Animoto: States of the USA

Social Studies - 2nd Grade Standard 3  (Geography): Students will use geographic tools and skills to locate and describe places on earth. Objective 2 Demonstrate geographic skills on a map and a globe. Identify and use information on a map and on a globe (e.g., map key or legend, simple grid systems, physical features, compass rose).  Compare and contrast the difference between maps and globes.  Locate your city, the State of Utah, and the United States on a variety of maps or on a globe.  Locate and label the following on a map or a globe: the seven continents, the five oceans, the poles, and the equator.  Using a map or a globe, link cultures/nationalities within your community to their place of origin.  Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5) Standard 5  Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4) ISTE Standards for Students Knowledge Constructor I critically select, evaluate and synthesize digital resources into a collection that reflects my learning and builds my knowledge.

Animoto is a wonderful tool to teach students with or to have students teach one another. This tool is really simple and straight forward. Students above second grade would really benefit from having the opportunity to use this tool to teach one another. This is a way that students could show what they have learned by putting it into a video and explaining what they want the class to get from the video. This is an amazing tool that can be used for just about anything.