animoto

=toc= **link to chris mk** link to web 2.0 tools __WEB 2.0 Animoto__

http://animoto.com/

=Why use Animoto?=


 * animoto helps people get music and picuters and create them into a movie.
 * animoto can help teachers and students to create novel movie trailers, for vocab words, for math teachers, and for history teachers. It can be used for any teacher.

if you have never used Animoto in the classroom to create online slideshows, then now is the time to start. With just a few clicks you can quickly turn your photos and videos into an animated, show stopping, musical masterpiece for free! media type="custom" key="5071903" These are the steps in making a video.
 * Step 1:** Select your pictures and/or video. You can upload images and videos of you own, select from the Animoto stock gallery, or import them from sites like Facebook, Smugmug, Flickr, Picasa, and Photobucket. Once selected, your photos and videos can be reordered simply by dragging and dropping them. Feeling more carefree? Select shuffle and have them randomly ordered by Animoto. On the same screen you can also add text to your pictures, duplicate them, rotate, delete and spotlight images. Spotlighting an image gives it more prominence in your finished slide show.


 * Step 2:** Choose your slide show music. Think of what may be most appropriate for the online slideshows you are creating. Again, you can select music from your own collection, or choose from a variety of tunes in the Animoto library. You can browse through Animoto's collection of music by genre. Here you will find everything from indie rock to classical melodies. A useful feature is the ability to choose where you want the start point of your soundtrack to be. If you have a short video, you may just want to begin with that catchy chorus half way through the song.
 * Step 3:** Finalize your video. Here you can choose what speed you want the video to play at - half, normal or double speed. You can also select what thumbnail you would like to have as your video cover screen. Finally, give your video a title and write a short description of what it is about. After you do this, Animoto will process and render your video. This may take a little time, depending on how long your slide show is. Once it is ready, Animoto will email you a link to your finished slide show. On this page you will also see a blue toolbox with links to email, embed, remix or export your video.

http://animoto.com/education/case_studies

=Ease of Use=


 * Making videos using animoto is very easy
 * I learned it in about 15 min

=How to use in classroom?=
 * Animoto can help teachers make videos about any subject, also students can use it too.

The My Videos screen

animoto is http://animoto.com/play/Or1l7luAZStfKU4kN0Ck5Q

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