I've been thinking how I might use Animoto in my classroom. For vocabulary? With word families? Highlighting high frequency words? Maybe in math? What should I create? One for shapes or solids? Number line? Counting? I settled on counting. The class has been working with the "tricky teens"- the numbers from 11 to 19. They have used various manipulatives to accomplish this task. I thought a good use of Animoto was to create a movie that showcased each number by using digi blocks and their fingers. Each slide would show the number and the number word. The children were excited when I told them they would be in a movie! But they were surprised to hear the movie would be about math! 'Math?!', they said. Then the questions started. How? Why? When would we do it? How can you use digi blocks-they aren't real? I explained how it would work and how we would accomplish this task together. The children worked together to put the correct number of digi blocks in the cases. I took the pictures of the blocks when they were ready. Then they worked in pairs to show the number of fingers for each number. Another photo op! Finished product:
I think that your Animoto is awesome! I like how you had the students involved in their learning and creating the video. This is something that I would like to use with my class and having them involved. Thank you for the inspiration!
I think that your Animoto is awesome! I like how you had the students involved in their learning and creating the video. This is something that I would like to use with my class and having them involved. Thank you for the inspiration!
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