Animoto; Body Image and Eating Disorders

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I put my main focuses in this standard in bold. Health Education, 5th grade, Standard 1:

The students will learn ways to improve mental health and manage stress.

Objective 1 :Summarize how communicating with others can help improve overall health.

Objective 2 : Demonstrate coping behaviors related to grief and loss.

Objective 3 : Predict the influence body image may have on body acceptance.

Objective 4: Demonstrate constructive ways of managing stress. *PD

• Compare the benefits of social interaction and time alone. Communicate the need for social interaction and time alone. Adopt behaviors to help maintain mental health; e.g., reading, exercise, lifelong learning, abstaining from substance abuse.
• Recognize the tasks associated with the grief and loss process; i.e., acknowledge loss or death, feel the feelings, go on living and loving. Recognize emotions associated with grief and loss.
  Identify common ways individuals may cope with loss. Identify ways to help others through the grieving process.
• Explain body image and body acceptance. Recognize influences on body shape and size; e.g., diet, disabilities, exercise, heredity. Recognize factors that may affect body image; e.g., media, peers, self-expectations.
• Explain how both positive and negative events can cause stress. Identify physiological, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to stress. Predict how neglecting personal responsibilities may increase stress. Develop and apply a personal stress management plan.

Ed-Tech Standard 5: Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

This was a great tool to make an easy classroom presentation video. There really wasn’t much room for personalization, but it came with a few good videos, and quality pictures to add to the video. It was very easy to preview and see where I could make changes to make the video better. I think that this wouldn’t be a media tool for elementary students to use, unless they felt really confident using it. This would be a good challenge for students to try and put together their own videos on a subject they enjoy. This is a great tool for teachers who want to put together a video or several videos to teach a subject. This would be a great site for Junior High and High School students for presentation purposes. I really liked this tool, but it wasn’t one that I would use as my first pick. Give it a try and see what all of you think about it!

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Animoto: Body Image and Eating Disorders 5th Grade