Thursday, 15 August 2013

Assessment 1 - Reflection 5: Technology Group 4 - ZooBurst & Go!Animate

ZooBurst 


What can this technology do? 
  • Create online books -Pictures can be added in the foreground or background, multiple pages, images can have speech bubbles 
  • The story or information can be added through text or audio 
  • Gallery of pictures in Zoo burst also can look pictures up online
  • There is a login option for students to access or create zoo burst through a teachers email address  
  • Can be embedded or shared online

What sorts of learning outcomes, or materials/activities will they support?
(In an Early Childhood Classroom) 
  • Collaborative work as a whole class creating a story
  • Individual assessment or small group assessment 
  • Create non-fiction book about animals, places 
  • Create fictional stories
  • Create recounts of holidays/weekends or excursions 
  • Science Experiment 
  • Scaffolding 
  • Engaging Tool for a start of a lesson  

What are some drawbacks of this technology? 
  • Younger students may need support when entering the text or audio
  • You need to pay to have full use of this technologies capabilities 

Go!Animate 

What can this technology do? 
  • Options to use templates or start from scratch 
  • Create an animated video 
  • Four Basic steps (1. Choose a setting 2. Select Actors 3. Watch a Preview & Publish
  • Students can add dialog  (Type Text or Audio Record) - can change sound of voice
  • Can be embedded or shared online

What sorts of learning outcomes, or materials/activities will they support?
(In an Early Childhood Classroom)
  • Engaging tool to start a lesson 
  • Use to scaffold learning (Video going through instructions for the lesson) 
  • Non-Fictional video about animals or a place
  • Fictional story 
  • Create an Advertisement 
  • Create an 'about me' 

What are some drawbacks of this technology? 
  • You need to pay to have full use of this technologies capabilities (Upgrade to publish in Youtube is one of the benefits) 

    Managing e-Learning Trial by sarah.learoyd on GoAnimate

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