On the class wiki site, post your favorite new Web 2.0 tool that has not been covered in detail in this class that you have discovered in this course or elsewhere. List the URL, what the tool is, and why you find it useful using the wiki template page. No duplication allowed-each page must be an original new tool. This can be done after reviewing the Unit 9 material, which covers more Web 2.0 resources.
Animoto is a Web 2.0 tool that allows users to create professional videos with their own photos and video clips. There are editing capabilities within the site that allow users to personalize their video creation with music, color schemes, font, slide transitioning, and many other capabilities. The site is mostly utilized for businesses, educators, personally, and many other professional venues.
Is it a free site or does it have both free and paid features or just a trial version?
The site offers a free 14 day trial. After the 14 day trial is up there are three monthly pricing options: Personal- 9.99 a month, Professional- 19.99 a month, Business- 29.99 a month.
Does it have ads?
There were no ads or pop-ups that appeared as I explored the site.
Does it allow sharing of content and collaboration? if so, how?
There are full sharing capabilities available on this site. They include: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Blogger, Tumblr, E-mail, Embed, and many more. Once you save your video the sharing options appear on the right of the screen and you can choose where you want to send your video to.
Does it have a specific section for teachers and students?
There was no specific teacher/ student section located on the website.
Is it appropriate for use in schools?
This is definitely a tool to be used in schools, especially for myself as a digital art tool. I could see this site being a great tool for an online, animated, visual digital portfolio used for students, not only for art students but students in other subjects as well marketing themselves for future endeavors.
Is it appropriate for use by students? If so, what grade levels would it be appropriate for, in your estimation
I think that this site is appropriate for use by students. The age level that I would say would be be best fitting for this site would be grades 8-12. I think it could be pushed through 6th, 7th, but 8th and above seem the best.
Educational Uses of Site
There are many examples of how this tool could be used in a classroom, by the teacher and students and the public. Like I mentioned above one use of this tool could be for digital portfolios. For my class in particular I could see my students either scanning in photos that they printed in the dark room and uploading their analogue work. They could also upload any digital work that they have done on their own and edited. Their uploaded work to the site could be used as ongoing portfolio that could be edited, have new work added and be shared with art schools, colleges and job ventures. The nice thing is the videos are basically a moving slideshow so the interactive quality for viewers is very appealing. The personalizing abilities for the creators are appealing as well. My students could use this tool for project completions. When their photos are uploaded they could share their project portfolio with me where I could provide feedback on the comment section and collaborate with the students on their shared videos. This site could be used in other subjects as well due to the multimedia capabilities. I could see the videos created by teachers and students utilized in a flipped classroom setting for delivering content and providing reference material for students beginning a project, midway through a project, or for closure.
Review of Site
I found the site to be interesting, fun to use, and very new-user friendly. The icons and layout of the site were understandable and when exploring the site for the first time little boxes popped up as I went through and directed me where I had to go and what the icon I was clicking on was doing. As I went through each step when creating my video the site did a great job of directing me through the process and was easy to follow. For this reason in particular I think this site would be great for students to use as well as teachers. There were some great personalizing options available on the site. You were able to choose a theme, color scheme, font type, slide transitioning style, and options of the images and videos you wanted to upload to your video creation. The site allows you to preview your video and edit it after completion. I enjoyed how many sharing possibilities were available as well. After completion of my video on the right side of the completion page, popped up sharing options. Animoto had an instant upload ability to several different popular social media sites and the simplicity of the upload was great. Overall I would highly recommend this site as a great Web 2.0 teaching tool for students and teachers alike. Just in the 20 minutes of exploration of the site I was able to easily create a professional and aesthetically pleasing video of my own photographic work. I think this would be beneficial and enhance a classroom's capabilities.
Unit 5.2A Assignment
On the class wiki site, post your favorite new Web 2.0 tool that has not been covered in detail in this class that you have discovered in this course or elsewhere. List the URL, what the tool is, and why you find it useful using the wiki template page. No duplication allowed-each page must be an original new tool. This can be done after reviewing the Unit 9 material, which covers more Web 2.0 resources.
Student Name:
Rachel BakunTitle of Site:
AnimotoURL:
https://animoto.com/Description of Site:
Animoto is a Web 2.0 tool that allows users to create professional videos with their own photos and video clips. There are editing capabilities within the site that allow users to personalize their video creation with music, color schemes, font, slide transitioning, and many other capabilities. The site is mostly utilized for businesses, educators, personally, and many other professional venues.Educational Uses of Site
There are many examples of how this tool could be used in a classroom, by the teacher and students and the public. Like I mentioned above one use of this tool could be for digital portfolios. For my class in particular I could see my students either scanning in photos that they printed in the dark room and uploading their analogue work. They could also upload any digital work that they have done on their own and edited. Their uploaded work to the site could be used as ongoing portfolio that could be edited, have new work added and be shared with art schools, colleges and job ventures. The nice thing is the videos are basically a moving slideshow so the interactive quality for viewers is very appealing. The personalizing abilities for the creators are appealing as well.My students could use this tool for project completions. When their photos are uploaded they could share their project portfolio with me where I could provide feedback on the comment section and collaborate with the students on their shared videos.
This site could be used in other subjects as well due to the multimedia capabilities. I could see the videos created by teachers and students utilized in a flipped classroom setting for delivering content and providing reference material for students beginning a project, midway through a project, or for closure.
Review of Site
I found the site to be interesting, fun to use, and very new-user friendly. The icons and layout of the site were understandable and when exploring the site for the first time little boxes popped up as I went through and directed me where I had to go and what the icon I was clicking on was doing. As I went through each step when creating my video the site did a great job of directing me through the process and was easy to follow. For this reason in particular I think this site would be great for students to use as well as teachers.There were some great personalizing options available on the site. You were able to choose a theme, color scheme, font type, slide transitioning style, and options of the images and videos you wanted to upload to your video creation. The site allows you to preview your video and edit it after completion.
I enjoyed how many sharing possibilities were available as well. After completion of my video on the right side of the completion page, popped up sharing options. Animoto had an instant upload ability to several different popular social media sites and the simplicity of the upload was great.
Overall I would highly recommend this site as a great Web 2.0 teaching tool for students and teachers alike. Just in the 20 minutes of exploration of the site I was able to easily create a professional and aesthetically pleasing video of my own photographic work. I think this would be beneficial and enhance a classroom's capabilities.