Family Animoto

This is my first Animoto video for my graduate class. The video is about my family and It was very challenging but I had a lot of fun creating it because it was personal. While creating this video, many ideas came to my head about the usage of such a program in my teaching. Examining my existing curriculum, I came to the conclusion where the use of Animoto will support my learning objectives. For example, Animoto could be used for the following ideas: * At the start of the school year, students could use Animoto to introduce themselves or their classmates. * Students can illustrate their own poetry using digital images they find on Internet or ones they take. * Animoto can be used to present research information to the class. * Students could illustrate step-by-step instructions for procedure writing. * Send students on a scavenger hunt, supplied with digital cameras. Have students assemble their digital images into an Animoto video to display what they found. I will try to get more familiar with the usage of Animoto so I could be ready for implementation during the next school year.