Animations

media type="custom" key="12891608" align="right" Animations have always been so popular among our students and now we can take up the opportunities to let our own students create their own animations using simple web based tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Adding your voice || Favourite Digitelling Tool ||  || Video Tutorial Nick Peachey about Dvolver ||  ||   ||
 * ** Tool name and URL ** || ** Short description ** || ** Where you can learn more about this tool ** || ** ‘End product’ example created with it ** || ** Your personal impression, ** **pros and cons of the tool** ||
 * [|GoAnimate] ||  || Video Tutorial
 * [|DomoAnimate] || Make your own animations || Video Tutorial ||  ||   ||
 * [|Dvolver] || It is an online short movie making tool which could be used by the teachers and students to create animated movie scenes by using colouful cartoon style and characters. The dialogue for the scene will appear in bubbles. || Blog Post

Dvolver discussion:

I am concerned about the content on Dvolver, especially for young learners. The first two of the four scenes that are available are titled "romantic bubble bath" and "swanky boudou". I agree that this is a simple and easy way to create....but I am not sure that I would use it or recommend it. There is just too much from beginning to end that is suggestive for young learners.

Thanks for raising this issue Carol. It is always important to check the content of websites and assess their suitability before sharing them with our learners. With sites that offer templates and/or settings like dvovler and GoAniamte, it is also necessary to check for new additions from time to time which may or may not be suitable.

I was surprised too. I don't want to have any suggestive online stories from any of my students. I think it maybe be better if the teacher uses it to make videos but then ask the students to create videos with other applications. It is not good when the teacher starts to feel a little uncomfortable using the progam.

making videos with narration [] You can film your kids while they are talking and add them as a video to your Animoto. For Photopeach, you need to be a premium member to upload your own mp3s so it means that you need to pay. With Goanimate, you can! Please read this blog post about it: [] At school, we have been using jing to create videos with our students. I create a powerpoint or I film something, then I screencast it using my students voices. They talk over the powerpoint or the video. When it is over, I can easily get a link or download the video to my computer.It's not a video tool but I would also recommend [|fotobabble] which is a tool that lets you record your voices on pictures.