USING ANIMOTO IN THE CLASSROOM

David BurgestFrancis Bradley Middle School

Animoto What do you know

about Animoto? What would you

like to know about Animoto?

Enhance your lessons Make any lesson come to

life with audio and visual, use at the beginning of the day as a ‘teaser’ for what your students can look forward to learning each day or use to teach complex concepts in history, math, science, or character education. Students will respond to new media in the classroom.

Teach history, math, science and other subejects

use to teach complex concepts in history, math, science, or character education. Students will respond to new media in the classroom.

Animoto Sample Videos

http://animoto.com/education#top

Animoto Education Use Animoto for

Education for a beginning of the year get to know you activity.

Showcase through pictures and music

Multimedia storytelling is bringing viewers way more information, and many new ways to see this information.

Students can each create an Animoto showcasing who they are through pictures and music. Animoto presentations are quicker to create than traditional PowerPoint type presentations making them ideal for digital storytelling in the classroom setting.

Teamwork In teams of 3 or 4

discuss various ways that you may use Animoto in your classes

Work from home and school

Because Animoto is completely web-based, students can create videos from school and continue working on them at home. The ability to download videos is outstanding … students could save their work for offline viewing too!

Register as an EDUCATOR at Animoto

Register at http://animoto.com/education

This account is will provide you with 6 months of All-Access privileges to Animoto. (Non-educators must pay for these services!)

If you want your students to create Animoto slide shows, Animoto will send you a classroom code to use with your students.

Reapply when your account expires in 6 months.

Creating an Animoto Video http://animoto.com/

Reflective Questions What are some ideas that you have for

using Animoto in your classroom? Would you use Animoto as a tool in

teaching a lesson? What would you like to know about

Animoto? Why would a tool like Animoto be

effective in teaching a lesson?

Take the 3 question Survey Google Docs Survey

Log in to Animoto.com

Reflective Questions What are some ways that you will use

Animoto.com?

What are some ways that students can use Animoto.com in there lessons?