This is just too weird José I've been thinking about how to get kids using animoto. Scary.
Jeff O'Hara
· 1 year ago
Awesome, I love Animoto and we really want to figure out some way to partner with them at Edmodo.
-Jeff
Jo RJ
· 1 year ago
Fantastic - a really great example of how versatile animoto is in the classroom. Thank you for this!
Samantha Decker
· 1 year ago
Wow, what a great idea! This blog really is a box of tricks!
José Picardo
· 1 year ago
@Adam Well, you know what they say... Great minds... ;) I am really interested in learning about how other people are using Animoto and video in general in the field of Modern Foreign Languages, so I can't wait to see what you get up to.
@Jeff Now there's an idea! I hope it works out. I'm sure Rebecca at Animoto would be amenable to such partnership. Have you been in touch with her yet?
@Jo and @Samantha Thank you so much for such kind comments :)
Carles Caño
· 1 year ago
First of all I want to say that you are doing a GREAT job not only with your students in your classes but also with teachers like me that get our motivation boosted when we read your posts. Thanks!
I love these kind of educational methods, we are already in the XXI century so our tools are computer based more than pencil based :)
And I totally agree with you regarding that when they CREATE something they can show their works to the relatives, friends and so on and be very proud of it. Some years ago, we brought to our parents some drawing or hand-manual work. Nowadays, students have only to open the web browser and call mom or dad to show them what they did in some subject. That's so great!
I also agree about the transferable skills, sometimes they are even more important than the subject by itself. I never had to make an oral presentation when I was studying my degree and I then I had to learn it by myself.
Last course I made something similar to your experience but with Powerpoint. I talked them about visual and simple presentations ("Death by powerpoint "-like) and I assigned a subject for each one (mainly related with web 2.0 or technology). I uploaded some of them to slideshare.net. The key point was they the student WAS the presentation by itself and the slides were a visual complement, that's the reason why you won't get most of the presentations they did because nobody explains it to you (unless you download them and read the notes).
You can find them at (they are in spanish and catalan):
This course I'm thinking of making something similar but with some ScreenCast tool like Wink or Camtasia Studio.
About Animoto, I think it's great but, are you limited to 60 seconds? If true, I found that it's too short.
José Picardo
· 1 year ago
@Carles Thanks very much for your kind comments which, in turn, led me to your very interesting blog. I'll make sure I add it to my aggregator.
Animoto is not limited to 60 seconds, in fact, it's not limited at all. The basic version is limited to 30 seconds, but educators get free access to the full features for free. You only need to register with them.
@Ann Thank you very much for your comment and for the link to you blog :)
Laurence Read
· 11 months ago
Hi!
Great information and really good to see yet again something new - every time i think I've found the new holy grail of language teaching something else comes along! I have recently started using GoAnimate (creating cartoons using written language) and also want to try using Voki to get students to record themselves! Has anyone else got experience of either of those two actually in the teaching and learning and not just for fun?
Laurence
José Picardo
· 11 months ago
@Laurence Thank you so much for your comment. Yes, I have experience of using both Voki and GoAnimate with some of my classes. I'll put the links below should you be interested. You might also want to try Glogster to create online posters which can incorporate sound and video as well as pictures and text.
Hope that helps. Do let me know how you find using these tools, as these are very much tentative first tries and I am keen to improve the technique! :)
I just wrote a post this morning, stating I couldn't see a use for Animoto in the FL classroom. Alice Ayel directed me to your post, and I am so glad she did. I did not realize you could include audio in the presentation. Thanks so much for the idea.
Rob Courtney
· 10 months ago
Another use I've found for Animoto is for speed vocabulary tests. Upload all the images from the slideshow you used to introduce a topic and you've got a test with a twist. Or have a bunch of images and students have to identify those that are feminine nouns or belong to a particular category or whatever. There are lots of possibilities .....
José Picardo
· 10 months ago
@Rob Thank you for your comments Rob. I really like your idea of using Animoto for vocabulary tests, must give that a go.
Angela Nix
· 8 months ago
Hi Jose. I teach K-2 technology! It's amazing how quick the little ones catch on to technology. They were born in the perfect age!! My second grade students are ready for Animoto. How do I get an unlimited pass for my students. I am so excited! I have used Animoto before, however I did not know I could allow my students to use it. I like your lesson idea about ways to help our environment. Any other simple suggestions for my wee ones. I will have this lesson before the school year is out.
José Picardo
· 8 months ago
Hi Angela, thanks for your comment. The post above has a link to the Animoto Education Program, follow it to request your pass for you and your pupils.
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-Jeff
@Jeff Now there's an idea! I hope it works out. I'm sure Rebecca at Animoto would be amenable to such partnership. Have you been in touch with her yet?
@Jo and @Samantha Thank you so much for such kind comments :)
I love these kind of educational methods, we are already in the XXI century so our tools are computer based more than pencil based :)
And I totally agree with you regarding that when they CREATE something they can show their works to the relatives, friends and so on and be very proud of it. Some years ago, we brought to our parents some drawing or hand-manual work. Nowadays, students have only to open the web browser and call mom or dad to show them what they did in some subject. That's so great!
I also agree about the transferable skills, sometimes they are even more important than the subject by itself. I never had to make an oral presentation when I was studying my degree and I then I had to learn it by myself.
Last course I made something similar to your experience but with Powerpoint. I talked them about visual and simple presentations ("Death by powerpoint "-like) and I assigned a subject for each one (mainly related with web 2.0 or technology). I uploaded some of them to slideshare.net. The key point was they the student WAS the presentation by itself and the slides were a visual complement, that's the reason why you won't get most of the presentations they did because nobody explains it to you (unless you download them and read the notes).
You can find them at (they are in spanish and catalan):
http://www.slideshare.net/carlescv/slideshows
This course I'm thinking of making something similar but with some ScreenCast tool like Wink or Camtasia Studio.
About Animoto, I think it's great but, are you limited to 60 seconds? If true, I found that it's too short.
Animoto is not limited to 60 seconds, in fact, it's not limited at all. The basic version is limited to 30 seconds, but educators get free access to the full features for free. You only need to register with them.
Great information and really good to see yet again something new - every time i think I've found the new holy grail of language teaching something else comes along! I have recently started using GoAnimate (creating cartoons using written language) and also want to try using Voki to get students to record themselves! Has anyone else got experience of either of those two actually in the teaching and learning and not just for fun?
Laurence
Using Voki in a sequence of three lessons
GoAnimate: Animate your homework
Integrating Glogster into my lessons
Hope that helps. Do let me know how you find using these tools, as these are very much tentative first tries and I am keen to improve the technique! :)
and a couple of examples from students: http://theheavyblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/conver...
And a tutoiral on using VoiceThread: http://encouraginglearnerautonomy.blogspot.com/... with an example from one of my students included
I teach K-2 technology! It's amazing how quick the little ones catch on to technology. They were born in the perfect age!! My second grade students are ready for Animoto. How do I get an unlimited pass for my students. I am so excited! I have used Animoto before, however I did not know I could allow my students to use it. I like your lesson idea about ways to help our environment. Any other simple suggestions for my wee ones. I will have this lesson before the school year is out.