Animoto+Grades+6-12

Judy Ritts Create stunning video slideshows Turn your photos, videos and music into stunning video slideshows. You provide the photos, you pick the song, and Animoto will add the magic. Give it a try — it's fast, free and shockingly easy!
 * Suggested Grades: || 6th through 12th Grades ||
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 Animoto is a Web-based video creation tool that allows users to upload digital photos, add background music, and/or text on images to create an animated video. This is a great tool to use for project-based activities. Animoto for Education permits teachers, grades K-12 unlimited access to the full range of Animoto’s services for free. The education account is a controlled, safe environment for students. Finished videos can be shared by e-mail, by posting to a blog or Web site, by exporting toYouTube, or by downloading to your computer. It integrates with Facebook and both iPhone and the iTouch. Animoto can be integrated into all curriculum areas and offer students an opportunity to express themselves graphically; and extend their video and storyboarding skills. Educators are using Animoto in innovative, exciting ways.(Description of Animoto from __Choosing Web 2.0 Tools for Learning and Teachin__ __g in __ __a Digital World__ by Pam Berger & Sally Trexler; pg.139) ||
 * What? || What are the advantages of using Animoto as a Web 2.0 tool in your classroom?
 * What? || What are the advantages of using Animoto as a Web 2.0 tool in your classroom?

A helpful YouTube video to view is the following: // "Six Videos to Use in Yo ur Classroom" // @http://animoto.com/blog/education/education-videos/  This YouTube video starts with the following statement: " Videos are a great way to bring vibrancy into the classroom! For teachers, a video shares content in a powerful and engaging way. For students, a video encourages interaction with academic material by hand-picking images, video, music and text." ||
 * Why? || Center for Applied Special Technology, Universal Design for Learning Guidelines
 * Why? || Center for Applied Special Technology, Universal Design for Learning Guidelines

Click here to view a YouTube video (4 mins.) [|Universal Design for Learning] created by CAST illustrating the three UDL principles of Representation, Action & Expression, and Engagement.

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**CAST** (Center for Applied Special Technology) is an educational research & development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning. On this site you can further explore the UDL thinking about the WHAT of learning in th Recognition networks; the HOW of learning in the Strategic networks; and the WHY of learning in the Affective networks of an individual's brain. CAST encourages teachers to Be the Change || Animoto may be used to support achievement of many [|Common Core State Standards] (click link to view CCSS Literacy Standards) During this Animoto workshop we will demonstrate how this web 2.0 tool can be used to support CCSS in the area of Production and Distribution of Writing (Anchor Writing Standard for Grade 6-12 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Standards: || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Common Core Writing Standards **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Common Core Writing Standards **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Grades 6 through 8 – Technology Standards and Expectations <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Standard 1. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of computers and applications, as well as an understanding of the concepts underlying hardware, software, and connectivity //**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Multimedia **// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">G6-8: 1.24 Create a multimedia presentation using various media as appropriate (e.g., audio, video, animations, etc.). <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Standard 3. Demonstrate the ability to use technology for research, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">G6-8: 3.7 Plan, design, and develop a multimedia product to present research findings and creative ideas effectively, citing sources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Massachusetts Technology Literacy Standards **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Communication **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Standard 3. Demonstrate the ability to use technology for research, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Communication **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">G6-8: 3.7 Plan, design, and develop a multimedia product to present research findings and creative ideas effectively, citing sources.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Standard 3. Demonstrate the ability to use technology for research, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Communication **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">G6-8: 3.7 Plan, design, and develop a multimedia product to present research findings and creative ideas effectively, citing sources.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Standard 3. Demonstrate the ability to use technology for research, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">G6-8: 3.7 Plan, design, and develop a multimedia product to present research findings and creative ideas effectively, citing sources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Communication **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">G6-8: 1.24 Create a multimedia presentation using various media as appropriate (e.g., audio, video, animations, etc.). ||  ||

= = <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">The integratoin of Animoto into the classroom would support achievement of the following ISTE standards for Teachers <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">to support student success and innovation:: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">2. Design and deveop digital age learning experiences and assessments <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">3. Model digital age work and learning. || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">The integration of Animoto into he classroom would support achievement <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">of the following ISTE standards for Students: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">1. Creativity and Innovation <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">2. Communication and collaboration <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">3. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">4.Technology operations and concepts ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">NETS-T || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">ISTE Nets for Teachers (Internatioal Society for Technology in Education)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">NETS-T || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">ISTE Nets for Teachers (Internatioal Society for Technology in Education)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Nets-S || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">ISTE Nets for Students
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Nets-S || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">ISTE Nets for Students
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">21st Themes || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Partnership for 21st Framework Definitions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">21st Themes || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Partnership for 21st Framework Definitions

