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What is the biggest benefit to Making Movies in the classroom?

What is the biggest hurdle to making movies in the classroom?

Think About It

Biggest Benefits to Making Movies in the Classroom

Biggest Hurdles to Making Movies in the Classroom

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Projects PossibilitiesDigital Poetry

Digital Riddle

Historical Documentary

Fast Fiction

Digital Report - Voiceover

Vocabulary Video

Paper Slide Video

Music Video

‣Photos

‣Text

‣Music

‣Voice

‣Video

‣Effects

Scaffold Skills

Use a Digital Kit

Photos Music

Sounds Web Sites

Citations

Video Segments

*Distribute via thumb drive, CD, shared folder, Picasa Web Album

Movie Creation Tools

MacGarage Band iMovie Keynote

PCPhotoStory Movie Maker PowerPoint

WebXtraNormal VoiceThread

iPadAnimoto Show Me EduCreations Video Camera

4 First Photo ProjectsHistorical

Documentary

Students take on a role in history and tell a first person account of an event. Use a mix of “aged and staged” student photos and primary source documents.

Digital Riddle

Students give three clues to answer the riddle “What am I?” Use one photo, importing four times. Zoom in for each clue, and zoom out to reveal answer.

Digital Poem

Any form of poetry will do: Haiku, Bio Poem, GLAD Chant. Match up with curriculum or vocabulary. Record voices or insert titles.

Fast FictionFive photos and five sentences to tell a story or demonstrate a literary device - tone, mood, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia...

Gradual Release of ResponsibilityI do... whole class, modelWe do... pairs, structured, timelinesYou do... small groups, roles, independence

Written narrative and voice are crucial

Take student photos and apply sepia

Use historical photos and/or primary source documents

Use Essential and Guiding historical questions

Historical Documentary

Oregon Trail Digital Diaries

Digital Storiesthe story should come first

...the planning comes second

GarageBand Enhanced Podcast

1. Gather Photos/Slides in iPhoto 2. Record Narration

3. Add Audio Loops:Jingles, Stingers, and

Sound Effects

4. Add Photos/Slides(or even video)

5. Export and play in Quicktime

PhotoStory 3 Simplicity

1. Import and Arrange Photos

2. Add Titles to Photos

3. Record Narration

4. Import or Create Background Music

5. Export to play in WMP

An Immigrant’s Journey

Any grade level, any curriculum

Use just one photo!

Add the same photo 4 times

Zoom in to match the 3 clues

Zoom out to reveal answer

Digital Riddle

3rd Grade Animal Riddles

Middle School Science Riddle

Digital PoetryDistribute Photos Write poem - haiku, bio poem, etc...Storyboard it ~ 30 secondsImport PhotosAdd TitlesAdd Sound ~ music and/or narrationExport and Share

Middle School Haiku

Created by

Citations:

3

2

Title:

1

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

Digital Poetry

Primary G.L.A.D. Poems

I Am Poem

Focus on literary elements: tone, mood, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia 5 Photos

5 SentencesCollect Photos Ahead of Time

Fast Fiction

ASuspenseStory

Create a Rubric at Rubistar Assess across content, writing, and technical categories.

4 First Photo ProjectsHistorical

Documentary

Students take on a role in history and tell a first person account of an event. Use a mix of “aged and staged” student photos and primary source documents.

Digital Riddle

Students give three clues to answer the riddle “What am I?” Use one photo, importing four times. Zoom in for each clue, and zoom out to reveal answer.

Digital Poem

Any form of poetry will do: Haiku, Bio Poem, GLAD Chant. Match up with curriculum or vocabulary. Record voices or insert titles.

Fast FictionFive photos and five sentences to tell a story or demonstrate a literary device - tone, mood, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia...

4 First Video ProjectsVoiceover

VideoStudent writes report and records this as

the new soundtrack for a video.

Music Video

Student groups each act out/lip sync a portion of an educational song. Hint: Check out the Lodge McCammon songs

Paper Slide Video

Students work in groups to create paper slides to explain a concepts and then

record a one shot video.

Vocabulary Video

Students act out a vocabulary word and supply a definition using titles.

Use editable video segment

Remove/Mute Audio

Write Report

Read and Record Report

Add Personal Elements

Digital Report - Voiceover

1st Grade Animal Report

Assign vocabulary word

Text definition with image

Video your example

BrainyFlix.com ~ SAT prep

Vocabulary Videos

Middle School Science

Assign concept to explain

Students write script

Create paper slides

PRACTICE!

Take Video

Paper Slide Videos

http://bit.ly/nJpcQ4

Download Song & Lyrics iamlodge.com

Watch Kinesthetic Lectures or Make up Your Own Moves

Divide into groups for verses/chorus

PRACTICE!!!

Take Video

Music Videos by Lodge

One Take Science Music Video

Transverse & Longitudinal Sound Waves

Develop GlobalPartnerships

Evaluate - Rubistar Share Locally - Live or Edmodo

Post Online -TeacherTube or SchoolTube

What Next?

• The ______ should come first in digital storytelling.

• You can create stories in _______, _______, or even as a ______ ______.

• Use a ________ _____ to collect materials ahead of time.

• ________ types of digital projects and project complexity over the course of the year.

• The storytelling project that interests me most is __________ and I would connect it to the my unit on ___________ and assess it by ___________.

Reflect & Connect

• The ______ should come first in digital storytelling.

• You can create stories in _______, _______, or even as a ______ ______.

• Use a ________ _____ to collect materials ahead of time.

• ________ types of digital projects and project complexity over the course of the year.

• The storytelling project that interests me most is __________ and I would connect it to the my unit on ___________ and assess it by ___________.

Reflect & Connectstory

pairs groupswhole class

Digital Kit

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• Work in pairs, groups, or whole class

• Pre-production is the crucial step

• Use a Digital Kit for photos and music

• Stay together to minimize chaos

• Narrow choices and set timer

• Tackle one skill/task at a time

• Scaffold projects over course of the year

• Utilize your Techsperts

• One Take Only Videos

Tips for Project Success

4 First Video ProjectsVoiceover

Video

Music Video

Paper Slide Video

Vocabulary Video

4 First Photo ProjectsHistorical

Documentary

Digital Riddle

Digital Poem

Fast Fiction