BP4_GoAnimate

Go!Animate is my Web 2.0 tool review. It allows its users to become cartoon characters and act out different situations. What an unbelievable tool for providing a platform for creativity and educational enrichment. The tools are very easy to use and understand. It has a free option or a low cost full service option. It's easy to sign up and provides an very informative tutorial walk through. 

Go!Animation.com

There different levels in which customers can earn badges and different animation features for free. You can see their opening offer immediately upon sign up. They send messages as seen below.

New Badge and Perks

The tutorial walks through all the steps to making your own set and characters. The background tab lets you pick different settings for your video. You can pick from outside to office to a classroom. Next, the main character is selected. Each character can have unique characteristics, different clothes, shoes and accessories. After constructing the characters it is time to pick out a name with a particular voice and some even have accents. It is a lot of fun to create your own characters! Then, you have to write a script for the characters to act out in a sequence of frames. The characters can be made to have expressions, sit, stand, dance and much more. The details of the situations are up to the creator. It could be discussion, comedy, drama, speech or any other creative message.

I highly recommend this web 2.0 tool for those of us who are looking to add creativity to their existence. Whether, in the classroom, in business settings or just to have fun it provides a creative platform to motivate and help spread knowledge through cartoon! Everybody loved cartoons as kids and we all have a little kid somewhere inside of us.