Educational Uses of Animoto

Animoto is intuitive and easy to use. It is easier and faster than creating a PowerPoint and yields much more visually satisfying products. After you choose your images, text and music the site then adds effects to create a very interesting dynamic presentation. It really looks professionally done. Animoto is a great tool that students can use for show and tell, present persuasive arguments and more. You can add text (title slides) to the presentation. Limited text capabilities (text cannot be added to pictures. This web 2.0 tool could be used to introduce what's next for teachers in any subject. Animoto can be use by teachers to create a simulated field trip or end of the year videos. To use animoto users will have to create an account so this may not be the best option for students under the age of 13. If you decide to use the free version and not the education version students could possibly view inappropriate material.