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">The integration of Animoto, a Web 2.0 tool, into your classroom supports the <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">following 21st Century Themes: Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication,and Creativity. || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">◦ Overview & Examples of Animoto: (15 minutes) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;"> Definition and Introduction to Animoto <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;"> Examples of possible ways to use Animoto in classroom settings <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">◦ Create an Animoto Educator Account (10 minutes) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">◦ View an Animoto Tutorial on how to create a video (10 mins.) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">◦ Play in the Wiki Sandbox as you explore possibilities of Animoto. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">(Revisit the tutorial OR view videos chosen from a suggested list of <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">YouTube videos to further explore the possibilities of using Animoto as a Web 2.0 technological tool. (20 mins.) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">◦ Discussion of ideas discovered for how Animoto can be used by teachers and students (10 mins.) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">◦ Questions & Answers: Feedback (5 mins.) ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Agenda: || **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Animoto Presentation Agenda: **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">This Professional Development Workshop will be 70 minutes in length.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Agenda: || **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Animoto Presentation Agenda: **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">This Professional Development Workshop will be 70 minutes in length.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Examples/Models: || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">For this introduction to Animoto, we will focus on viewing tutorials to walk us through how to create a free Educator account with Animoto and view YouTube videos to see possible ways to utilize this amazing Web 2.0 tool to communicate with one another and express our understanding of concepts within a creative multimedia format.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Examples/Models: || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">For this introduction to Animoto, we will focus on viewing tutorials to walk us through how to create a free Educator account with Animoto and view YouTube videos to see possible ways to utilize this amazing Web 2.0 tool to communicate with one another and express our understanding of concepts within a creative multimedia format.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Examples/Models: || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">For this introduction to Animoto, we will focus on viewing tutorials to walk us through how to create a free Educator account with Animoto and view YouTube videos to see possible ways to utilize this amazing Web 2.0 tool to communicate with one another and express our understanding of concepts within a creative multimedia format.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">My Personal Animotos: I will post here a few of the Animoto videos that I have created.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">My favorite Animoto is the first one that I created on the topic of "Habits of Mind" with the Beatles song, "Mind Game" as the musical background. I chose images from Google Images to create this Animoto portraying the 16 Habits of Mind. It was an adventure seeking photos/images to communicate the meaning of the habits of mind. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">[|"Habits of Mind"]

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">I have used the Animoto website to create videos for school : videos of Camp Bournedale pictures accompanied by music that was popular (and appropriate) at that moment in time; Science class with images of drilling for core samples; etc. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">[|"Bournedale 2011"]

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">I have also used the Animoto website to create personal videos with my own photographs of trips to New York City and other destinations.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">[|"NYC 2012"] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">TPACK: || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">You may visit the following website to further explore this framework for learning with technology:TPACK model.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">TPACK: || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">You may visit the following website to further explore this framework for learning with technology:TPACK model.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">TPACK is the ‘Technological, Pedagogical, Content, and Knowledge model that identifies the knowledge teachers need to teach effectively with technology. The TPACK framework, is the complex interplay of three primary forms of knowledge: Content (CK), Pedagogy (PK), and Technology (TK). The integration of Animoto into the classroom supports the TPACK model because this technology supports the learning of content in a student-centered learning environment. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Activity: || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">I. Presentation of Animoto: Introducing Animoto and sharing examples of Animoto videos.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Activity: || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">I. Presentation of Animoto: Introducing Animoto and sharing examples of Animoto videos.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">II. Signing up for Animoto Educator accounts

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">III. Viewing an Animoto tutorial that walks the viewer through the create an Animoto video.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">IV. Discussing how to move through the t <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">hree essential steps of creating an Animoto videos: 1. Selecting Style & Images (from photo stream, Google images, or Animoto's image gallery); 2. Selecting Music (from Animoto collection of selections, or upload music selections as an MP3); 3. Previewing/Producing/Sharing.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">V.. Playing in the Wiki Sandbox as you explore Animoto <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;"> questions found while exploring Animoto online <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">VI. Discussing Ideas <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">VII. Asking questions and <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">sharing a <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">nswers ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;"> Viewing tutorials on specific aspects of Animoto (sharing Animotos, uploading images and music, customizing features, burning a DVD, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;"> Exploring tutorial on how to set up student accounts with Animoto.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;"> Working in partners for a few moments to share discoveries / insights /
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Discussion: ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Discussion: ||  ||