Are you ready for this?
I have found another great tool that can be integrated into the classroom! It's called GoAnimate. The purpose of this site is to make cartoons customized to the maker. Each user must create their own sign-in name and avatar. There are certain features that cost money (better outfits, facial hair, etc).
Once you have signed in and created your avatar, you will be directed to the next screen below.
This is where the magic happens. Students would be able to implement animations, story lines, change the background, add music, record audio, and use the 3 characters on the left side of the screen. Once they are happy with their scene, they can watch their cartoon and share it using the import function underneath the image of the bedroom or the save button on the top right hand side of the screen.
One function that you cannot see in the pictures that is valuable for a Web 2.0 tool is the chat ability. As students are working, they can chat with buddies that they add. I could see this being a good asset to a group project. If a group is working on a cartoon together, one student can be focused on a scene while another can focus on another scene and then they can save them together.
Just another RAVE from Jessica Goodenow!
Can't wait to try this with my students!
This is really cool and I think students would love to do assignments in this type of platform. I can see this as an alternate form of assessment where students can present information learned in the classroom. In addition, it is free and doesn't require any downloading, so it's easy to get students started. Since you and I both teach math, I would love to hear about how you are using this in your classroom. Thanks for sharing Jessica!
ReplyDeleteThis is a neat and fun tool. I believe students would really enjoy creating an avatar and using it in their storyline. I like how Jennifer see it as an alternate form of assessment. I would love to here what others think of this site. Great work Jessica!
ReplyDeleteJessica, I was going to look at this one for, too, but chose Wikispaces. Thanks for posting this. Now, I know that I really want to look into this Web 2.0 tool to add to my classroom bag of tricks. I'm thinking that my Game Design students could use this to do some storyboarding for their games before they build them plus they could collaborate on a game together with the built-in chat feature.
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