Animoto



= **Animoto** =

Animoto
Animoto is a Web 2.0 tool that allows teachers and students to create impressive and unique digital stories and presentations (incorporating images, video clips, music and text) quickly and easily. (Note: If you create a teacher account, you get 'Pro' features for free; could take several weeks to be approved; teacher account lasts for 6 months and then you must reapply)

Educational Uses

 * teachers can create 'grabbers' when introducing a topic
 * students could use to create a 15 second visual movie about a vocabulary word
 * students could create a 'book trailer' to encourage others to read a book they've read
 * anywhere students use a PowerPoint now, they could use an Animoto
 * students could use for a presentation on a current events topic
 * students could create a music video
 * students could document a field trip

'How to...'

 * Watch this video clip to see how easy it is to create an Animoto video:

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 * Here is an article "Creating Free Online Slideshows with Animoto in the Classroom" about how to register and how to create your first Animoto.

Examples

 * Here is an example of a finished Animoto movie a teacher created for use as an intro to the study of Romeo and Juliet:

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