Class 24 iMovie (1)

Before the class beginning:

• Send me the link of your PowerPoint game (you need upload your PowerPoint game file to that page) No late work would be accepted without a latepass!
  
• Remember to initial the sign-in sheet as you enter the room.

Today we will begin digital storytelling using iMovie. You will be working in small groups to create an original story about your subject area.

Please read the project requirement carefully before you start your project.

Now let's look at a few examples of digital stories to gets your brains churning about your own ideas.

For additional examples of digital stories look at the links below

University of Houston

The Center for Digital Storytelling

The use of video in education has been around for a long time, but it is just in recent years that it has become simple for classroom teachers and children to create and edit their own educational videos. The Apple Learning Interchange gives multiple examples of using educational video for teaching content standards.



Today you will checkout a digital camcorder or camera from OIT (room 232) and you need capture any footage for your movie between today and Thursday (March 5 - March 8). In case that some of you might not be able to schedule a meeting except for your class time, Wednesday will be a "meeting day". You can use the class time to meet your group members and take your footages. You may also use digital photographs like the examples we watched .

On March 9, March 19, and March 21st, you will use iMovie to edit your videos, add voice and music, and make transitions between clips (if needed).

You'll want to review the project guidelines for this project -- but keep in mind that you need not capture more than 5-8 minutes of raw footage. This will be edited down to 2-3 minutes of video. We will use iMovie for editing. iMovie HD is the software available in the iLife suite on Macintosh computers. PCs have a similar software called Movie Maker 2.0 -- but it is not as easy to use in its existing version. Today you'll learn the ins and outs of the software.

Our schedule for the iMovie project:
Wednesday, March 7th - video capture; no class meeting
Friday, March 9th - video editing; 602 Aderhold (the five-member group will work on the suite in our classroom)
Monday, March 19th - video editing; 602 Aderhold (the five-member group will work on the suite in our classroom)
Wednesday, March 21st - video editing; 602 Aderhold (the five-member group will work on the suite in our classroom)
Friday, March 23rd - Movie day (Due date); 616 Aderhold (the five-member group will work on the suite in our classroom)