could be used to document and share field trips or special class events. It could also be used for instruction. A video could be made and used as a snapshot at the beginning of class to engage students and prepare them for what the lesson is going to be about. Animoto could be used in a number of other ways in the classroom as well!