Turn your photos & videos into awesome video clips.
Animoto is so simple to use you simply upload the pictures, video clips you want and it automatically produces beautifully orchestrated, video pieces for you. You have a great selction of music you can add and it is free to use for short clips. Last year I had a free year access as a teacher to longer video clips although I have not checked yet to see if they will be repeating that offer.
Of course if you want longer video clips you can purchase them as well.
I have placed a video clip I made in the sidebar 'It's a beautiful world'. And here is a special Seasons Greetings for all my friends, fellow bloggers and family!
Kiva is a micro-lending site. They loan money to low income entrepreneurs. The minimum loan is $25 (which averages $1 per student usually) and then the learning comes. Students can make a loan and then trace its history of repayment over a period of 6-12mths. Your class can choose the gender, location and loan type so (agriculture, business etc.) they wish to loan to. You can track what percentage of the overall loan they need has been covered with the class funds, and the site provides a scale to show how close each requester is. The people applying for these loans are in real need and he loans they get will help them move towards economic independence and give them the ability to improve life for themselves, their family, and their community. Kearsley and Shneiderman (1999) explained that “an ICT environment, is best suited to providing a meaningful and authentic experience for students, one that can be configured to simulate the kinds of experiences students will face outside of the classroom.” I am thinking maths, percentages of loan received, percentage of loan repaid, wworking out when the loan should be paid off, younger students can work out how many times the person needs to receive a $25 loan before they have received their requested amount, and the list goes on. SOSE-learn about the people and the country the loan is going to. Clas debates on who should get the loan, chosing between two people who want the money for the same reason might make the students examine the peoples personal circumstances closer in order to come to a final decision. This is an awesome resource.
Website- http://www.kiva.org/about/what/ Reference: Kearsley, G & Shniederman, B (1999). Engagement Theory: A framework for technology-based teaching and learning, Maryland. Retrieved Dec 05, 2009 from http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/engage.htm
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