I explored a site called Animoto. What a great tool to use your photographs and videos! Currently my students are studying life cycles of plants in science. I created this animoto for my students. They just started planting their Zinnia flower seeds in the classroom. I thought this would be a great video for the students to get an overview of what's to come while their seeds grow into a plant. Then I was thinking that I would like them to create their own animotos of their flowering plant . Animotos are fun and simple. I can definitely see the students being interested in the project! Animotos can be used to introduce a topic or use it as a wrap up to a lesson. Students can create their own to show their own learnings instead of a traditional pencil and paper assessment. I've seen animotos that can be used in small groups to help reteach students letter sounds and vowel sounds. We have digital learners. We have to create learning experiences around their learning styles.
Make your own slideshow at Animoto.
Meghan great job! I love the idea of using it for the life cycle of a plant! I would love to do one for the life cycle of a butterfly. We talk about it with one of our anthology stories. Very inspiring!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I had so much more, but found out I went over my 30 seconds :( It is def a great tool! I will be using more of it professionally and personally :)
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