Sunday, June 20, 2010
BP12_20100620_One Minute Message #2
Watch my video below for more information on Go!Animate. I did find out when creating this that there are some problems sharing, basically you can save it at their site, post to Youtube or pay to download it for use. If you choose to download your video it also takes a few hours for them to convert it. After paying to download it I did find that they messed up the audio in places so you may have to turn it up to enjoy. Another thought, if I had to pay for this clip it was pretty interesting that they leave their watermark on and add their advertising at the end of the clip but what do I know I am in education now not advertising.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
BP11_20100617_Link to my comment on Marcia's Blog
Follow this link to my comments on Marcia's Blog on a book making tool she has discovered.
BP9_20100617_Web 2.0 T3-Go!Animate
I figured that since that I love Toondoo so much, that maybe there was also a Web 2.0 tool out there that would let my students do animation. I found more than a couple. Most of them required some kind of fee, but I was able to find a couple that were free. DoInk was probably the one with the most options for customizing. You start off with a completely blank screen and get to draw whatever it is that you need. This would be great for someone who has a lot of experience with graphics programs such as Adobe or Corel but for most of my 5th graders would be beyond their abilities. Another tool I found is Go!Animate. This tool was much easer for someone new to animation, much more of a drag and drop approach, but they have fewer options for customizing unless you want to add a few dollars to your account. I think Futurama was probably one of my favorites when it comes to animation and the characters on Go!Animate look like this popular TV show. The ability to animate is made easy by breaking the animation into small clips and right clicking on each element to add some preset animation to it. Another thing I liked about this tool was the ability to bring in your pictures or sounds to add to your clip. I think overall this tool is what I was looking for when thinking about my students. It will be a little more challenging than ToonDoo, but, I am looking forward to seeing what they can do with it next year.
Monday, June 14, 2010
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