This is a tool I've mentioned here a while ago (and ties into the Digital Skills for Teachers inforgraphic section on "Creating Interactive Video Content"), but Brian Leslie recently asked me about using it with a class for their midterm, so it's worth noting again here. Animoto is an online tool that makes video slideshows out of images that you upload to your Animoto account. You add in text, which you are limited on the number of characters to add (like Twitter), but this does force students to be concise and use their own words. You then select a background template and a piece of music and then the software renders the video for you. This is an old Quarterly Report from the library so you can see one in action (and you can see some former students!).
In order to get all access to Animoto, there is an educator account that gives you a code for your students. I'd be happy to help set this up for you and your students!
BOOK TIP: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
This book came up on all the best of lists for 2016 in the category of historical fiction. An epic generational story that starts in Ghana with two half-sisters at the height of the slave trade in the late 1700's. One sister stays in Ghana and the other is sent to America as a slave. What follows are the interconnected stories of their descendants. A beautiful novel.
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