Create Your Own 'Explainer' Video

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Welcome back to the blog!

Today's blog post is a about an online tool for presentations, which offers great animations and script ideas to make presenting stress-free for both students and teachers!

Today's presenting tool is called: MySimpleShow.com




MySimpleShow.com can transform any script into an explainer video which includes graphics and voiceover! These videos can help you explain a certain lesson topic to your learners, or, you can assess your students by making them create their own explainer video. This presenting tool, uses storytelling to foster engagement between the presenter and the target audience. 

If you are teaching your students online, this tool can be a great way to assess your students on a topic! This will enhance their e-learning abilities, benefit shy, self-conscious and visual learners, and of course, strengthen their presenting abilities. As for the teachers, this is a great way to engage the learners, make the lesson more motivating for a more effective medium.  





This video will guide you on how to create a My Simple Show:





Plans and Pricing:


MySimpleShow.com offers their services for FREE to educators! 😎


For more details about features and pricing structure click here. 

Advantages:

  1. Very quick and easy to use
  2. Very friendly for beginners
  3. Can be used worldwide (an advantage for distance education)
  4. Offers a variety of tutorials 
  5. Offers a variety of features
  6. The auto-magical engine helps you finish your story-line and presentation in seconds!
  7. No prior editing or designing skills required
  8. Enhances student's writing skills through writing the scripts
  9. Explainer videos are perfect for providing guidance and for structured content
  10. A perfect tool for aural and visual learners

Limitations:


  1. None found so far!!

Teaching suggestions on how to use this tool:


  • Students can use this tool to create book reports, biographies, movies, or presentations.
  • Students can work collaboratively in groups to create explainer videos 
  • Teachers can use MySimpleShow to explain a grammar tense 
  • Teachers can use MySimpleShow to create fun stories/movies to incorporate in exercises
  • Teachers can assign MySimpleShow videos to their learners to watch, in order to discuss about them in the next lesson





In conclusion, I believe this tool will definitely be incorporated into my future lesson plans! What about you? Tell me what you think in the comments below! 😁

Comments

Kamal Shafie said…
Hi Vera!

Thank you for writing a review and introducing MySimpleShow.com in your blog! It is such a simple and easy tool to use for creating video presentation. Oh and of course, the best part is that IT IS FREE! I would love to try using it with my students for a group presentation project. Do you have any other interesting suggestions on how to use MySimpleShow for language learning?

Thanks Vera and good luck with your blog 😊
1 May 2020 at 16:53
Vera Hannadjia said…
Haha I know right? Who doesn't love free stuff - especially educational tools!!! Also, thank you for informing me that I forgot to mention more teaching suggestions! Check them out and let me know if there's something else you want me to incorporate! I appreciate the feedback✨
1 May 2020 at 17:47
DesVardas said…
This is so useful and fun! Thank you Vera! I will definitely try it out!
5 June 2020 at 23:42
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