Vantagens da mesma:
- podem usar a sua própria voz, música, imagem, e personalizar personagens e contexto;
- podem, inclusive usar os seus personagens de anime (tenho alunas a aprender japonês por causa dessa série, ...) pois vi muitas animações desse tipo na pesquisa que fiz (será altamente motivador...);
- podem escrever e divertir-se ao mesmo tempo que tentam persuadir os outros, pois a ferramenta é extremamente lúdica
- podem apresentar a tarefa aos pares com muita facilidade
. podem enviar aos colegas um email
. podem colocar o endereço no nosso blog
. podem aceder ao blog na aula de apresentação/avaliação do produto final/da tarefa
-vão ter de ouvir, ler, falar (e escrever) em Inglês para obter este produto final (podemos dar linhas de orientação por forma a que a obtenção da animação implique o recurso aos vários domínios)
- vão activar ao mesmo tempo competências de língua e de aprendizagem (TICs)
- ...
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Publicado por Luísa mas da autoria da Margarida.
Here's the English version of this post (code switching is a terrible thing, I don't know why I wrote it in Portuguese in the first place):
Advantages of this tool:
Students can:
1. use their own voice, their favourite music, images and thus make it more personal;
2. use the anime characters that they seem to be so fond of (I've noticed that there are so many animations of that kind available)- this will be very motivating for them;
3. write and have fun at the same time they try to persuade, inform, amuse, ... the others(it will be less boring, lonely and difficult - no writer's block);
4. share the (final) task with their mates and teacher quite easily by:
- sending an e-mail,
- embedding it in a post in our blog,
- going to the blog and showing it in class while presenting/ evaluating the (final) task;
5. listen, read, speak and write (in English) in order to obtain the final task (you can make sure that they will have to activate all these skills, through carefully planned guidelines);
4. activate and develop both language and learning skills (TICs, group work, ....
In my opinion, Go!Animate has three main assets: it helps us promote learner autonomy in a enjoyable way, the four main communicative skills can be naturally integrated and both the production of animation films and their use in class for further work are suitable for mixed-ability classes.
An animated film could provide an opportunity for a learning cycle while promoting cooperation between students. In the same class, groups could prepare animation films for other groups to work on, complete or comment on. Through the multiple sharing possibilities of Go!Animate, a wider community of students can be invited to work on other students’ or groups production. Thus, an animation film could be both a final task for a group/students and a starting one for another group or student.
Many students don’t feel confident speaking English, either because of character or because of their level of learning. As Go!Animate provides a certain number of backgrounds for scenes, shyer students can benefic from this tool by recreating communicative situations like in a role-play. Besides, the complexity of plot and text would depend on the student’s personal level of learning. As Go!Animate introduces an element of innovation+fun, some students might feel motivated to go beyond their level.
Drawbacks of Go!Animate:
When you watch the “demo” for Go!Animate you might think a dream has come true. Now you could create all these situations/ backgrounds / scenarios that you need so much to make a certain activity fit into your perfect lesson. In addition, students will put their creativity to the test and have fun at the same time they practice their English.
In fact, Go!Animate has a lot of potential for the ELT classroom. However, not everything that glitters is gold and you should be aware of the following drawbacks before you get too enthusiastic about it:
Go! Animate offers:
- a reduced number of backgrounds – of course you can add your own, but still...
- a limited number and type of props;
-a limited number of themes and choice of characters within those themes;
When you are defining your characters,
- you cannot combine two actions in the same character in the same frame.
- the choice of movements and actions on offer is also very limited.
Characters tend to look very mechanical and silly as a result of very mechanical and repeated movements.
Creating a Go!Animate animated film can be very time-consuming if you are not familiarized with all the options and tools available. It is advisable to plan ahead what your final animation will look like, and browse through the options to check that you’ve got all the ingredients before you start.
However, don’t let all these drawbacks put you off. The advantages this tool presents outweigh its drawbacks.
Ok, about the time consuming aspect
quoted as a disadvantage by Isabel, we all agree( including Isabel) now that, and after a little more experience with it,the go animate is not only easy and simple but also fast.In fact , something we really advise you to use to involve your students in funny and motivating experiences.
Only pros not cons!!!!!
•GoAnimate is a new online service the allows anybody to create indepth animated videos;
•A basic feature to emphasize is the quick creation over several options
•Is a full suite of animation tools, covering just about every possible thing you could think to create
•Users can define everything from characters, layouts, speech and music, and on top of an extensive library of options, you can also upload your own elements or import scenes from services such as Flickr.
•GoAnimate also acts as a host for created animations, complete with embedding options, and support is built in to promote clips on social voting and networking sites.
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