Learning Gems » animoto http://bookjewel.edublogs.org Sharing online discoveries... Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:21:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 I still love Animoto! http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2009/05/30/i-still-love-animoto/ http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2009/05/30/i-still-love-animoto/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 09:52:06 +0000 bookjewel http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/?p=79 At my current school we have a regular assembly for the senior school once a fortnight.  Fortunately, I had a few Web 2.0 tools to help my home group complete the half hour presentation.  Thank you Animoto and Google maps for making this job a little easier.  We used the idea of Harmony Day as the impetus for a Google map showing the class’s ancestral links.  Animoto provided not one but three presentations!  The Harmony Day clip: ‘Living in Harmony‘ is below:

]]> http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2009/05/30/i-still-love-animoto/feed/ 0 Animoto: a very cool educational tool! http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/04/05/animoto-a-very-cool-educational-tool/ http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/04/05/animoto-a-very-cool-educational-tool/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:39:06 +0000 bookjewel http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/04/05/animoto-a-very-cool-educational-tool/ Discovered Animoto yesterday…signed up, uploaded images of book covers and created a very cool video clip in less than 10 minutes. I can imagine it being used for all sorts of learning activities. Some that immediately spring to mind are:

  • A visual reflection on a text’s themes (particularly useful for musical and visual learners)
  • A pictorial essay
  • Creative ‘writing’ (digital storytelling, poetry)
  • Student Presentations (great for advertising projects etc)
  • Adding ‘cred’ to teacher presentations.

I get very excited when I discover a ‘learning gem’ with so much classroom potential. Let’s face it, anything with the potential to engage and revive ’sluggish’ students is worth a look.

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