I legitimately enjoyed playing around with the features, but it was very time consuming. A 3 minute video required several hours of work. The process may take less time with more practice though. I think if I wanted to make more videos to actually use in a classroom I would probably need purchase the "Plus" account. It allows you to import your own images, which opens up a huge number of possibilities and eliminates a lot of frustration. You may have noticed in my videos about rainbows, there was not a single picture of a rainbow. There are work-arounds, but they are very time consuming. I feel that this "necessity" to buy an account makes it impractical to assign students to work with the program. I can see myself using an animation to explain certain concepts, such as the flow of electrons in a circuit or Kepler's laws of planetary motion, which can be difficult to visualize.
Pros
-Easy to pick up
-Entertaining
-Helps visualize topics
Cons
-The most useful feature (importing images) costs money
-Time consuming
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