Powtoon

In this entry I´m going to write about this wonderful tool, Powtoon. It is awesome to create videos or presentations.

You can find like templates from which you can start making your own video/presentation, or you can start to do it from blank. If you are bored of using Prezi or Power Point, this is a great option to have some changes in your presentations.

Powtoon is great for making animated videos. If you are just starting to create your own videos for the classroom (introduce yourself, welcome from vacations, introduction to a topic) you can create them in this website and your students will totally love the product of this. The videos are of a high quality and you can upload them directly to Youtube (which is great nowadays). You can add backgrounds, transitions, animated cartoons, props, text with different effects, and more)

I implemented this tool with my brother (17 years old) and he found it easy to use after a little explanation. Then, he explored the website and created this video:
http://www.powtoon.com/show/dszGu2JFPxd/sebas-introduction/

Then, I had to create a lesson plan for two of my courses in the university and I used Powtoon to make an introductory video to the topic, which was Verb to be in simple present form.
This is my video:
http://www.powtoon.com/show/bc1x1lKbX9C/verb-to-be-examples-beginner-level/