Emerging Technology #2 - GoAnimate

For my second emerging technology, I chose to try out GoAnimate, which I think is an intriguing website. It is a website that utilizes web 2.0 in order to provide interaction between man and machine. What I think is cool about it is that you can easily create comic strips to go along with virtually any story that an imaginative mind can come up with! It provides many character options and the ability to create your very own online persona. The implications for children and education are huge. For example, children could be prompted to create a story, after which it would be so delightful for them to be able to animate their story! Teachers could share tips and suggestions, or even create comic strip lessons in order to give the children a break from an adult voice, for a change.

I had to create a user account, which was very simple, before I could get started. Using this website was so simple that, given that I could navigate it easily, most children of today would breeze right through it. However, the website does provide several tutorials, which could be useful if needed. I really enjoyed this assignment and I created a very short comic that can be found here.