video-animation

toc =Video Animation =

These are tools that can be used to make simple, short, and easy videos.

Blabberize
Make your photos come alive with your voice.


 * Pros **
 * Easy to use
 * Engages students
 * Will be coming out with an education account
 * Can you personal pictures or images from the Internet


 * Cons **
 * An account is require
 * As of right now, no educational account


 * Classroom Ideas **
 * Students can be asked to use text from history to make it come alive
 * It can be used to encourage students to prepare presentations to introduce themselves
 * Students can be asked to use it to demonstrate their content knowledge

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Xtranormal
If you can type, you can make a movie. Students just enter their text, select characters, backdrops, camera angles, and they have a movie.


 * Pros **
 * Easy to use, anyone can make a movie
 * Engaging for students
 * Control over the backdrops, characters, camera angles, and character movement
 * Allows character voice to be in different languages


 * Cons **
 * An account is needed to save or publish a movie
 * No educational accounts available
 * Educational showpacks need a premium paid account
 * Videos posted by other users may not be appropriate, students will need to be monitored
 * A couple of free showpacks, do have a couple of characters dressed inappropriately


 * Classroom Ideas **
 * Good way to introduce students to a particular topic
 * Innovative way to do class presentations
 * Students can make documentaries about history episodes
 * Students can make a news show showing the latest events in the world

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