Monday, November 28, 2011

ANIMOTO!


Animoto is a program that is a video slideshow maker with music! Animoto is very easy to use and it has plenty of options for adding music and backgrounds to your video.  Animoto is great for creating short films to present to your classroom about what topic you may be learning that day or to intensify a subject.  Showing a video from Animoto about what your lesson is going to be about will engage the students and excite them about the subject your teaching!  Animoto videos are great for class openers.    You can also assign your students to create a video with Animoto for a presentation!  Animoto is fun and easy to understand.  Also, educators can apply for free to use Animoto Plus in the classroom!












GLOGSTER!

Glogster is a 21st century multimedia tool for educators.  Glogster is a program where you can create your own interactive poster! Your poster can contain music, videos, pictures, land links!  The possibilities are endless!  This program is great for teachers because it is a fun interactive way for students to learn.   Glogster is a creative way to express your knowledge and skills in the classroom and beyond!  On each poster, students can see first hand about the subject that they are learning; they can watch a video, finish an assignment, or look a pictures to learn the topic of the day! Assigning your students to create their own glog is also a great way for students to present a specific topic, while expanding their knowledge about the material!  Glogster is really fun to use/create and is entertaining to use while teaching a lesson!