Animoto

Animoto is a web application that produces videos from user-selected photos, video clips and music. Animoto automatically analyzes music, photos and video clips, and orchestrates a custom video. Leaving you and your students free to focus on the content and narrative of their videos. Animoto is a web tool that allows users to easily incorporate images, text, and music into web based videos.
Strengths
     Animoto is intuitive and easy to use. It is easier and faster than creating a PowerPoint and yields much more visually satisfying products.
     Great selection of images and music on the site or you can upload your own images
     After you choose your images, text and music the site then adds effects to create a very interesting dynamic presentation. It really looks professionally done.
     Can upgrade videos to DVD-quality
     You can add text (title slides) to the presentation
     If you do not like the video, hit the remix button and animoto will not only redo the video but it will save the original version
     You recieve an email notification informing you when your video is finished
     No limit on how many videos you can create
     For a small price of $3.00/video you can make a full length video and for a $30.00 annual feel you can make as many videos as you want.
     For a very reasonable price, you can create videos on Animoto and have them put on a DVD and shipped to your school/residence.
     With the limited text capabilities, you will be able to practice how to make your idea clear and concise.
     Animoto could be used as the alternative narrative method literally without using lots of language in your literacy classroom.
     You can easily upload your video to any networking sites with one click!
     You can watch all of your videos from your primary Animoto.com account on your iPhone.
     With an All Access Pass you can now create full-length videos, directly from your iPhone.
     Videos can be embedded easily into other sites.
     Overall design, graphics, ease of use, etc. are attractive to a wide range of age levels.
Weaknesses
     The 30 second limit for free videos does limit the amount of information you can present.
     You do have to create a user account to create videos.
     Must be 13 years old to create membership in Education edition.
     Limited text capabilities (text cannot be added to pictures)
     You can only select one song; site offers limited selection of songs to choose from or you may upload a song you purchased online.
     Could be difficult to use in the classroom with younger students (C.Caves)
     Not compatible with BMP images
Opportunities
     You can easily share your videos through many social networking sites like Facebook or embed it using HTML or share it as a web link.
     Animoto for Education edition allows you to set up accounts for students. Other people cannot access your students’ videos or contact students through the site.
     Can upload directly from the animoto.com site to youtube.com
     Students can be as creative as they wish with Animoto and personalize their photos with music.
Threats
     If students are using the free edition (rather than the Education edition) it sounds like there may be the potential for them to view other videos that could potentially be inappropriate.
Ideas for the classroom
     Create a 30 second commercial or public service announcement about…
     Summarize the main idea of this passage in images and words in 30 seconds or less
     Create video flashcards for vocabulary keywords
     Great for brainstorming and storyboarding
     Create a simulated field trip
     Great way to market your program to your school and local community
     Present wonderful end of the year videos
     Have students create a 30 second video about themselves at the beginning of the year so that everyone can get to know each other.
     Great way to introduce a new learning concept to students.
     Great way to evoke student interest. I am using it for Antigone.
     Have students create a short photo brochure of a country you are studying.
     Allow students to showcase their pictures taken on a particular topic as part of a larger project. (C.Caves)
     Have students create 30 second news briefs about historical news events, natural disasters, or any event that ties into curriculum
     Have students collect pictures around a certain topic, create Animoto, swap Animotos, then use for brainstorming a creative writing piece.
•     Students can create short videos showing the steps they took in completing a Science Project. This would highlight the Scientific Process and they can share their work 

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