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How Students Can Create Animated Movies to Teach Each Other

How Students Can Create Animated Movies to Teach Each Other | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
In addition to learning our content and curriculum standards, today's students also need to be able to do the following effectively: collaborate with one another, synthesize ideas, create content, ...
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Have you seen an RSA Animate video? Are you interested in learning how to make one or better yet, have your students make one? This post provides an in-depth look at how to go about have your students create an animated video that provides them with the opportunity to  practice 21st century skills (quoted from post below):

* collaborate with one another

* synthesize ideas

* create content

* communicate ideas clearly

* use technology

This activity is designed to have your students create content, providing you with materials to use in future classes as well as helping your current students understand the materiial.

The author, Jordan Collier, provides a detailed five-day plan. Day 1 would have you dividing students into groups of three, assign them a section of a chapter in a textbook, and determine the key facts that need to be taught. To read about how to assist them with this and the tasks for Day 2 - 5 click through to the post.

María Dolores Díaz Noguera's curator insight, January 18, 2014 7:46 AM

Great one

Eduardo Wegman's curator insight, January 19, 2014 10:29 AM

Collaboration is the key for future society development

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Digital scrapbooks for student creativity, self-expression, and imagination - Beeclip EDU

Digital scrapbooks for student creativity, self-expression, and imagination - Beeclip EDU | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Beeclip EDU is a fun and easy-to-use scrapbooking app that promotes student creativity, self-expression, and imagination. 

*Add photos and videos by dragging them to your scrapbook page
*The extras section provides backgrounds, borders and stickers
*You can add friend as editors, creating a “scrapbook together”
*Add text – many shapes, sizes and colors available
*Wide choice of background colors
*Share, download and/or print

* Insert additional pages

This is a new tool (to me) and so far the choices are somewhat limited but it appears that more will be added. There is a free account available for teachers.

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