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Every so often a tool is created that is so different and so unbelievably useful that it actually changes the way society functions. First came the spork – it scooped and punctured at the same time. Then came the remote control – you could watch TV and maneuver drones with a single click. Next was …
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PowToon allows learners to create animations...and they recently released a new version, Simple Mode, that makes it easier to use. Click through to the post to learn all the details. You may also be able to get a free account with PowToon if you are an educator. They are giving away $10 million dolllars worth of free accounts. For information on this go to this link. 
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From tweets to likes, see how fast data is generated every second on the internet in this interactive visualization.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Check out this interactive visualization and see how quickly data is being generated online. You may want to snap some screen shots and have your students determine how quickly Twitter accounts are created, hours of YouTube videos are uploaded, items are purchased from Amazon and much more. A total of 23 sources are being updated second by second.
Maryalice Leister's curator insight,
May 28, 2014 2:40 PM
This graphic is an excellent discussion catalyst when talking about how far and fast information travels.
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I"Adobe Voice may be the app we've been waiting for. This effortless video creator may finally fulfill the promise of tablet computing. With a simple, intuitive interface and clean, effective visuals, the Adobe Voice app allows anyone to design animated videos in minutes. It finally turns the iPad into a seamless device for content creation, not just content display or interaction."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Are you interested in having your students create motion graphics (also called video graphics)? Do you have access to iPads? If so, go over to the Apple Store and download Adobe's new app Adobe Voice, and you may find yourself with an easy tool that will provide you and your students the ability to create create videos.
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"We love infographics. We love animation. And we’re all for engaging kids in creative education. So today we’re looking at three educational infoviz animations that shed light on complex or important issues in beautifully art-directed ways that make little eyes widen and little brains broaden."
Beth Dichter's insight:
If you are looking for three great infographics that are animated this post is for you. The first video is 'How to Feed the World' and explores "the science behind eating and why nutrition is important." The suggested ages are 9 - 14. The second video, 'The Story of Stuff' is a fascinating look at "the entire materials economy." This is a longer video (just over 20 minutes) but it provide a great base for a classroom discussion. If you click through to their website you will find many other videos that have been created including 'Story of Bottled Water', 'The Story of Solutions' and 'Story of Electronics.' The third video is 'Meet the Elements,' a "wonderful animated journey across the periodic table." There is a fourth video but it is not necessarily appropriate for students (at least younger students). This one is a reinterpretation of LIttle Red Riding Hood. If you know of some great videos for teachers to use share them by leaving a comment!
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How did the Earth's climate arrive at its current state and how do scientists delve into the secrets of our planet's past?
Beth Dichter's insight:
Thanks to Richard Byrne for sharing this website. This film provides a look at climate change over the last 800,000 years in 2.5 minutes! The movie has graphs, images and narration and there is a text version that you may access that provides information on the sources. If your class is looking into climate change this is a great resource to use.
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"Wideo allows you to create short, animated videos and Common Craft like videos in your web browser. Today,Wideo announced that you can now upload your own audio files into your video projects. This means that you could record a voiceover and add it to your video."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Wideo is a free online tool that allows you to create your own animation. You can use images, fonts, animations and videos available on the site or upload your own...and shre your final project! This post provides a quick look of how it works (with a short video) or you can go directly to the site: http://wideo.co/.
Matthew Renner's curator insight,
March 20, 2013 10:49 AM
This is very cool. It's expensive to get these done otherwise.
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© 2012 Some people with autism have difficulty processing intense, multiple sensory experiences at once. "This animation give the viewer a glimpse into sensory overload, and how often our sensory experiences intertwine in everyday life."
Shelby Walters's curator insight,
November 25, 2015 9:52 PM
Sensory overload occurs when one or more of the body's senses experiences over stimulation from the environment. There are many environmental elements that impact an individual. Sensory overload has been used as a means of torture, and is common in the autistic community.
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Marc Azéma, a French archaeologist and filmmaker, has come up with a pretty novel theory. Maybe the earliest cave paintings, created some 30,000 years ago at sites like Chauvet, weren't static creations. This post from Open Culture includes a short film that shows cave paintings as a "sequential story." There is also a short audio interview with Chauvet.
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A field guide to the art and science of the solid argument...six fantastic two-minute animations on various aspects of critical thinking, aimed at school ages 8 to 10, or kids between the ages of 13 and 15, but also designed to resonate with grown-ups. Inspired by the animation style of the 1950s, most recognizably Saul Bass, the films are designed to promote a set of educational resources on critical thinking...
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The other night I had a little whirlwind session exploring content on Vimeo and discovered some fantastic pieces of work, including this lovely short animation...
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"Financial literacy is about much more than balancing one's (online) checkbook. Financial literacy represents a cross-curricular mindset, a sophisticated understanding of how money, media, and messaging unite in the public sphere."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Can we teach students in elementary and middle school the concepts of financial literacy? With the right resources the answer would be yes. ASIDE has provided a range of excellent resources in this post. You will find an excellent infographic that covers the Story of Money, beginning with bartering animal hides and teeth as well as shells up to a gold coin minted in Australia in 2011 that weighs (take a breath) 2,231 pounds. (There is a great math problem to be solved.) A number of videos are also provided. One looks at student debt and one is a TED-Ed video. There are also additional resources provided. Financial literacy is an important concept for students to learn, and I would think the earlier they understand the concepts the better off they will be. To learn more click through to the post.
