1. Colleen Monahan Dobbs Heritage High School

2.  Cancer Awareness Day Video (Heritage SCA): http://animoto.com/play/1jaBSr7sk10rwBlgLs0 y3g

3.  Animoto.com  Web-based video animation tool  Choose music/theme… input pictures and short phrases… program animates for you!  Various pricing plans…  Teacher Decision…  Have students create their own “lite” accounts?  Sign-up students under your education account?

4.  Teacher Tool:  Videos for School Announcements  Videos for Classroom  Teaser to a book  Introduction to a new unit  Student Tool:  Presentation Tool  Fulfill Multimedia Strand of SOL standards  SAMPLE = Amendment Research – Multimedia Presentation

13. Click to change song Click to add text to pic slide Click & drag to move Use to add more slides

16. Click to exit

18. Check video length Save to edit later Tools for advanced version Click here if you’re ready to preview and/or publish

19. “Produce” if you like it; “Continue editing” if you don’t! Add a title

20. Students can email video to teacher Educator account allows you to save as mp4

21.  Sample Video (Instructor/Dobbs): http://animoto.com/play/DxQUVv1R6Tebo3Tzl LGBqQ  Sample Video #1 (Student – Amendment Project): http://animoto.com/play/HT3laavXgKkNuNra Kq09hw  Sample Video #2 (Student – Amendment Project): http://animoto.com/play/WwWAvBszMNtyyn kiDBxuuA

22.  Introduce Animoto to students  Remind students to save pictures to a folder  Provide students a brainstorming template  Encourage students to be thoughtful about the images/words they choose  Specify a minimum and maximum number of slides  Be sure to tell students how they will “share” video  Require that students use music already in Animoto program or use “lyric-free” music  Student may create video in connection with a speech, essay, etc as part of a larger assignment.