Students who have written expression difficulties may be more successful at expressing themselves by creating an Animoto because it does not rely on text to convey the message.  Also, Animoto includes scaffolds; a variety of styles and helpers for various types of videos as well as a large library of music, that support users in successfully expressing themselves through this tool.

Students could use Animoto to create a movie trailer for a book. Students could also create a promotional video highlighting a geographic area that they have studied in Social Studies.  For more ideas of how to leverage Animoto in your classroom check out Videos are a great way to bring vibrancy into the classroom!

Animoto is licensed for users 13 years of age or older.  There are provisions granted for schools to generate accounts for users under the age of 13 provided that they comply with the terms of the agreement and that no personally identifiable information is collected.