Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Reading
Monday, January 3, 2011
Animoto Update
I realized that I never updated the progress that my students had using Animoto. I've actually now been through my first classroom code (it got used up) and I'm into my second. The amazing part is that when I needed my second code, I logged into my Animoto Education account and had the second code within the hour (which was handy because the class I was teaching needed the new code).
All in all I was extremely stratified with the result of using Animoto in my classroom. Basically my Combating Intolerance students (approximately 90 of them) were in small groups to create Public Service Announcements for their school about bullying (what it is, why it's bad, what to do if someone is bullying you or a friend, etc). The videos were all between 1-3 minutes and for the most part they hit the mark. One was even so good that it was included (and played) for the whole school as part of the Bullying Character Education lesson.
The best part of using Animoto was the my students (some of them very much technology beginners) were able to navigate and effectively use Animoto with only a little help in class from me. I was very proud of them and the work that they did. I can now very highly recommend Animoto and definitely plan to use it in the future.
All in all I was extremely stratified with the result of using Animoto in my classroom. Basically my Combating Intolerance students (approximately 90 of them) were in small groups to create Public Service Announcements for their school about bullying (what it is, why it's bad, what to do if someone is bullying you or a friend, etc). The videos were all between 1-3 minutes and for the most part they hit the mark. One was even so good that it was included (and played) for the whole school as part of the Bullying Character Education lesson.
The best part of using Animoto was the my students (some of them very much technology beginners) were able to navigate and effectively use Animoto with only a little help in class from me. I was very proud of them and the work that they did. I can now very highly recommend Animoto and definitely plan to use it in the future.
History Music
A colleague of mine sent this to me today: History For Music Lovers. Don't worry, these aren't the songs about Mayday and English maypoles. My favorite (I'm biased on both accounts) is the Lady Gaga French Revolution song. These could be great to assign as a homework for preview or wrapping up a unit. I mean, what student wouldn't do homework that consisted only of watching a YouTube video? They spend a great deal of time there, anyway!
One caveat is that it's important to watch the video as well as listen, since sometimes it is difficult to decipher the words (it includes closed captioning in the video).
One caveat is that it's important to watch the video as well as listen, since sometimes it is difficult to decipher the words (it includes closed captioning in the video).
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