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Animoto... Oh Ya!

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Animoto helps us say NO!

I created this video to help my students better understand the concepts of peer pressure and confidence. They are very young and these topics can be a little advance for them. I used this video on my kidblog and presented first as a whole group video and then had them watch it again and post comments. This was a great conversation starter and the kids really responded to the picture of the little girl be ousted by the others and many admitted to using the, "I won't be your friend" threat to force someone into doing what they wanted. On the kidblog, the children started by posting something they are confident in and then if they had time they were encouraged to build someone else's confidence by posting specific examples of things their classmates should feel good about.




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Sullivan Sullivan
January 29, 2013 at 11:07 AM
I am good at bing a friend.
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Jed Jed
January 29, 2013 at 11:10 AM
I am the best at soccerball.
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Dylan Dylan
January 29, 2013 at 11:10 AM
I am good at soccer.
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Ryan Ryan
January 29, 2013 at 11:10 AM
I am good at basket ball.
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Emma Mu. Emma Mu.
January 29, 2013 at 11:11 AM
I am a good sister to my brother.
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Riley Riley
January 29, 2013 at 11:11 AM
I am good at helping doing and caring.
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Kristina Kristina
January 29, 2013 at 11:11 AM
I am a god reeder.
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Audrey Audrey
January 29, 2013 at 11:11 AM
I am good at math
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Ella Ella
January 29, 2013 at 11:11 AM
I am wonderful at math .
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Grace D. Grace D.
January 29, 2013 at 11:11 AM
I. Am. Great At. Soccer .
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Sullivan Sullivan
January 29, 2013 at 11:14 AM
John you are good at math FACS
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John John
January 29, 2013 at 11:14 AM
I like plaing bad piggies and I am good at it.
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Jed Jed
January 29, 2013 at 11:17 AM
Dylan you are the best at spelling.
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Audrey Audrey
January 29, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Mei i think your art is good
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Kristina Kristina
January 29, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Dylan is a good reader.
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Riley Riley
January 29, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Kristina) is a nice girl. She is confident and she cares like me.
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Using Animoto with Your Students- Set up Dummy Accounts

So those of us who teach first grade are probably very familiar with the "all about me" writing of the past. But today's "all about me" is about to look very different in room 222. I love Animoto and wanted to know if there is a way for the kids to all log on to it at once. I found the answer and it is YES! Click here to learn how to set up dummy accounts from your Animoto by assigning each kid your email+1, 2, 3, etc. These emails are instantly recognized as legit but the program doesn't actually recognize the +# so the emails go to you, but each kid has 180 days of their own free educator animoto account. Just use the educator code you got when you first applied for every kid. I already set my class up and it was easy, took about 20 minutes tops, and worked flawlessly as directed :)

how to set up fake emails for your students under you animoto account

Animoto to teach social skills

Here is an animoto I made to include in my morning meeting slides for this month's social skill theme. I am working on next month's already. The kids in my class loved this, especially the hotdog. And they seemed to understand the terms peer pressure and confidence better after watching and discussing the video.

Animoto and MLK

Here is another animoto that was posted on the teacher's blog, http://room6kindkids.blogspot.com/. I love how she took the children's simple drawings and turned them into a message through music and motion. I am combining elements I see in her animotos as I create my own.

Carnival Sensation 2012

My 1st attempt at a personal Animoto...

Room 6+6 Kind Kids: We Are Thankful!

This is an Animoto from http://room6kindkids.blogspot.com/ combining photos of a classroom lunch and the things that the children have to be thankful for. I bet they enjoyed making the video as much as the teacher. Kids love to have their photos taken and be "stars". I am now imagining all kinds of uses for Animoto, from teaching vocabulary, to sharing field trips, class events, culminating activities, and more!
I also like the blog overall. I began using kidblog last week with my class in response to the work they have done with Martin Luther King, Jr. and to their overall feelings about the iPads/ technology in the classroom. Of course, some of them are as young as 6, but I am very excited to see what we can do with all of these great sites!

Preparing to make an Animoto Video

After playing around on Animoto for a bit, I googled how to make a video and came up with this youtube video. Not really informative, but it sure makes it sound cool!

Martin Luther King Jr.

This is an Animoto video of kids singing. I am not sure Animoto was the best medium for this video... but it is a good example of how to use the program for video (not just photo).