Here is the dilemma: the students in your class work for a week creating a video, and as luck would have it, one or two students miss the entire week due to illness. Not only do these student miss out on all of the collaboration that takes place in the project, they also do not have the opportunity to film the video and put it all together. There is a lot of learning lost here. This can be a headache for both the student and the teacher, but it doesn’t have to be.
Have the student(s) do an alternative project for make up work. Obviously, having them make a video on their own is most likely not going to work. For starters, a one person video project is hard to film and act in at the same time. Here several alternatives that will allow the student a good learning experience as well as allow them to produce a quality product to show off in the end:
GoAnimate: This is a great way to make an animated video. Learning to use the app is quite easy, and the end product is always amazing.
Xtranormal: Another excellent means of making an animated video. Users type in scripts, choose actions for characters, and hit play. This one is a little more technical than GoAnimate, but really allows scripts to come to life.
A substitute for a video project doesn’t necessarily need to be a video. Have student use their script to make a comic instead using one of the following apps:
Pixton: This app is user friendly and allows student to make a visual representation of their scripts.
ToonDoo: This is another great app. I had a few students make comics with this too this week and was impressed with the results.
