#2 ELT activity with GOANIMATE

This is the link to the blog entry in which appears the sample creation using GOANIMATE: http://web20tools.blogspot.com/2010/11/sample2-goanimate.html

This is the link of the blog entry in which you will find a complete description of the tool, how to use it and some extra ideas: http://web20tools.blogspot.com/2010/11/2-goanimate-description.html

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ELT ACTIVITY

Skills: writing, listening, reading and speaking.

Objectives: FOR STUDENTS TO:
- Express themselves in a creative way.
- Develop their writing, reading and listening skills.
- Develop their creative skills by using a Web 2.0 tool.
- Have fun while learning.

Maybe if you are one of those teachers that like asking their students to write stories and express themselves, GoAnimate will be an interesting tool to include in your lessons.

Why don’t you start by sending your students attractive homework? I’m sure that they will be happy to do homework of this kind.

1. You may start by showing your students different already-made movies on GoAnimate and also let them explore the tool by themselves. Maybe you can also show them a video tutorial on how to use it. On top of the page you will find a link to a blog’s entry that will provide you with the necessary instructions to use the site.

2. Ask your learners to go home and write a short story in the form of a dialogue. It would be better to start by using bubbles to make your characters speak (this will help you as teacher to correct their mistakes). As time goes by and as students become more confident with the use of the tool, you can ask them to use the voices provided by the tool or to record students’ own voices.

3. Ask them to send their animation to you by email and create a class blog to upload your students’ creations.

4. Encourage them to post a comment on each movie saying what they like and what can be improved.

5. You may want to use this activity as a kind of project and make it last a few lessons. If you do this, you can help your learners to improve on their animations and the possible mistakes they have made.


Evaluation criteria:

-You will need to make clear what your expectations are as regards quality and quantity of the work, as well as what is acceptable and what is not in terms of content.

- If you are planning to carry out these activities in more than two lessons, you may want your students to draft possible dialogues and correct mistakes before they make their animation.

- What you can also do if you don’t want to correct mistakes before students make the movie, is to take notes of common errors that crop up and follow them up during the lesson. You can also do this if your students make mistakes when commenting on the different animations.

- You should take into account students’ participation and commitment to the GoAnimate creation.

- You can suggest students to role play their animations. Some students love doing this!