App: Animoto Lesson Plan and Student Guide

App: Animoto Lesson Plan and Student Guide Bloom’s Taxonomy: Create

Objective: I will use technology to express and defend my point of view on a historical event/topic. Common Core Standards: WHST 6-8.6- Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently. WHST 6-8.2d- Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Social Studies GLEs: 45. Explain the point of view of key historical figures and groups in U.S. history 46. Explain the causes, effects, or impact of a given historical event in U.S. history

Lesson Ideas: TSW create an Animoto project on a selected “theme” to reflect a historical topic/event. TSW will submit the project via email or embedded document. See rubric below for scoring information.

How to use app: Animoto The following directions are using an

iphone/ipad to complete the project.

If you are using the computer version, these directions may vary. FYI.

1. Click “Create” to start a new animoto

project.

2. Scroll through the library of pictures

and click up to 12 images.

You will see the count in the “use” box. 3. Select your style by scrolling here.

You may select the music that you

want by clicking here.

4. If you want to preview the song,

click on the . If you want to

access your own playlist, click here

and you can choose from one of

your own songs. st 5. Animoto will have you set up your 1 (intro)

and last (outro) screen. Work count is limited

so keep this in mind. If you want to add

captions to your pics, slide your fingers on the

lined tabs and it will open.

6. You may change the order of the pictures by

pressing a picture to select. While holding the picture, you can move it to arrange the order

that you want it to be in. By

pressing the T+ button, you can enter caption

slides

7. This is what the screen will look like

when you select the image to write a

caption. The word count is limited

so keep this in mind. 8. Press preview- it will upload the project to

allow to watch it. If you like your finished

project, click on save video. If not, click resume

edit to go back and make changes.

Example: http://animoto.com/play/ePSTBWFRdDKykMli3m0ZNA

Rubric: