Courtney+Beacom's+Go!Animate+Page

Go!Animate allows individuals to develop both narrative videos, in which characters speak with lip-sync and move around, and video presentations, in which a voiceover narrator speaks over images and props, which may also move around. All of the videos can have background music and effects. Go!Animate offers its services on a freemium basis to people, but also has multiple subscription levels available for businesses. Go!Animate provides access to thousands of character models, backdrops, and other effects to create videos. It offers text-to-speech character voices with customizable options.
 * What is Go!Animate? **

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 * Link to Go!Animate: **

Info to Login to Go!Animate: Username: courtney.beacom76114@campus.peru.edu Password: Amelia1$ It is very easy to create an account. All you need is a username and password.
 * (Use this to see the Go!Animate videos I created for a previous class to use in my classroom as an introduction video for Reading Recovery to parents.) **


 * How to Use This Tool in the Classroom: **
 * 1) Teachers can create their own presentations for their class to enjoy.
 * 2) Teachers can create their own presentations for parent meetings or staff meetings.
 * 3) Students can create presentations to present a topic to the class.
 * 4) Students are able to use this as a writing tool. Students write their own narrative story or a story in general and are able to create a video to follow their story. It is bringing their story in print to life in video form.
 * 5) Teachers can create presentations that act as a study guide or game show review for subjects on tests.

For my students who are in Special Education, I do a lot of review games and such for tests or quizzes. As we know, the more interactive we make things, the better it is for them. Not necessarily with Go!Animate, but with other medias I have created game show type review games as well as had students create their own. Now, that I am more aware of Go!Animate, I see myself using this as well as teaching my students to use it. Go!Animate is a great resource that students can use as well as the teacher to create review games or narrative stories over a topic. Students are able to make something different and at the same time reviewing specific topics for quizzes or tests. Besides as a review tool, I see myself using this to help my students become better writers. Students would be able to write their own story. After they have done the necessary steps to write a story, then I would have them make a video that follows their story.
 * Sample Lesson Plan: **

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