Animoto
Animoto is a tech tool where individuals can create their own videos using pictures and video clips. It is easy to use, and very exciting to see how it is put together. This fits into Danielson's Framework for teaching because it engages the students in learning.
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This is a tech tool both teachers and students can use. In the future, I can use this to create a video on an event that happened. It can reflect back on what we did; maybe we went on a field trip, or it was a holiday. A student could use it as a project. This project could be creating a video to explain an event that happened in history for example.
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I used it for a project in my educational psychology class. I created this video to show my metaphor of a gas and cars representing a teacher and their students. I explain how a car is like a student, being in control of the steering wheel, while the gas is the teacher, filling the student up with knowledge and encouraging them to drive forward in their life. I enjoyed creating it; I think I did a good job setting the metaphor up into two parts. I described the car and gas first, then switched to showing how they were student and teacher. Something I would do differently is test with different themes. I went with a theme I think looked pretty, but I am sure I could have used a more appropriate theme.
Directions on Using Animoto:
First, you log into animoto. Once logged in, go to the dashboard and it will bring you to a page where a blue create button will be at the top right corner of the screen. Once this is clicked, it will take you to themes. It is categorized, but you can click the all button, and it will show you all the themes available. Some require the upgrade which cost, but others are free. When the mouse hovers over the themes, it will display how the pictures will be shown. Once they are clicked, it plays a preview of the video. If you like a theme, click the blue button again and it will take you to the screen where you put the pictures and video clips together. On the side bar, there is add pics & vids and add text. If you want to add pictures or video clips, click that button. You can upload pictures and videos of your own, or use the picture and video library. A neat feature is you can put captions on your pictures. All you do is click the picture at the bottom, and you can type in your text. You can also put text in the video and change the music by clicking the change songs button at the top. It brings you to a music library where you can pick songs. To preview your video, go to preview at the top. If you are satisfied with your video, click produce, give your video a title, and you are done.