ducators, who lack your strong background in video editing, could miss the boat entirely. I certainly did. You have a strong following, Gavin. Put your thoughts out there. There's a big buzz about animoto - and because it yields a slick product, I fear that purpose and process could get lost in the rush.
Hey! You are a terrific resource! I know where to come for answers about video! Thank you!…
ducators, who lack your strong background in video editing, could miss the boat entirely. I certainly did. You have a strong following, Gavin. Put your thoughts out there. There's a big buzz about animoto - and because it yields a slick product, I fear that purpose and process could get lost in the rush.
Hey! You are a terrific resource! I know where to come for answers about video! Thank you! Delete Comment…
NXT Robotics, Photoshop, Wacom drawing pages, The Games Factory, Clik and Play, Axis and Allies, Civ 4, Age of Empires, Audacity, Floorplanner, Fluxtime, Toondoo, Sketchup, Google Docs, online timeline makers, City Creator, Mixbook and bubble.us.
Here are things I've taught young kids that I do know how to do: blogs, wikis, Animoto, Scrapblog, Microsoft Frontpage.
My point--the kids will figure it out.…
Added by Nancy Bosch at 10:28am on February 17, 2009
ened, but publishers like Simon &Schuster have actually started making trailers for books, giving previews a life outside of the theatre. It’s an impressive and rather ingenious marketing strategy, but I happen to think that book trailers also have some promising applications for the classroom.
Burying the Book Report: Using Book Trailers in the Classroom
The idea would be to have your students create their own book teaser-trailer with free and easy-to-use software from Animoto. There are a number of spins you could put on the assignment. Maybe you want to assign a different chapter (or section of a chapter) to each student and have them create trailers based on their assigned section. Once you are done, you could have your students upload them to YouTube or their own personal blog and discuss them as a class to see how each trailer works in a rhetorical way.
Regardless of how you use the project, you need to know where to start. We’re going to walk you through the process.
Download Animoto Animoto is a web-based video creation app, so there’s nothing to download and it’ll work whether you’re using a Mac or a PC. The Lite version is FREE, but limits you to creating 30-second videos. If you’d like to create full-length, HD videos, you can upgrade to Plus or Pro for a nominal fee.
How does it work? Browse Animoto’s photo and music library (or upload your own), add text and watch Animoto do the rest. That’s why Animoto is particularly great for younger kids. Instead of getting bogged down with cumbersome software, your students will be producing eye-popping book trailers in no time.
An added bonus with this app is that your students can copy and paste video’s pre-generated HTML code and share their work through social network sites or on their own blogs with a simple click.
Using Images You’ll quickly exhaust Animoto’s photo library, so we suggest you look elsewhere for “royalty-free” images. Here’s where you’ll find them:
Flickr If you click on the link above, you’ll be taken to Flickr’s “advanced search.” Once you’re there, click on “Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content.” Since your students aren’t going to be profiting—at least financially—from their projects, they are free to “share” or “remix” any creative-commons-licensed photo to their hearts’ content.
Animal Photos All animals. All “royalty-free,” creative commons-licensed content.
Dave’s Free Photos Browse 2,000 of Dave’s nature, people, city, objects and Holy Land photos—all high-resolution and all FREE.
Retronaut One of our favorite sites, especially for historical photos. Narrow your search by ads, brands, animals, architecture, art, books, ephemera, places, toys, TV and film, just to name a few. You also have the option to search by any decade from 1700 to 2010.
Morgue File The morguefile contains photographs freely contributed by many artists to be used however you like—as long as you’re not making financial gains from it. Out of politeness to the artist, they simply request that you credit the photographer when possible.
Using Music As with Animoto’s photo library, you’ll find that their music selection is also rather sparse. If you want royalty-free music or sound effects, here’s where you’ll find them:
Partners in Rhyme Use as many of these royalty-free music loops an audio files as you like. In return, Partners in Rhyme only asks that you give their site a link on your website or blog.
Free SoundLooking for a grenade explosion? A barking dog? A slamming door? A wailing child? Look no further. Freesound is a huge, collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps all released under Creative Commons licenses.
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Added by Karen Cameron at 2:11pm on November 28, 2012
s that lead to rich and relevant learning. Luckily my kids see through some of these tools, they don't stick with or go back to a tool/program unless it has some purpose? depth? flexibility? The one tool I've introduced this year that has had the most staying power is Scratch. They've tried a dozen others but don't stick with the ones that do one thing (befunky, blabberize) or are limited (animoto)---I teach gifted kids K-6 and it takes a lot to keep their attention.…
Added by Nancy Bosch at 5:27pm on January 14, 2008
my 2nd graders wrote "found" poems using words from a Natl. Geographic article and constructing a poem. They illustrated their poem. I uploaded to voicethread and recorded each student reading their poem. It was great to show at open house. I want to expand my tech skills, but I need more "tech" materials. Any suggestions? I'm teaching 4th grade this year and feel they would love to do more tech projects. Thanks for your help and ideas,
Brenda
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list (although I will probably continue to add to it until the first session on Monday, so keep the suggestions coming!):
Google docs, forms, spreadsheets, and calendar
Portaportal
bit.ly
typewith.me
Vocabulary Spelling City
bibme
easybib
Wordle (my first favorite find!)
Tagxedo
Prezi
Museum Box
QuestionPress
Blabberize
StoryBird
StoryJumper
Make Beliefs Comix
VoiceThread
DeweyDigger
Animoto
Yeah. Definitely too many for two 40-minutes sessions :)…
Added by Tammy Morris at 8:52pm on October 15, 2011
s yet. We've added Animoto videos to the blog site and used Scrapblog and Photobucket slideshows as add ins for projects. Our little guys (2nd-3rd) use Dance Mat Typing to practice their keyboarding. Let me know what other good ideas you have.…
Added by Nancy Bosch at 9:52pm on December 8, 2007
ol accounts. BTW, have you seen Travian? Since you teach social studies it may be a good find for your kids. I had some questions about the chats and forum (were they safe for kids? how to get accounts for all my kids? etc. ) so I emailed the guy and he called me at 7:00 am from Munich!! He said he wanted his game to be the Steiff equivalent in the game world--(referencing the famous teddy). Check it out. N.…
Added by Nancy Bosch at 11:41am on December 27, 2007