Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Advice For Animoto

Friday, October 2, 2009

Advice For Animoto

If you haven't heard by now, Animoto is one of the best photo/video mashup tools out there. (You can read some past posts I've done on it here.) In a nutshell, users can upload photos and videos, select some music to set the mood and create some of the most professional (and really cool looking) videos out there.

Here is one a student did for the Inauguration

Recently I asked my PLN what advice they would give to new Animoto users. Here is what they said:

What great tips! Remember, Animoto is free for Educators. Which means it will be free for your students to use. So head over there, sign up and get those creative juices flowing!

3 comments:

Ann LuschOctober 6, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Animoto is free for educators? I didn't notice that anywhere. How do I sign up as an educator?
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UnknownOctober 7, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Ann,
Animoto is free for educators and students. Simply visit http://animoto.com/education and sign up. It is recommended you use a school issued email so they can verify you are an educator. Good Luck!
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Ann LuschOctober 8, 2009 at 3:06 PM
I applied! Thanks!
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