Museum Box is based on the work of Thomas Clarkson who collected items in a box to help him in his argument for abolition of slavery. Clarkson collected items in a box to demonstrate the fine craftsmanship and abilities of the African American culture. He used the box as a sort of travel museum to aid his debate on slavery.
Educators can use Museum Box as a medium for classrooms to learn about and collect materials about a historical event, person, and time period. Allowing students to upload their own content to a box you could easily have them create a box about themselves. A geography lesson could be fun. The students can make a box all about a place including items in their box that a unique to that place. This tool is great! After a class has constructed boxes, spend time viewing other classmates boxes and leaving comments about the box. This tool is so great because it builds a science fair atmosphere for history, geography, and literature. I wish I had this tool while I was in school!
Go Animate is another good website where students can easily make animated conversation with a short typed dialogue. By choosing the settings, characters and written dialogue to be spoken, this site can generate a speech very quickly.
The Web tool is FREE at the BASIC LEVL, some scenes and characters will require payment. A login name will be needed, so you might want to set up a class account. Finished videos can be linked to or embedded in your blogs. You may also download a HD video file for a small fee. Here is a funny political Wasabi video produced in Go animate
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