Animoto in the Classroom

Once I figured out what I was doing on this assignment I had a blast creating it.  I think the large part of my frustration was that I was creating the project for a future lesson so I could not include videos of the students in my room working on projects and sharing their ideas.  I can't wait to show this to my students!

I think that Animoto can be a very useful tool in the classroom.  It was very easy to use (once I figured it out).  Another member of this class mentioned how this is a good program for Special Education Students because they do not have to worry about transitions.  I couldn't agree more.  In fact I was in a bit of disbelief that all I had to do was upload music, pictures,video clips along with some text and the program took care of everything else.  I think that for some of my student the video clips might be a bit much unless they use the ones that Animoto offers.  I think with proper instruction that my students in special education classes and my 6th grade Science class can create a project with ease.

I enjoy that this resource was free, but even for the price that it costs to renew, it is worth keeping up.  I only wish that there were more background choices available (I really like the background with the example but I couldn't find it) with the educator account.  I showed the example posted on the class blog to some of my students (non-special ed) and they want to create their next project using Animoto.  I would love for them to do this but I am unsure of the cost, if any, that there is for students to do this and have their own accounts.