http://animoto.com/play/MpdQmC9uyWzbvSAaPRhvkA
This was fun and easy to make. We did this as a family project so that I could see how interesting and simple it was for children.
Animoto starts with a simple tutorial and the steps from then are easy to follow. Choosing the music was fun - Animoto has a selection and we headed for anything that sounded tropical.
We chose a background called water and were all very pleased with the fading in and out effect (we weren't expecting it to be that good!)
Our pictures were on file all ready to go which was helpful. If your photos needed rotating it would be a long process.
It took a while to load the pictures but then we were able to discuss what order and shift them around easily. The Animoto program took 11 pictures but uploaded the 15 we asked it to then we could shuffle around and edit our choices.
Adding text is something we could work on. We added Heron Island which became a title page and dropped a picture off. We could work on this more as I'm sure that Headers and Text could be added around the photos (like in Over The Top Floristry's from previous post).
All in all, Animoto was fun and realatively easy to do with a group of children of Primary ages. I am not sure how it could be used at a Higher Order Thinkng level but lends itself well as a tool for visually recounting or following a process.
My children and I have already shared this clip via Facebook and email (and Blogger of course!)
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