1. An ideal tool for creating videos and presentations. It takes just minutes to create a video which can bring your lessons to life.

2. Videos are a great way to bring vibrancy into the classroom. As a teacher presentation, a video shares content in a powerful, engaging way. As a student project, a video encourages students to interact with academic material by hand-picking images, video, music and text.

3.  Introduce yourself with video  Videos to start or finish a new unit  Parent night  Share on your Teacher Website  Share on your blog

4.  Make a video book trailer  Make your own Public Service Announcement  Make a video research report  Video scavenger hunt

5.  Educators can apply for a free Animoto Plus account for use in the classroom. Its powerful features can be used to create stunning presentations incorporating images, video clips, music and text. “Animoto is one of the marvels of Web 2.0. It is a wonderful initiative and a true benefit to teachers and students.” — Discovery Education

6.  Cinematic A.I. Animoto automatically analyzes music, photos and video clips, and orchestrates a custom video, leaving you free to focus on the content and narrative of your videos.

7.  Include text Mix relevant messaging, statistics and quotes among the pictures your videos to educate your audience and inspire them to action.

8.  Spotlight Spotlight lets you give specific image added prominence and screen time in your video.

9.  Share and download Animoto makes it easy to share your videos via email, on a blog/website, exported to YouTube, or downloaded to a computer for use in presentations

10. Getting Started with Animoto for Education In order to sign up (or re-sign up) as an educator for a free Plus subscription, you can apply for a classroom code from our education site. Upon acceptance into our educator program you will see this screen - PLEASE read it carefully and take note of your unique student classroom code.education site

11. Step 2 - Check Your Email Make sure you add education@animoto.com to your address book so that your confirmation doesn't end up in your spam box.education@animoto.com You will receive a confirmation email which indicates your account has been upgraded with a free Plus subscription and also contains your classroom code (this is for setting up your students with free accounts and works like a coupon - so please take notice to the expiration date of the code) Your Educational Accounts expire every six months, and you'll need a new code to renew your account. You can re- apply for a new code and extended access the same way you applied the first time by visiting our education page. Also, once you've received the code, you have one month to redeem it.education page

12. Step 3 - Register Your Students After you are familiar with your account, you can start setting up your student accounts. Please Note: You may not, and must be sure the student does not, provide any student’s personally identifiable information to Animoto at any time, including when establishing student accounts. Please remember that you are responsible for supervising the use of your students’ accounts in the classroom, and ensuring it complies with the Animoto for Education Terms of Use. For more detail on this step, check out our guide to setting up accounts for your students.our guide to setting up accounts for your students

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14.  http://www.youtube.com/v/PPuBXOsafhE http://www.youtube.com/v/PPuBXOsafhE

15. http://www.youtube.com/v/3UGJQaXQe5A

16. http://animoto.com/play/7kHUZt8oyaPvxC2j1ICIaA