Dear ETrainers, last Friday the 22th of March, I had the opportunity to train several SOE teachers on STUPEFLIX. They found this application very easy and straightforward to use. I agree because the conceptual structure of the menus is very logical and makes the program user friendly. Most of the attendants to the training created a complete video with different themes, pictures and sound. The only cumbersome part of the application seems to be the creation of your class because each one of the students should log in with their Google Apps accounts and then you as a teacher can identify them and include them in your class. However, this is not finally a big obstacle and is worth the work because you can check your students' videos. I think this is a great product that should be promoted as much as possible. Of course if you or your students are top level designers, most possibly you will need a Professional version of the product to create your applications but this is out of the scope of the current Teacher license we have. By the way, I created a STUPEFLIX presentation flipchart to share with all of you.
I too am a big fan of Stupeflix! I do agree that to set up your class it is a little cumbersome. However, as you say, once completed, then it is there! The only difference I see between Pro and our version is that it has text to speech (which would be nice). Otherwise, they are about the same! Hope you had lots of teachers experience Stupeflix! Looking forward to seeing some student work!
ReplyDeleteI am very excited to read how teachers are using Stupeflix because it is a paid subscription. Because Animoto was free and all teachers had for so long, many still go there rather than to Stupeflix. The more we train on it, the more teachers will begin to use it--which is a good thing especially for our students.
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