Animoto

=Web 2.0 Tool: Animoto  =  = = =Address: [|http://www.animoto.com] =

= Purpose: Create shorts (music video using images and music) = = Examples: [|Jan's Bill of Rights Intro] [|The Holocaust: the Power of Images] = = = = = = = = Account: Register for free account that allows you to create 30 second videos; children under 13 cannot register (read educators FAQs for exceptions) = = = = = = = = Considerations: **Users must pay to create longer videos and videos that are downloadable; must have an email; check music selections before using with students; use CreativeCommons for additional music sources** = = = = = = Uses: creating video biographies, public service announcements, visualizing poetry relating to any discipline, cool music videos that bring dull topics to life =

==== **Directions:** [|**Written Directions**]**,** [|**Video Directions for Animoto**] **(8 minutes)** ====