I learned from Mrs. Jee about a wonderful idea to create an Animoto as an introduction “about me” video for the first week of school. I absolutly loved the idea and stayed up way past my bedtime to create it.
Mrs. Jee said she “loved @royanlee‘s idea to use Animoto to introduce yourself to kids on the 1st day of school. They get a multifaceted sense of who you are. Animoto’s use of pictures, text, and storyline is much more effective than a hastily muttered five minute speech.” After I made my first week introduction video, Mrs. Lindinger was also inspired. Check out her video below!
Back to School Night Idea
Mrs. Jee and I also made a much shorter version for back to school night. I can’t think of a better way to “tell” parents who you are and what you are about. My back to school night version will be a shorter version with images and pictures of my students participating in my classroom. I also plan on linking the video to a QR code to send home to parents who can not attend the back to school night. Thanks for the great idea @mrsjjee @royanlee Another reason I love twitter!
Here is My About Me Introduction Video:
Here is Mrs. Jee’s Video
Here is Mrs. Lindinger’s video
What is Animoto?
Animoto is a simple program online to create simple videos from pictures, sound, text, and existing video clips. It makes it possible to quickly create a video using still images, music, and text. Animoto is constantly updating its features as well as background options for your video slideshow. If you can make a slideshow presentation, you can make a video using Animoto Video Slideshows.
I used Animoto before for a student project on a PSA assignment on interest groups. Here is a previous post.