This week has been crazy busy in ICT we have still been working lots on our websites and mine is coming along well, a few more additions and I will be set! This week we are talking about digital media, what it is, how to use it, and how it can benefit us in the classroom.
We have done work with a few programs such as Animoto which I am having so much fun with!
It is a program that you can make stories with by uploading your own pictures. You can create a movie-style slideshow with super cool graphics and animations. The downfall to this website is that you can only create a 30 second video for free and other than that you have to pay for it. One of the perks of being a teacher (or a teacher in training) are all the resources that you are supplied with and here Animoto does not disappoint. Teachers can sign up, for free, and create videos that are more than three minutes long! The videos that are created on Animoto look so professional; I can definitely see myself using this with students in the classroom for presentations and my sister has already asked me to create a video using it for my Nephew's provincial hockey tournament!
This program provides you and your students with many more opportunities rather than just making power point presentations or poster boards for projects. It allows you to incorporate technology into the classroom in so many more ways and also allows your students to express their creativity and individuality, one thing that I believe to be extra important in the classroom to helping the students develop and to help you get to know your students better.
I leave you now with an example of a video that I made with Animoto composed of some pictures of my horses, enjoy!
Ti'll next time!
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