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"The expanded availability of easy tech tools has empowered educators to rethink homework and daily instruction. Flipping the classroom with teacher-made videos allows students to self-direct their at-home learning. Many of these clips, however, still involve a one-day delivery of information, from teacher to student. Another approach is to allow children to make their own educational videos. They can enlighten their classmates with their creations, and they can teach themselves the material and the skills during the process of production."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Have you considered having students use the Adobe Voice app (iPad) to create materials that others may use to review work? This post shares how one school has done this with 8th grade students and provides 3 videos embedded in the post as well as a link to a page where you can see more student work. The post also discussed "four key proficiencies" that students may demonstrate as they create an Adobe Voice video: * Symbolic and visual metaphor - in choosing images and/or icons and their definitions of words students are demonstrating understanding of figurative meaning. * Narrative - students narrate their story and provide images that seamlessly move from one point to another within the story. * Text- students select key text, highlighting vocabulary. * Design - students learn critical elements necessary to convey content. Elements may include, music, images, voice, color, transitions, layout and more.
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A good eLearning course requires the right combination of learning events. But what are these exactly?
Beth Dichter's insight:
Although this infographic is geared to eLearning courses the same types of learning events should also be found in the classroom that is face2face. The eight learning events discussed are: * Imitation * Reception * Guidance * Exploration * Experimentation * Creation * Self-Reflection * Debate or Animation Does your classroom incorporate these learning events? Do you have strengths in some areas asn weaknesses in others? Do your students demonstrate strengths or weaknesses that might suggest different activities? eLearning is something that many forecast as happening in public schools over the next 3 to 5 to 10 years. Considering these eLearning events today may prepare us to be better teachers tomorrow.
Sue Alexander's curator insight,
April 3, 2014 10:23 AM
eLearn or in the classroom, as we look for ways to engage with content, these events give us choices in the type of transfer we expect in a lesson. Valuable resource in my UbD journey. 
David Baker's curator insight,
April 3, 2014 11:36 AM
The infographic is a good summary but the blog is even better as a description.
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Have you asked yourself how can I combine education and animation "together to teach students everywhere, everything they ever wanted to know"? This post provides resources in two areas: * Resources for "creating original animation or using animation tools to create lessons" * Resources for "animated lessons that are already completed and set to share"The first list has seventeen tools many of which are free. In the second list you will find thirty-three resources and the majority are free.
carldowse's curator insight,
January 17, 2014 4:39 AM
It's useful that two different approaches and types of resource are offered here - definitely worth exploring as animation appeals to most learners - busy executives included! 
Louise Robinson-Lay's curator insight,
January 17, 2014 5:23 AM
Create your own animations for your classes using these tools. 
Tonya D Harris's curator insight,
January 27, 2014 5:49 PM
List of recommended resources to" purchase" for amination teaching tools under $50 and some are free. Good source for ideas you can use.
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"Some teachers are a little torn over the use of animation in the classroom – lots love it but sometimes people feel it can be a time-consuming waste of precious classroom hours, with students spending a long time perfecting something that they don’t believe has huge educational value. In fact, there are fantastic concrete reasons to take advantage of the massive range of animation tools out there specifically for use in a teaching environment. Here are just some of them!"
Beth Dichter's insight:
I watch students go the library and many immediately head towards graphic novels. Have you considered letting students use tools that allow them to create animated characters with the caveat that they must also write a story (perhaps informational text). This post looks at five online tools you might use as well as five reasons to use the tools. The tools include Domo, Kerpoof, Anim8tor (a tool that "allows students to use algebraic and calculus functions to create 3D animations"), Zimmer Twins and Go Animate 4 Schools. Think about how these tools will assist students with communication skills, building bridges, self-expression, technical skills and presentation skills. For more information click through to the post.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Richard Byrne offers up five aps and sites that students may use to create animations. He provides an overview of: * Stop Frame Animator * SketchStar * Animation Deck (an iPad app available in a lite or paid version) * Draw Island * Wideo.co If you are considering having your students create videos for a project this post will allow you to quickly find a tool or two for them to use...and make sure that you check the tool on the computers in your school. It is not unusual for some of these tools to be blocked by filters.
Carol Thomson's curator insight,
March 7, 2013 9:12 AM
always on the look out for animation software.
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Are you looking for a new presentation tool? Perhaps something that provides animation? If so take some time to go over to PowToon, a new tool (in beta). It is a "brand new Do-It-Yourself animated presentation tool that supercharges your presentations and videos!"
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How to determine the distance of stars using standard candles. "That’s precisely what the Royal Observatory Greenwich answers in this wonderful short animation, a teaser for a new exhibition titled Measuring the Universe: from the transit of Venus to the edge of the cosmos."
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FotoFlexer is the most powerful online photo editor in existence. It can remove blemishes, change skin/hair color, morph photos and more! 100% free.
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"This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin." For more information about Sir Ken Robison check out his website: http://sirkenrobinson.com/skr/.
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PowToon allows learners to create animations...and they recently released a new version, Simple Mode, that makes it easier to use. Click through to the post to learn all the details.
You may also be able to get a free account with PowToon if you are an educator. They are giving away $10 million dolllars worth of free accounts. For information on this go to this link.
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