GoAnimate.com: Intro to Rhythm by kathykellen
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Go! Animate
Go! Animate is the Web 2.0 tool that I chose to explore today. I signed up for a free account and viewed a few tutorial videos to get started. Go! Animate claims that anyone can animate, and has made their site colorful with many tabs to click on and experience. The tutorials explain how to create your character, and you can choose from a selection of clothes and colors, as well as body type, hair, facial features and glasses. Next you can choose the mood of your character and the actions for animation. When you are happy with your choices, click on “save”. Then you are ready to create an animation.
I followed the steps provided in the tutorials to create my first animation (which you can view above).
I created this animation to use with my second grade music classes as an introduction to our rhythm unit. It is my hope that my students will enjoy this new way of presenting content, and perhaps remember things that they might not have with a more traditional presentation. Perhaps they will provide me with inspiration and ideas to create more animations to introduce upcoming units. As I spend more time with this tool, I can use more advanced features. Go! Animate includes Staff Picks, Most Shared, Top Animations and Most Watched. Animations can be posted in a variety of places: Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, MySpace, to name just a few. It was easy for me to share my animation through email as well. I feel that Go! Animate is a fun tool that could be used by educators in any subject area with all grade levels.
I showed this to my students, and they LOVE it. They are going to use it on the websites that they are creating. Thanks for showing me such a cool site!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know anything about GoAnimate until I read your post. I really enjoyed the video you created. This Web 2.0 tool would be a wonderful addition to any classroom, but I can envision multiple uses within my Language Arts classroom. I'm curious. How long did it take you to create your GoAnimate video? Is this something that is simple to use or does it have a learning curve?
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed at how fast you are using these tools in your classroom. Good for you! I hope you get an interactive white board soon. It was make using these tools much more fun and effective for you students. I haven't done any animation, but it looks like it's more possible with this site.
ReplyDeleteI've used GoAnimate before. It is great for students to use because they can use their imagination to create their own story. It also really user friendly so the younger students can make an animation without any problem. Of course, you would have to help them out, but it they get the hang of technology so quickly. They could create something in no time at all.
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