TeachingSagittarian » animoto http://teachingsagittarian.com Living to Learn Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:50:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Fireworks Animoto Style http://teachingsagittarian.com/2010/01/fireworks-animoto-style/ http://teachingsagittarian.com/2010/01/fireworks-animoto-style/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:37:10 +0000 teachingsagittarian http://teachingsagittarian.com/?p=488 I’ve written about Animoto before. It’s very intuitive, quick and easy as well as free to use when you want to create a 30 second video. For just US$3 per video or US$30 per year, you can make longer videos. Some ways to use Animoto in the classroom:

Teaser (introducing students to a new topic) Assessment (students [...]]]> I’ve written about Animoto before. It’s very intuitive, quick and easy as well as free to use when you want to create a 30 second video. For just US$3 per video or US$30 per year, you can make longer videos.
Some ways to use Animoto in the classroom:

  1. Teaser (introducing students to a new topic)
  2. Assessment (students put together the most important images about their learning)
  3. Highlights (highlight the best parts of learning)
  4. Discussion Starter (poignant images that would spark a discussion on a topic)

It took about 5 minutes to upload chosen photos, type some text, add music and render the video.  This video is the highlights of the fireworks set off at midnight on January 1st 2010, on Marine Parade, Napier, New Zealand.  The photos were taken from my balcony using the 55mm – 200mm lens.

]]> http://teachingsagittarian.com/2010/01/fireworks-animoto-style/feed/ 1 5 Things To Try In The 2008 Classroom http://teachingsagittarian.com/2007/12/5-things-to-try-in-the-2008-classroom/ http://teachingsagittarian.com/2007/12/5-things-to-try-in-the-2008-classroom/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:46:51 +0000 admin2 http://teachingsagittarian.edublogs.org/2007/12/29/5-things-to-try-in-the-2008-classroom/ After listing Favourite 5 in the Classroom of 2007, and reading several posts about others’ favourite apps, videos, tools, resources of 2007, I thought it would be a great idea to list 5 6 things (in no particular order) to try in the 2008 classroom from others’ favourites lists. There’s some on the list that [...]]]> After listing Favourite 5 in the Classroom of 2007, and reading several posts about others’ favourite apps, videos, tools, resources of 2007, I thought it would be a great idea to list 5 6 things (in no particular order) to try in the 2008 classroom from others’ favourites lists. There’s some on the list that we have dabbled with before in the classroom but in 2008 I’d really like to see them being used to their full potential.

1. Animoto (seeing the potential for students creating “hooks” for other students when summarizing/reflecting on, their learning)

2. Google Earth and Maps (seeing the potential for visually connecting our classroom with the world)

3. Flickr (love the potential of the visual design)

4. ToonDoo (can taste the potential for hooking in the boys)

5. PictureTrail (there’s that visual design potential again)

6. Sketchcast (imagining the potential for students to demonstrate mathematical knowledge)

try... on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

What will you trying out in your classroom in 2008?

I need to say special thanks to my good friend Kim, because she contributed heavily to an “aha” moment when I realised that I’d been categorising my posts instead of tagging them. Doh!  So now I will be tagging all my posts and tidying up the categories!

Attribution:
Original Unedited Image: ‘trust love try focus grow‘
www.flickr.com/photos/60368684@N00/47910191

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