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= Home > Learning Activity 5-D-1: Animation or Video Project=

To submit your project:

 * 1) Click the **Edit** tab in the upper-right corner.
 * 2) Scroll down the page until you see the first empty Participant Project space.
 * 3) Highlight the "//Name//" text.
 * 4) Type your name.
 * 5) Highlight the "//Add link here//." text.
 * 6) Paste the link to your animation or video.
 * 7) Highlight the "//Add citations here//." text.
 * 8) Type or copy and paste any citations. If you do not have citations, enter //N/A//.
 * 9) Highlight the "//Add explanation here//." text.
 * 10) Type or copy and paste your explanation.
 * 11) Press **Save** on the Editor bar.

To comment on a classmate's project:

 * 1) Click on the **Discussion** tab at the top of the page.
 * 2) Click the **New Post** button.
 * 3) In the **Subject** field, enter the //name// of your classmate followed by "//Project Feedback//" (ex.Tim 's Project Feedback).
 * 4) In the **Message** field, type in your feedback.
 * 5) Click **Post**.

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I created this project by selecting one actor in PlayGoz. From there I selected a setting and an actor. I listened to the music, but none of it fit so I chose to not have any. Lastly I added my script. Then I added icons to add a few elements to the product. Standards: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students use digital media and environments to communicate. Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. When I first began I thought I would use this tool with my students. I have used Voki with them in the past and Xtranormal reminded me a little bit of Voki. However, once I got into it and saw the actors, I decided this was not a tool to use with elementary students. Some of the actors were improperly dressed. If you tell kids to avoid the ones in their underwear, that’s exactly where they’re going to go.
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Name: Shari Rohr

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I uploaded two pictures I took ofZebras. These were the edited ones Iused last week. I inserted two textboxes with information. I rearranged thepicture and text boxes to fit my short video. Next, I sorted though the gallery of music provided. I found a soft audio to compliment myvideo. Finally, submitted the video forproduction. In this short video I meet thefollowing standards If our school had a site license,I could see the students using Animoto as alternative way to present their animalresearch.
 * Studentswill observe and identify different external features of animals and describehow these features help them live in different environments.
 * Studentswill observe and explain that plants and animals both need to take in water,animals need to take in food.

Alison Mayer

 * Link**:@http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12296192/due-process
 * Citations**: NA
 * Explanation**: I created this product using Movie Maker on Xtranormal. I picked a man who seemed like he is intelligent because he is older, wearing glasses and a suit. Since he is an expert on the Fifth Amendment, I decided he should have an American English accent. Since due process is about “life, liberty, and property” I put him in front of a big house. I was able to put in hand gestures, facial expressions, and pick the camera angle. After previewing it a few times I was able to publish it! The whole process took less than ten minutes! Knowing this, I would definitely not mind having my students create a presentation using this tool, as long as our school had a license. The students would definitely have a lot of fun with all of the options that are provided by the site! The standard I met with this video is: students will describe political ideas and traditions important to the development of the United States, including democracy, individual rights, and the concept of freedom.

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 * Explanation**: I created this project using Animoto because I was unfamilar with this tool. I found it to be very user friendly. I pulled some of my personal images from my classroom to add to this project. I grabbed them from my website since it is summer. I like to use technology with my kids, so it was easy for me to find pictures on my classroom webpage showcasing this topic. I typed a couple facts into PowerPoint and saved the slides as jpeg's to add to my movie. The entire process took very little time and was very easy to use. The students in my class could use this to write facts about topics they have learned and then add pictures. The standard it would cover is K.W.6 - With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including collaboration with peers.

Stephen Sands
My Animoto video is a quick 44-second short showing how technology is breaking down barriers to our privacy. This will be one of the lead-ins to my IMP about the novel 1984.
 * Link**: http://animoto.com/play/seySp9N1AakCvvLTgaYOpg
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I do not have any citations for my video because I created all the slides in Powerpoint and took all the pictures myself (at the local Radio Shack). I referred to Facebook and Google in the slideshow but opted not to worry about copyright images and created my own versions of their logos quite effectively (if I can brag a little).

Students will be able to take this video and pick one of these technologies and research it more to see what privacy issues lay behind each one, creating an Animoto of their own to highlight those issues. This project covers all the NETS-S standards.

Name Heidi Scaggs
http://animoto.com/play/wRFtBiwAQ8wyNGe5M5b1wg
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 * Citations**: The first photo was taken by my daughters friend. I took the others.
 * Explanation**: I am trying to stick with my original weather/Tornado theme. I was trying to convey the many and various ways weather can affect our lives. It meets some of Creativity and Innovation, Communication, possible Citizenship and definitely Tech Operations. I got the pictures off of my computer. I had a hard time doing the texts. I noticed that some of you had just on or two words with several text boxes in a row, NICE. This is very cool! My first. I know my students would love to do these and easily improve their skills. I had one more picture from the tornado damage that did not get in due to the 30 seconds. I know that the music might be questionable but probable ok for Jr. Sr. High.

Chuck Gates
http://animoto.com/play/oIQTGvEU8O2dwcFewH78cg I found these images on power-point presentations that I’d had for years. Most were already created before I got a holdof them and so I don’t have citations for the images but I’m sure they are outthere somewhere. I Used old Power-point photos because they were old andstale and added captions to them using Picknik. I uploaded the files to Animoto, chose a cool electronica track foreffect and had the program make a video. Pretty easy. There are many more than I should listhere but the big 3 (from S11.D.3) are: - Describe planetary motion and the physicallaws that explain it - Describe the function, formation, andlife cycle of stars - Explain the current Scientific theoriesof solar system formation (i.e. solar nebular theory) Students can use this in variousways. They can watch what I did to getexcited about the project. They can maketheir own to illustrate the same or other ideas about the project.
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