I found another one. GoAnimate.com allows users to create a sort of living comic strip. The free version is limited to 30-second presentations, just like Animoto, but it offers a very high degree of flexibility. Users can choose from a variety of styles, like comedy or anime, then select pre-made characters and backgrounds to fill a scene. Characters can be posed and made to move around; you can record sound bites to make them speak, or use the text-to-speech generator. Here's an example video I made, in which two ninjas discuss the subjunctive mood:
Ninjas Argue Subjunctive by Dionaeus on GoAnimate
Students could obviously have a lot of fun using a program like this for projects. In a language classroom, many assignments involve scripting conversations to a particular purpose; GoAnimate offers a fun, fresh way to liven that up.
That was quite creative. It would be interesting to have the students translate it.
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