Thing #21

I wish I had found this app when my children were young.  It would have been wonderful to share short videos online with my parents.  The usual photo album does not compare to the movement and music that Animoto provides.  I was actually shocked at how well my amateur video turned out, and I only needed a little help from my teenagers to accomplish the task.  I can see the application of this site to student reports and demonstrations.  Since the teacher would have prior access to the photographs being uploaded, this would be a wonderful way for students to gain extra credit or introduce a topic for discussion.  As an art teacher, I plan to use this app during the instructional phase of my lessons.  Needless to say, I was impressed with the easy of creating videos and the quality of the finished product.  I would be interested in finding out the cost for producing videos longer than 30 seconds.  This would be great to email parents so they can see class projects developed by their own children.