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005.2 ANIMOTO: Free Video Web Application

September 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Oh, boy! I found another fun little FREE program!
Make a movie out of your photos in less than five minutes…no kidding…with music and all kinds of flashy moves!

ANIMOTO
http://animoto.com/play/a462c2d1fe46475b480b18b8b6e7f6e3
this link is the movie I made to learn the process using the only batch of pictures I had handy…hence the reason for it only being 26 seconds long.
If it doesn’t play because of a password issue, try one of theirs…I saw a cool little movie about skateboarding in the preview pane. It is a simple 1 – 2 – 3 process.

Of course, at this moment, I am not sure it will be available inside my school district…guess I will find out tomorrow.

All the interesting techniques with the pictures, Animoto did that…it does ask you to highlight a few of the pictures for extra punch…and you can choose one of their music files…not too many to my taste, but, hey…it’s free!! and it does all the work for you…so I am not complaining! (You can use your own music file–be sure you are not violating copyright!)

Go have some fun…it is E-A-S-Y.

P.S. It took me longer to create this post than it did my little movie…of course typing can be a bit of a problem when your space bar all of a sudden decides to stick! o, brother…technology is fickle, isn’t it?

Tags: Entertainment · Internet · Movies · Music · Social Networking · Technology · Videos · Web 2.0

371.22 Blogging Project: Wizard of Oz 2.0

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

One of my favorite “book” bloggers discusses a class project she does around the Wizard of Oz. She uses the original Baum version of the story as well as the classic movie we all grew up with. She compares the Oz story with her personal favorite Alice in Wonderland.

She and her students discuss both of these books, their related projects, AND bunches of other “stuff” on her classroom blog AND the students’ own blog, blog, blog,…more blogs.

She also has a nice list of other class blogs…3rd-6th grades.

Tags: Authors · Blogging · Movies · Web 2.0