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Sunday, October 7, 2012

GoAnimate

GoAnimate

GoAmimate is a free program to create animate videos. The videos can be created for school, business or just for fun! Once you create an account on Go Animate, there are a variety of options for creating a video. You can create a video to a specific topic such as the presidential election or a specific theme such as outer space. Or, you can create a video completely on your own.
 I found this program to be very easy to use and navigate through. When making your first video, pop-up windows and arrows guide you through every step. This allows the user to get a feel for the program and all the options that are available. Once the video is created, it is very easy to go back to it any make any changes you may wish. For each video, the creator is able to choose the background, the characters, the characters voice, speech and actions along with many other smaller aspects entailed in each video.
This application would be helpful to both teachers and students. For teachers, it is a helpful and fun way to get information across to students. Presenting it in a fun video will keep the students engaged and interested. The students could also make a video to relay on information to show they understand concepts taught by the teacher. An appropriate age to use this application would be 4th grade. Although this application is very easy to use, skills such as spelling and computer navigation skills are needed. Using a fun program such as GoAnimate will make the student motivated and excited to work and pay attention in school. This program could be used in all subjects ranging from social studies to math as there is so much variation and personalization available. 

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