Go Animate

GoAnimate.com: In the classroom by bshanaha

Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun! Go Animate is not only a fun, but useful tool. The animations can be used in many ways, they can either stand alone, or be used in a regular video by downloading the animation and using the clip to add to a video production for a class. The animations are simple enough for even the younger student to be able to enjoy. It is unfortunate that it has a price for most of the options. Costs are what many teachers look at, as most of these costs cut out of their personal revenues. Of several animation programs I have tried, on line, this is one of the simplest. Having simple programs is important to entice novice computer users to use a program. The more complex a program is the less likely the novice will use them in their projects or classes. I have seen other educational videos made in similar programs, though I have not had a chance to find out the features of the other programs to compare them with the options of Go Animate. Go Animate could be a very fun way for teachers and student to enhance web based projects, and should not be overlooked as a possibility when a lesson plan is laid out for a certain subject.

Solomon Ch. 10

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Voki

Voki is a simple animatied avatar that could be very useful for teachers and student. I ws thinking that this might be a very creative enhancement for any blog or webquest. Voki is a very simple program that could be used for providing instructions for a given project or to Since most of the options of Voki are free many teachers would probably have an interest in using it somehow in their curriculum Since Voki is simple and has many options in the free mode students would probably find it entertaining enough to utilize it in their projects. The diverse applications of Voki could only be imagThis is very usefule when creativity should ined by the creativity of the user. Voki also has lesson plans that teachers can use to provide enhancement for their classes. A Voki is easily place in a blog or an e=mail and can be useful in getting attention simply by having an animation talking directly to the student. Dialogue has several options as to how it is uploaded in a Voki, it cam be either record end from the user or typed into a dialogue box.

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