Animoto

"Animoto automatically produces beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips and music. **Fast**, **free** and **shockingly easy**." //[|Animoto]//

THE BASICS

 * [|Animoto] - home page
 * [|Animoto for Education] - sign up here for an educator account. It will take several days for Animoto to verify that you are a teacher.

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 * Animoto in 60 seconds!

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 * Discovery Education Network [|video]

EXAMPLES

 * Click below to go to the Animoto Educator site. You can watch this example and others.

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 * An example of a student book trailer using Animoto

ANIMOTO IN THE CLASSROOM

 * [|Hello Animoto - Classroom 2.0] - creative ways to use Animoto with students
 * [|Classroom Tech Part III] - Animoto - includes several ideas for classroom use
 * [|Book Trailers] - a sortable list of student book trailers all using Animoto

These 12 ideas for using Animoto in the classroom come from the Teach Web 2.0 wiki:
 * Create a 30 second commercial or public service announcement about…
 * Summarize the main idea of this passage in images and words in 30 seconds or less
 * Create video flashcards for vocabulary keywords
 * Great for brainstorming and storyboarding
 * Create a simulated field trip
 * Great way to market your program to your school and local community
 * Present wonderful end of the year videos
 * Have students create a 30 second video about themselves at the beginning of the year so that everyone can get to know each other.
 * Great way to introduce a new learning concept to students.
 * Great way to evoke student interest. I am using it for Antigone.
 * Have students create a short photo brochure of a country you are studying.
 * Allow students to showcase their pictures taken on a particular topic as part of a larger project. (C.Caves)

TUTORIALS
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 * [|Animoto Help pages]- very comprehensive FAQs.
 * [|Animoto Help pages for Educators]- includes information about setting up student accounts
 * [|Animoto Directions] -- written PDF file that could be helpful as student directions (ignore the last few steps).
 * Video demonstrating how to sign up for an Educator account, emphasizing the important elements of the email you will receive.

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 * Short, basic well-done tutorial on how to create an Animoto video:

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

 * Animoto - Butler Tech

YOUR TURN!
Share your own creations and ideas below. Just click the button at the top of this page!