PhotoPeach- A New Animoto-Type Tool?
I checked out PhotoPeach.
Our idea is to help users tell better stories online using photos. Our inspiration for this service came from enjoying sharing photos with friends in real life.
You can create a rich slideshow in seconds to engage your friends or family in a natural way. This is done by allowing two-way commenting right at each photo in the show and automatically pausing so you have time to express yourself before continuing.
We also support zooming comments, sound-effect smilies, and music so you can elaborate on your story further.
You have heard again and again: “A picture is worth a thousand words†but what if you could add a thousand words to your photos, and some music? We think the whole slideshow is greater than the sum of the photos, words, and music.
The concept is similar to Animoto. You upload images from your computer, Facebook, Picasa or Flickr, then pick a song and PhotoPeach will automatically create a video that you can e-mail or embed easily. The catch is that the slideshow has to be public in order to embed it on a classroom blog for example. Before I can use a service like PhotoPeach with my students, I need to investigate a little further.
From their About Section, I found out that :
Visitors without an account can write their name and comment on your slideshow without signing up.
This concerns me, since I will have no control over who can and will add what . The chances that something inappropriate will end up on something that is intended for academic use are too great. Is there a comment moderation feature before ANYONE can leave a comment on students’ slideshows? I am looking for a feature similar to VoiceThread .
Another issue that we, who deal with younger students, have is the e-mail issue. Does PhotoPeach allow multiple sign-ins under the same username?
I tried it out with my photos of the 366images from January 2009. There are two choice to embed the slideshow, as a Story or as a Spiral show.
If Animoto had comments, that might be the perfect solution. Personally, I think Animotos looks much more professional and seem more useful for my classroom needs.
Help!
how do i embed my photopeach slideshow on my website.
When i click on the embed button it says the code has been copied. Problem is.. i don’t know where it was copied to?
I know i need a piece of code to add to my website but i don’t know where to find it?
I recently had some teachers use photopeach and they really enjoyed it. Like animoto it is very easy to use. There is also a way to create a simple quiz within the photopeach – which teachers seemed to enjoy.
Unfortunately the only choice for comments seems be either allow all comments or turn them all off (which I’ve done to this point) . I too hope they will come up with an option for moderating comments before they are posted.
I like the idea of using the 365/2010 photos with photopeach.