Animoto
Link: http://animoto.com/
Animoto is a web tool that allows users to create animated videos by inputting images, text and music. Users can share the Animoto videos via websites, blogs and email, as well as download them as a computer file to be used for presentations.
Animoto is a web tool that allows users to create animated videos by inputting images, text and music. Users can share the Animoto videos via websites, blogs and email, as well as download them as a computer file to be used for presentations.
Student Activity and Engagement:
Students will use this tool to create and present simple animations on the roles of antibodies and antigens involved in the human immune response, showing specifically the bindings and interactions between them. This would be useful and engaging as a group assignment after learning the lesson content on the different components and interactions of the immune response, for students to reflect on their understanding and improve visual presentation skills.
Syllabus Outcomes:
NSW Biology Stage 6 Syllabus
Students:
- 9.4.4.2.2 identify antigens as molecules that trigger the immune response
- 9.4.5.2.1 identify the components of the immune response:
– antibodies
– T cells
– B cells - 13.1 present information by:
b) selecting and using appropriate media to present data and information
e) using a variety of pictorial representations to show relationships and presenting information clearly and succinctly