Go+Animate

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At Go Animate, students can create their own animations which look like cartoons, or the teacher can make one about a lesson. There are several animations already on the site and categorized by subject. The teacher can control what is being created by students and can link and share animations with others. It is free for up to 100 accounts and each students gets to create an account. It is very easy to navigate and has a forum for questions.

Advantages to using this tool is that the teacher can make animations about lessons that students typically believe are boring. Students can also create animations for their peers about a lesson. Teachers can monitor what is being created so no inappropriate things are created or said.

Disadvantages to using this tool is that the animations students create have to be under 2 minutes long with the free account, although the teacher can pay to upgrade to an unlimited account.

This is a good [|Example] of what the site can be used for.

**The Teacher Tools:** The teacher can use this tool to create a lesson, or create an introduction for a new unit or concept to get the students excited about learning the new concept. Students could create a chapter summary using this tool. The teacher could also create an animation to help students learn to create their own or show students other videos on the site about creating their first animation. The teacher can create places the students are learning about instead of making the students use abstract thinking which in elementary school they are still unable to use abstract thinking well.


 * The Student Tools: ** Students can create short animations about a chapter they are about to have a test over in any subject and share with other students.