Animoto



Animoto for Education FAQs for Getting Started with Animoto

Animoto and Marzano's Instructional Strategies
Animoto supports Marzano's strategies for Cooperative Learning, Non-linguistic representation and Efforts & recognition. Creating videos that tell a story take time and time is often limited in classrooms. When students work with a partner or small group to create a group video, they have the opportunity to use Marzano's strategy for cooperative learning. Kagan groups can be incorporated as students gather information that they will use to create their video. Creating a video allows students to participate in non-linguistic representation activities by "Engagin in Kinsethetic activities and Making Physical Models". Students can use videos to retell a story, explain a process or sequence events. When a teacher posts student-created videos to a website, it supports Marzano's strategy for Effot & Recognition. What a great way for students to showcase their learning by having their work published online!

Animoto and Big 6 Research
Animoto is a video creation tool (one of many that can be used to create videos). It is a great tool because it is web-based, user frienldy, FREE for educators and their students and completed work is easily shared online. Once students are ready to present or synthesis their information from researching a topic, they can use Animoto to combine text, audio, and graphics and have a student-created video as their final product. Teachers can then share student work online by posting links from a class website or through email, keeping parents informed of what students have learned in the classroom.

How to get started with Animoto
There is a link to the Animoto website on the Student resources page of the Birdneck website. Users will want to go to the Birdneck website home page, then select the STUDENT tab, scroll to the bottom and select Internet Safety and Web 2.0 tools. Animoto is in that list. Prior to using Animoto, accounts need to be created. They are FREE. Teachers are welcome to create their own class account, or you may check out log in cards from Mrs. Hingerty. Generic accounts for Birdneck students have been created for you to use with your students.

Questions with Animoto
For questions about using Animoto, there is an FAQ section on the website. This page provides directions for getting started and working with Animoto. The FAQs can be found here. For ideas on how students can use Animoto or if an extra set of hands, eyes and ears are what you need, please let Mrs. Hingerty know. She will be happy to support you and your students when using Animoto.