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__Background__: Digital book trailers are short videos that promote a book or highlight a presentation. Their purpose is to get others interested in the book or the presentation. There are various ways to create book trailers using various technologies. Book trailers are short and can be compared to film trailers that you see at the movies. Some trailers include voice-overs and music. Animoto is a simple way to create professional-quality videos. They use uploaded images and videoclips and set them to music, creating a video that is paced to the beat of the music.

__Educational benefits__: Book trailers cause the creator to consider the main ideas and plot of a book. Trailers that include narration reinforce the writing process. Animoto book trailers can be used in conjunction with a writing assignment and are a departure from the typical "book report". They are a basis for technology integration and motivate other students to read recreationally. If custom artwork is included, they foster advanced creativity.

__Tips__:
 * 1) Caution students not to create "spoilers" or give away the ending of the book.
 * 2) Create suspense and "sell" the book to their classmates.
 * 3) Identify the high points of the book.
 * 4) Learn to adhere to the CPS Acceptable Use Policy.
 * 5) Learn to follow image licensing and to cite their references.

__Student Activity__: (use book trailer as example)
 * 1) Create accounts in Animoto. You can create an educator account at http://animoto.com/education. Request your educator "All-Access" pass and watch for Animoto to approve it. Read @http://help.animoto.com/forums/114220-animoto-for-education for information on how to set up student accounts.
 * 2) Have students select books for which they would like to create digital book trailers. Show them some examples of book trailers in Animoto. Talk about the purpose of these book trailers, how to highlight main points of the book, avoiding "spoilers", building suspense, and motivating others to read the book.
 * 3) Talk about images that might convey high points of their book and entice others to read the book. Discuss Creative Commons licensing, the importance of having permission to use an image, and how to cite sources used in a book trailer. Instruct them to build a list of image URLs used in their book trailers by copying the URLs of the images.
 * 4) Next, have students use the Creative Commons search in Flickr to locate images that they can use in their book trailers. About 10 - 15 images should be sufficient. They can also use the Google image search for other images that they may need.
 * 5) Have students create a citation page in PowerPoint with links to the URLs they used for the assignment and save it as a jpeg.
 * 6) In building their Animoto, have the students upload their images and citation page, sort them, delete ones they decide not to use, spotlight certain images, and duplicate ones to be especially emphasized, Have them insert key text at various points.
 * 7) Next, they can select music from the Animoto collection (or add their own copyright-appropriate) music.
 * 8) They can click the "Finalize" button, when finished, and Animoto will begin to render their video.
 * 9) Finally, have them share the code or link to their video by clicking the Video Toolbox button at their bottom of their video page. Put a list of all the videos at a book trailer page in your new library wiki

__Links__: Animoto for Education FAQ: @http://help.animoto.com/forums/114220-animoto-for-education Animoto plan and price information: http://animoto.com/pricing

Examples of book trailers in Animoto: http://westinghousecollegepreplibrary.wikispaces.com/Book+Recommendations @http://animoto.com/play/cIDJUd1CLq7TT01fltlcQQ

__Other Uses__: Animoto can also be used in other curricular areas. Use it to support the writing process, to share research findings, to enhance collaboration, and for assessment purposes. Examples of other uses include highlighting a particular geographic region, a time period in history, to showcase artwork, to showcase controversial issues, to share community and current events, or to let students tell about themselves.

How do I set up accounts for my students?
Please note that each Animoto account needs an email address. ** You may not, and must be sure the student does not, provide any student’s personally identifiable information to Animoto at any time, including when establishing student accounts. Please remember that you are responsible for supervising the use of your students’ accounts in the classroom, and ensuring it complies with the Animoto for Education Terms of Use. ** With that in mind, we recommend setting up your students' accounts using this method: > [|You can read more about the +gmail.com concept from this article.] >> For example, if you registered emailaddress@gmail.com at Gmail, you'd register the following e-mail addresses at Animoto: >> Student 1: emailaddress+1@gmail.com >> Student 2: emailaddress+2@gmail.com >> Student 3: emailaddress+3@gmail.com
 * 1) ==Register a Gmail account==
 * **First set up a "master gmail" account for yourself with gmail.** [|Set up a Gmail Account.] This actual gmail email account is important because you will receive emails here on behalf of your student accounts. This is the only "link" you have with your students accounts. Your Animoto account is not actually linked to your students Animoto accounts in anyway, however you can receive emails on behalf of their accounts: notifications when videos are complete, password reset notifications, etc. and in that way you can see what videos they've completed and essentially keep an eye on their activity.This is only possible if the accounts are set up as derivatives of your master email address.
 * All email addresses with emailaddress+(number)@gmail.com - are routed to the original "master" gmail address. Gmail ignores any letters and numbers you add after a + sign and sends all emails to the one account while our system thinks each is a unique email.
 * 1) ==Register your students with Animoto accounts==
 * Just as you set up an account for yourself with Animoto, you will similarly set up accounts for your students. Students will have a legitimate Animoto account registered to a derivative (email address +number@gmail.com) of your "master" gmail address.
 * As you register the student accounts (one at a time) you will also want to **enter your educator promo code in the promo code box on the Account page**. This promo code gives the student 6 months of Plus use. Enter the promo code in each of the students accounts. Without the promo code entered in the students account, the account will remain at a Lite subscription status.