Finally, I found one of the 17 things that I used throughout the school year. Using the pictures I had taken of my students, I created a video each quarter to share with my classroom families. The kids loved it! They were so excited to see their smiling faces in a video format. Adding pictures was simple, but choosing background music was very limited. Now that I know about Creative Commons I would love to import some of those tracks. I was unable to access ITunes at school and did not have many songs downloaded. Most of the songs available on Animoto were not from artists I recognized. When I previewed the tracks, the lyrics were not always appropriate for my students. When you have the free educator account to Animoto, the songs and backgrounds are not quite as plentiful.
I posted the Animoto videos on my classroom webpage and sent a link to the parents via email. There were many viewings of the videos and postive comments. I can't wait to use Animoto with my next class!
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