My take on Animoto
Dan Meyer doesn’t like Animoto. That’s ok, because I do, although I agree with the reasons why he doesn’t like it. First of all, let’s take it for what it is: You upload pictures, pick a soundtrack (or upload one), and wait for it to put together a nice video montage for you. It really is that simple. Dan’s objection:
Animoto is a staggeringly cool tool which almost everyone…appreciates for the wrong reason.
Specifically, Animoto creates photo montages better and faster than any other Internet utility but, over the long run, the fact that the montages jitter and bob with the music — its most celebrated and distinctive feature — does nothing for me as a media consumer and less than nothing for me as a educator.
And maybe those are the wrong reasons to like this service. I just like it because I can preserve some memories in a web-friendly format without a lot of investment on my part. I don’t think I would ever recommend teaching with this service, or that it can take the place of a well-crafted, professional video job. It is what it is. Here are our photos from last summer, Animoto-ed:
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February 19th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Well said. I don’t blame Animoto at all but I do still worry that some teachers use automatic movie making sites and never learn how to put together their own projects using readily available free software that’s almost as easy to use.