{"id":3207,"date":"2017-02-02T13:34:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T17:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T15:51:57","slug":"4th-grade-animated-revolutionary-war-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=3207","title":{"rendered":"4th Grade Animated Revolutionary War Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?attachment_id=3209\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3209\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-12-at-1.32.46-PM-300x201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-12-at-1.32.46-PM-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-12-at-1.32.46-PM.png 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Fourth graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about Revolutionary War heroes like Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, Jack Jouett, and James Armistead Lafayette (VS.5, VS.6).  Students in Ms. Adamonis&#8217; class have each chosen a person to research and have prepared a written speech for the person describing his life and actions. Today we took their speeches and created animated faces using <a href=\"http:\/\/sitepal.com\">SitePal<\/a>, so it looks and sounds like the famous heroes are actually talking. First we did a Google image search to find an image of the person. The best images are the ones where the person is facing forward. For people who don&#8217;t have a portrait online (like Jack Jouett) we searched for a Revolutionary War era\/colonist costume model. Next we uploaded the image to SitePal (click Demo > Classic Demo > 3D > Create Your Own) and followed the directions to mark the eyes, nose, ears, chin, and mouth (this is important for the animation to look realistic). Then we clicked the &#8220;Audio&#8221; button and chose &#8220;TTS&#8221; (Text to Speech). We either copied and pasted our speech from our original document or typed it in the box. We chose a voice and an accent, then previewed it to be sure everything sounded correct. SitePal really helps with punctuation and spelling because you can hear right away when something isn&#8217;t right. Finally we used <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/screencastify-screen-vide\/mmeijimgabbpbgpdklnllpncmdofkcpn?hl=en\">Screencastify<\/a> to record our video and save it to our Google drive. We posted the links to Schoology, but you can take a look at some student projects <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1SMVpzEsG9FAXON2oTDSqo3392w1Ure2PoW8wozQHoS8\/pub\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fourth graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about Revolutionary War heroes like Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, Jack Jouett, and James Armistead Lafayette (VS.5, VS.6). Students in Ms. Adamonis&#8217; class have each chosen a person to research and have prepared a written speech for the person describing his life and actions. 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