Digital Camera Capers & ANIMOTO

Perhaps one of the most valuable learning tools in the classroom for students is a digital camera. With a digital camera in hand students can capture countless experiences which can then be used for blogs & presentations in English and RE, process diaries/journals in Science and PDH&PE or even as a thinking and reflection tool in Mathematics.

The inclusion of still and movie cameras in the iPad is particularly valuable. Photos are captured and stored on the device - no messy transfers or downloading any more. They can then be accessed  and used in other applications with ease. This low technology threshold means that even our youngest students can create multimodal digital texts on their iPads.

The following example is a Snapshot of learning in a Science Classroom.It was created online using ANIMOTO which allows students to upload up to 10 photos to create a simple animated feature. The video can then be shared by link or embedded in a Blog page or Google Site. eg



Yr5 Amazing Microbiologists

Digital Artmaking : Take One Photo & Start Creating

Recently I have also been experimenting with digital photos and a range of photo manipulation tools tools and filters to explore Visual Arts concepts and express myself visually.

There are a number of ways you can then share your photos including simple online galleries such as Picasa and iPhoto which allow you to create albums and slide shows quickly and easily.

Tools such as Animoto are easy to use on a laptop or iPad .  Once you have your video on Animoto's website you can also upload to Youtube.