I did it!

I have to say it is extremely exciting to me that I actually created an Animoto.  My students are starting research projects on the changing earth.  The whole idea of the video was to get them started thinking about their topics.  I decided to display questions regarding things such as how landforms are made, what the earth is made of, the layers of the earth, and how the continents have shifted.  I gathered pictures that I thought would interest my students to go with each topic.  I left each question open ended because the idea is to peak their interest to find answers for themselves.  At the end of the video I brought up questions for students to start thinking how they will find the answers and what they will do to present the information to the class.  I will show the video to them tomorrow and let you know how it goes!

Getting to Know Animoto

I am beginning to think that I can handle this whole Animoto thing.  After viewing some really cool ones from sample animotos, the ideas began coming to me and I started to look for pictures.  We are doing a unit called The Changing Earth right now in science.  My idea is to get pictures of some really cool landforms and put them into categories.  This will get my students thinking about good topics for a research project that they have to do.  I compiled a few pictures of basalt columns, picked out my music and am now on my way.  This might be kind of fun if I can figure it all out!  I was particularly inspired by International Dot Day Trading Card Project and might use that template if the earth one doesn't work for me.