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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Emerging Technology #1: Animoto
Animoto is a great movie making site that is easy enough for just about anyone. The site allows you to insert pictures, video clips, and whatever else you could think of, and puts it into a movie format. It creates the movie with the elements that you give it. This is good for people like me who are not that creative. Some might not enjoy the fact that it is made for you.
The site would be fantastic for my students. We do a number of projects with Movie Maker thoughout the year. They have made book commercials, small grammar videos, and "How To" videos. Movie Maker was easy enough to teach the students, that I believe they could easily learn Animoto. With one lesson walking through the processes, I think that a majority of my students could be making their own videos that same day. I would love to have my students try Animoto for our mystery unit coming up. There is a great selection of music that the students can insert for suspense and create unique commercials for their books. The students would love it!
I am also interested in using Animoto within our personal narrative writing piece. My students always struggle with details in their events. They don't realize that we can't see what is going on because we weren't there with their personal experiences. If they could capture special video footage of an event or special trip, they could put that together in a small Animoto video clip. They could portray much more detail and feeling with the music and events that they choose to share with Animoto. Then, the students could write their narratives, but then share their videos. All of the details from video could be seen and felt by the other students. They could help the writer by giving personal feedback about what they felt was missing in the writing. By being able to see the video, they can give better comments to help the writer put more into his or her writing. I have attached a personal clip as an example that I will use with my students.
http://animoto.com/play/xMpswdE3k2iqMmAaX0zu8w
There are a couple of downsides to Animoto. First, is that if you want more out of it, you have to pay the price. The company gives you a free trial with the making of a 30 second movie clip. This is great for trying out the site, but I am worried about 25 students trying to use the site and creating passwords. I don't believe that they could all use my password, but this is something I am going to check into! Secondly, you don't get to do the specifics to the video. You can put the images you want into it and select the music, but from there, the company creates the video and you can't edit from there. I personally don't have a problem with this, but some people might!
Shannon
The site would be fantastic for my students. We do a number of projects with Movie Maker thoughout the year. They have made book commercials, small grammar videos, and "How To" videos. Movie Maker was easy enough to teach the students, that I believe they could easily learn Animoto. With one lesson walking through the processes, I think that a majority of my students could be making their own videos that same day. I would love to have my students try Animoto for our mystery unit coming up. There is a great selection of music that the students can insert for suspense and create unique commercials for their books. The students would love it!
I am also interested in using Animoto within our personal narrative writing piece. My students always struggle with details in their events. They don't realize that we can't see what is going on because we weren't there with their personal experiences. If they could capture special video footage of an event or special trip, they could put that together in a small Animoto video clip. They could portray much more detail and feeling with the music and events that they choose to share with Animoto. Then, the students could write their narratives, but then share their videos. All of the details from video could be seen and felt by the other students. They could help the writer by giving personal feedback about what they felt was missing in the writing. By being able to see the video, they can give better comments to help the writer put more into his or her writing. I have attached a personal clip as an example that I will use with my students.
http://animoto.com/play/xMpswdE3k2iqMmAaX0zu8w
There are a couple of downsides to Animoto. First, is that if you want more out of it, you have to pay the price. The company gives you a free trial with the making of a 30 second movie clip. This is great for trying out the site, but I am worried about 25 students trying to use the site and creating passwords. I don't believe that they could all use my password, but this is something I am going to check into! Secondly, you don't get to do the specifics to the video. You can put the images you want into it and select the music, but from there, the company creates the video and you can't edit from there. I personally don't have a problem with this, but some people might!
Shannon
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