Friday, April 25, 2014

Communicate 3.1.2 News

As an online instructor, how do you plan to incorporate news items and announcements? 
News Items and announcements need to be used regularly in the online classroom; more than once/week.  They should be clear, eye-catching and engaging so that students notice them and pay attention.
What resources would you reference to format news items? 
I love Animoto.com for creating videos and love this example of a video News Item.  I've used Zamzar.com a lot in the classroom for converting files and saving educational YouTube videos so that they can be viewed at school without firewall prohibitions.
I used GoAnimate.com to create this graphic video News Item.  It was very quick and easy and my favorite part is that I was able to add voice by using a text to voice option!  I love this because I don't always like hearing my own voice and it can be challenging to find a quiet moment at my house to record things.  I was able to choose a language and even the country where the speaker is from.  So cool!!
Here's my example:
Communicate by ainglese2 on GoAnimate

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