Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Animoto


What is...Animoto? Animoto is a free web-based video creation tool.

Uses in education. This is a great tool to accomplish a number of things in a classroom. For one, it can be used to review a chapter. For instance, if I was teaching social studies, I could use this tool to have a student create a 30-second review of the chapter using words, pictures and graphics. I could also create an introductory video to preview a chapter.

Why use Animoto?  First and foremost because it is very easy to use. This tool does not take long to learn, and it does not take long to create using Animoto. Animoto has a lot of options for users (pictures, music, etc.) but takes a lot of the hard work of editing the video out of the hands of the user. This part of the work can be very difficult and time consuming, but Animoto takes care of that for the user.

Secondly, it creates really cool looking products. You can get professional looking results, without necessarily being a video editing professional.

And, lastly, it is free. Free is always good, and that is no different in this case.

Link: www.animoto.com

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