Animoto.com is a website that provides a quick way to make quick and simple video clips using photos you have taken. This lesson will show you how to take your personal photos and turn it into a short but exciting video to be shown on your computer, saved to a CD, DVD or as an mp4 file. You can even embed it into your PowerPoint presentations or your website. Here's a sample of a video I created of my vacation trip to Cancun in June of 2008.
Now, let's take a quick tour of Animoto.com and see what you can create. Click here and navigate to watch an Animoto video clip to learn what it's all about.
Areas of Interaction:
Approaches to Learning
Health and Social Education
Human Ingenuity
International Standards for Technology Education:
ISTE #1: Creativity and Innovation
ISTE #2: Communication and Collaboration
ISTE #4: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
ISTE #5: Digital Citizenship
ISTE #6: Technology Operations and Concepts
Unit Question:
“How can I effectively communicate through visual means (non-verbal communication) in a global digital setting?”