Animoto+-+Sharon+Sumner

is one of my favorite Web 2.0 tools. It is quick and easy to use but ends up looking like a professional movie trailer. Animoto has been very generous to educators by supplying them with a free account.You must sign up on this educator page link (see table below) on animoto to receive the free upgrade that will allow you to make longer videos and download them to your own computer. Once you apply, wait (it may take a couple of days but will be well worth the wait) for a confirmation email, then you are ready to create some awesome movies! Enjoy! to get the free educator account** ||= **Introduction Video - Learn more in a 60 second video** ||= **Articles** ||= **Case Studies - See how others are using this great Web 2.0 tool!** ||= **Sample** ||= **How I would use this great tool
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I could use this in Blackboard for my students. They would love it for the literature classes. Literature lends itself so well to pictures and students acting out roles.. I could also use it for my writing students and have them get up and talk in class; then I could make a movie of them doing this for the upcoming classes. I notice I could use this for Facebook, and my students often check there as well as the IPhone.** ||
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[|Animoto in the RCPS Classroom] || [|Case Studies] ||=  || I host a once a month free community computer user group at our elementary school. I have a regular group of about 8 people, mostly ages 60 -85 (yes, 85!!!), that come every month. We also have visitors that drop in all the time. We advertise this service in the paper, on the radio, and on the school web page. The program is very laid back. People come with their questions to be answered, to learn how to do something on their computer, or to learn a new trick.....like how to create movies in Animoto! I created an Animoto movie to advertise this group. By the way, they loved being in a movie! ||