I REALLY like Animoto. Now I’m thinking of all the ways I can use it. It’s so much fun. I’ve watched my video several times, what a geek! My next project is going to be using some of my bald eagle pictures. My students are fascinated with them, because I share a lot of stories with them. I teach to underprivileged inner city students who don’t get a chance to spend time outside of the city; so I share my experiences of nature with them, through stories and pictures. They really like the stories and will bring things up from time to time. Animoto will only add to the stories.
So far my favorite two assignments in this course are Animoto and Posterous. Earlier this week I was helping a classmate edit posterous. In doing so, I discovered quite a few features I was unaware of. I played around with them a little, but in the interest of time I didn’t change anything. At some point, time permitting, I want to play around and make some changes to my posterous.
Next we were introduced Pecha Kucha. I like the idea of this, but I know it’s going to be a challenge. The video we watched proved the point. The presenter had a difficult time following the rules. He was talking about slides past, talked excessively fast so he could say everything he wanted, and he ran over the time limit. I watched a couple of other examples, I enjoyed the one on glass structures. This will be an interesting project.
Now I’m working on revising my presentation using the principles and elements we have learned about thus far. Once it’s done it will be loaded into Voicethread.
I also really like Animoto. Did you have any trouble getting an educator's account? I had to delve into the help section in order to be able to figure out the way to get it done. I know that I am going to be using this in my class in the future. I just hope that I will be able to figure out how I would be able to use the 50 classroom accounts when I will have over 200 students next year (~50 students per class). Do you have any suggestions how I would be able to divide things up for small groups (since I have incredible student movement due to social issues as well as students moving into and out of my school).
ReplyDeleteTammy, I'm getting excited for Animoto. I still haven't looked at it yet because I was out of town and very busy, so that is still the last assignment that I haven't gotten to. However, from what you are saying, I think I'm really going to like it. I have to agree with you that Posterous is a great tool. I enjoy using it as a blog tool, however, the picture part isn't my favorite. I am getting some good pictures, but they are not my forte. As for the Pecha Kucha, I see that as being one I get frustrated with. I think the final product will be great, but it will take a lot of time. I think I'm going to set up a timer so I can anticipate the 20 second intervals.
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