Thoughts on Video and Pictures

Animoto and other resources are really fun to work with and make it much easier to make something that looks professional. Many students need to use visuals and not just words- so using these picture and/or videos makes anything you are doing more fun. I would like to use videos and images in my second trimester when we do the media literacy unit. But I would like to figure out some ways to use these resources during our reading and writing units, grammar, vocabulary, etc. Though, the pictures and music used was limited/limiting, especially since I cannot make the slideshow mix specifically or control how the pictures are used. There are limitations, but for the time, effort, and professionalism --these resources are great to use.