Teachers have creatively come up with multiple ways to use Animoto in the classroom. Here are just a few of the ideas I have seen and links to examples:
- Introduce vocabulary for a new unit
- Making digital versions of stories
- Remembering a class field trip
When I saw this idea, I was so excited to create Animotos for all of those skills that would normally require flash cards. Finally, a way to do flashcards that doesn't make students cringe! Now, multiple students can practice their digital flashcards while watching an eye-catching movie. Even better, you can have your students create the photos used for the slideshow so that they have a personal connection to it.
Some skills that would be perfect for a "Flashcard Animoto" include: addition, subtraction, or multiplication facts, letters, letter sounds, numbers, shape names, directionality terms, and spelling words.
My students and I worked together to create a Sight Word Animoto. The kids decorated various sight words, I took a picture of each, and loaded them into Animoto. I made sure to choose a song without words and a background that wouldn't distract from the word learning.
So here goes nothing...without further ado...here is my Sight Word Animoto!
Liz, there are so many things I like about this post that I don't know where to begin, but will try:
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2) Great that you picked some of the videos to include in your post and linked directly to the blog posts to find the Animotos
3) Super that you explored ways to use Animoto for a variety of purposes
4) Clever to use your students' drawings of sight words
5) Use of the students' drawings with the words will reinforce what the students learned
6) Nice to showcase students' work in this way
7) Great use of Animoto to put together a video book with the images related to the sight words the students learned
That is just some of the plusses about your blog post. Imagine it took you awhile to gather the information including reviewing Animotos to select, to create the Animoto, and then to write the well-organized blog post.
I absolutely love your idea of using the students' handwriting to display each sight word! I think my students would really love being part of a sight word project that resulted in an Animoto video. Thank you for the great idea!
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