This week I had a chance to explore GoAnimate a little more in depth. I was working at an elementary school when I came across student writing samples hanging in the hallway. I chose one of those samples to be the basis of a GoAnimate project. My hope is to demonstrate a way to use technology to bring student work to life. What inspired me was the fact the students drew pictures to go with their stories and those were hanging next to the writing. In a previous post I mentioned using GoAnimate or other tools to have students talk through their thinking or explain their work samples, especially in art class, or it could be with posters or other student samples. This time I simply wanted to bring a story to life. A lot of times teachers have asked students to create book trailers, in this example the entire story has become a short movie. I used the text to speech function, but think it would be powerful to have students read their own stories as they create the video. There is an option to have them do a voiceover which would put their voice in their video. I shared this with the teacher of the student author whose story I used and she asked me to share it with the student. When I came into the class and shared it with the student, the rest of the class gathered around my computer to watch. Several asked if I would make one for them. My reply was a polite no, but I will teach you how to make one. Next week we will be working on these and I will share some of the products students create. Another example I created for a class that is creating a travel experience itinerary. I created this simple example to show them how they can interject the visuals of the locations of their destinations and could add a little movement to enhance the video all within GoAnimate. The students have researched their destinations, explored potential places of interest, and have figured out travel and lodging. They will use GoAnimate to create a video highlighting the travel experience. Students will also create a Google My Map to help their customers visualize the trip. They will create pins of the various cities and places of interest the vacationer will travel as part of the excursion the student has planned. With each pin the student will be able to add images, information and even videos to help sell their vacation package. These are just a few examples of what can be done with GoAnimate. I will add student samples in the next couple of weeks. I would love to see what you and your students have created to showcase the great things our students are doing.
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