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= Audio & Video Production =

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Animoto
Animoto turns pictures & videos into stunning movies. As an educator, you can apply for a free Animoto Plus account, which allows you to & your students to create videos that are longer than 30 seconds for FREE. You will get a promo code once you apply for an account that your students enter while creating their accounts. Best of all, to create student accounts under your teacher account just add an "+#" end of your email. Example, //email+1@gmail.com//, //email+2@gmail.com//.

The process of using Animoto is simple, select images, select music, click & go, & Animoto does the rest.

What makes Animoto special? Animoto automatically analyzes music, photos, & video clips, & combines a custom video. This allows your students free to focus on the content & narrative of their videos rather than the technical aspect of editing. Students can add even simple text to add meaning to a digital story. You can easily download the videos to your computer or share them in an email, blog, or website.

Ideas for the classroom,
 * Create a commercial or PSA,
 * Create video flashcards for vocabulary,
 * Create news briefs about historical or current events.

See an example at **@http://animoto.com/play/Oy1gqGp9TyxP04MKeZaE1w**. There is also an app for the iPhone/iPod.

Blabberize
Blabberize is very simply, a talking picture. You upload a photo, place & fit a red circle on the lower half of a jaw, record your message using your computer, & where the red circle was it will move to the sound of your voice. So, it may seem childish & silly with this flapping mouth moving up & down, but don’t dismiss it until you’ve tried it.

It’s simple, quick, easy, fun, & free to use. For students it is a good way to practice listening & speaking skills. It can make a speech or text come alive in an entertaining way. It can make students practice a new way to present to present themselves…in the first person perspective.

Ideas to try,
 * Instructions for an assignment
 * Students could complete a self portrait, & discuss the motivation behind their work
 * Reflection on a project
 * Teacher or students read a historic speech or poem
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">A reader’s theater activity

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">View example - **@http://blabberize.com/view/id/188337**

Record mp3
Free audio recording that assigns each one a link. We use this link to create our QR codes. Super easy to use!

//Last Updated - May 2014//