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Animoto: Vocabulary
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Tech Product/Equipment:
Computer and projector, Mobile devices for students
Activity Description
- Using Animoto, assign one term or item on a vocabulary list to individual students or small groups to make slideshows that can be posted on a Web page.
- Use the built-in music choices or upload music (must be an mp3 audio file). Among Animoto's built-in music choices are Top 40, Indie Rock, Electronica, HipHop, Latin, Jazz, Classical, Country, and others submitted by musicians.
- Add images and choose special effects.
Animoto is free for making 30-second videos if you request an Educational account when you register. Other Animoto accounts are paid, but you can get a free one-year account for 50 students. Go to the Web Site URL listed below. Scroll down to "Are you a teacher?" You can reapply each year.
Preparation
- Print instructions for how to use it. See Example Document.
- Use the Web Site Example link (above) to see ideas for how to use Animoto in education. (Scroll down to the bottom of the page.)
- Familiarize yourself with the Animoto tool and its features.
- Gather pictures from the Web, from class, or personal photos to use in creating a demonstration video to show students.
How-To
- Explain what the assignment will be and that they will be using Animoto to complete it.
- Use the Web Site Example link (above), for examples to show class for demonstration purposes.
- Demonstrate how to make a video using pictures from the Web or from ones you supply.
- For vocabulary or idioms, instructors can make short, visual slideshows to help students remember definitions.
- Assign one term or item on a vocabulary list to individual students or small groups to make slideshows that can be posted on a Web page or presented to the rest of the class.
Teacher Tips
- Be sure to register in the Educational section and request an educator account or you will only get a "trial" account that will last for 14 days.
- To make longer videos, see the Pricing section of the site.
More Ways
- Students can prepare video slide presentations introducing themselves, showing where they are from, or for yearly celebration of Adult Education: "What adult education means to me."
Program Areas
- ABE: Adult Basic Education
- ESL: English as a Second Language
- ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation
- ASE: High School Diploma
- AwD: Adults with Disabilities
Levels
- Low
- Intermediate
- High
- All Levels
- Beginning High
- Intermediate Low
- Intermediate High
- Advanced
