Animoto

Animoto

Animoto is a very useful creative tool that allows you to create a quick 30-second slide show. It was extremely easy to use and took seconds to learn.  Once I learned how to use it, I was able to create my slideshow easily.  You can create slideshows more than 30-seconds long if you pay a subscription fee.  Animoto can be a very useful tool in my educational activities because it catches your eye and keeps your attention. It is a very flashy and interesting slide show to watch.  A very good way to get your peers or students attention and keep it for the duration of the slide show.  This tool would be a welcome addition to my PLE as a replacement for applications such as power point.

 A very interesting topic that we learnt, copyrights and creative commons.  I really learned a lot when it comes to copyrights relating to on-line content.  I knew that there was laws protecting the ownership of digital items, but I was not properly educated before on how to follow them.  When something is copyrighted on the Internet, or anywhere for that matter, it means that you are not allowed to use it without the owners permission.  This includes photo's and other images.  I was not aware that simply referencing an image was not necessarily enough to protect you from infringing copyrights. When it comes to creative commons, you are allowed to use someone else's work as long as you reference it properly and some items have additional rights reserved. You may not be able to alter their work or use it commercially for example.  The image shows the various tags that are used to determine how the digital media can be used by others.