BP2_GoAnimate

I chose one of the approved Web 2.0 tools my district allows us to use. GoAnimte could be used for story telling by creating a character.
To create your own account you go to www.goanimate.com, but if you are a teacher you can create your account at www.goanimate4school.com, you just need you school email address.
Once you have an account and you login, you start with you first animation. The site will guide you step by step in creating your first animation.
First, you choose your setting, second, your character, third, you add voice by typing what you want the character to say, and then you can choose to movement of the character.
Enjoy a sample animation I created! Click on the link below.

http://goanimate.com/movie/01EfR5qnZC00?utm_source=linkshare&uid=03kNNCdie3cM

It is an easy to use animation tool. It is a creative way to animate stories. The students would enjoy making their own stories and presenting them to their class. It would bring out the collaboration in a project. There could be group discussion about the animated story.
This is one of the Web 2.0 tools I would use with my class.
I hope you learned something new, I know I did. Please feel free to comment or give suggestions.