Using Short clips in your lessons

The website Animoto is a new website for me, but the using software to turn video clips into short movies is not. I think I could integrate the use of this tool into the classroom with an activity involving sports or hobbies. Every student has a sport or hobby they are passionate about and each one has some verbs that are used in a specific context in reference to that hobby. My video looks at  verbs used in playing or watching basketball. I feel like this could be a fun way for students to share their personal interests with the class as well as allowing them to share the new vocab with their classmates.

I think this tool can be useful because it can create a new option for creating even a weekly or monthly journal. The students can take pics or videos from their lives and share them with the class. Then they can write about the experiences they shared in their videos or pick one of their favorite classmates videos and make a response. I think this tool can give them control for what they wish to expand their knowledge on, if they are interested in a topic or art they can look into it deeper and share this new knowledge with their classmates.

 Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.4.1.1: Students use a variety of oral, print, and electronic forms of social communication and for writing to or for self, applying the conventions of social writing. 
I think this can be assessed both in their way their share the journals and videos as well as with how they respond to their classmates