Go Animate

Go! Animate is a “drag-and-Drop” Web 2.0 program where teachers and students can create animated videos complete with scenes, actions, dialog, and music.Go! Animate is available to schools at a very low cost, and the higher order thinking skills students will use is priceless.Whether in elementary science or high school chemistry, students can create videos about scientific investigation, science lab safety rules, to teach a concept, or review for a test.

Features

1. A free online tool for creating animations with ease
2. Animations can be customized  including selection of characters ,backgrounds soundsand special effects
3. Select drag and drop feature allows for ease use

Benifits

1. It's free but a pay version is also available Goanimate plus
2. No drawing is required 
3. Animations are embeddable and can also shared via social networking sites
4. A free educator version is available  Go animate 4 schools
5. A platform for younger students is also available Domo Animate

Classroom Use

Teacher

• Produce a lesson introductions
• explain difficult concepts
• send notes to students

Student

• Re create a scene from a story
• design skit /dialogue

Electronic Portfolios

Electronic Portfolios are a creative means of organizing, summarizing, and sharing  information, and ideas about teaching and/or learning, along with personal and professional growth. The reflective process of portfolio development can be as important as the final product. In many cases, they are used as part of faculty and student evaluation along with other assessment tools such as standardized tests. A portfolio is a sampling of the breadth and depth of a person's work conveying the range of abilities, attitudes, experiences, and achievements.”
Five Basic Processes for the Creation of an Academic Portfolio

1. Collection
2. Selection
3. Reflection
4. Projection 
5. Presentation                                       

Collection - A relatively short collection of materials that summarizes and highlights an individual’s activities as a teacher and researcher.

Selection - Why are you creating the portfolio? Who is reading it, and why?
Reflection - Thinking critically about your total learning, teaching, and research experiences
Projection (or Direction) - compare the reflections to the standards/goals and performance indicators, and set learning goals for the future.
Presentation - share the portfolio with peers and receive feedback

Advantages of an Academic Portfolio

1. Information in multi-media  (text, graphics, animation, sound,video)
2. Hypertext environment: e.g., menus, hyperlinks, searchable information
3. Non-linear thinking; “deep” organization
4. Asynchronous access for others (for feedback and collaboration

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