Digital Storytelling

Digital storytelling is a great way to be creative and tell a short story.  Animoto is user friendly, and a video can be put together in a short period of time.  I would use Animoto at the beginning of the school year and have students create a short video about themselves.  It's a great way for students to get to know each other and for teachers to  know their students.

Animoto could also be used at the beginning of a lesson to get students thinking about what they will be learning.  It's also a great way to start a discussion.  Teachers can make a short video with clues about what the topic is going to be, and let students guess.  Another use is to have students put together a synopsis of a lesson, or a report.  There are so many possibilities!

I put together a short video that would introduce students to Animoto.  I included a short story of my own.

Module 8 Animoto