Transcript Making Movies in the Classroom

Making Movies in the
Classroom
Jan Harding
Seneca Middle School
Chippewa Valley Schools
586-723-4042
[email protected]
www.jharding.weebly.com
www.misd.net/camp08
(Making Movies)
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About Me
Teacher, Chippewa Valley Schools; Seneca Middle
School
Seventh grade science and social studies
Technology Curricular Leader, CVS
Attendee MACUL 2008: Making Movies with Joe
Brennan
Teacher, MISD summer technology camp (first testing
ground for “Making Movies: The Science Myth
Busters”)
MACUL grant recipient 2008-09: Making Movies
Goals
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Practice using small video cameras
Introduce Windows MM as a tool
Share briefly MACUL project as idea
Create a movie in MM
Develop ideas for use of video in your
classroom
• Have fun!!
Introductions
• Name, grade/subject
• Why did you sign up?
• Have you used video in your
classroom?
• Have you used Movie Maker
before?
Sample Movies
• MISD Summer Camp
• MACUL Presentation, March 2009
Using the Cameras….let’s play!
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RCA Small Wonder; Flip video
Start, stop recording
Zoom
View videos
Delete
Connect to computer
Download camera software
Where to find Windows Movie Maker
• Standard on most Windows based computers
• Download Windows Movie Maker
• Download Windows Movie Maker for Vista
• Cool extras
Using Windows Movie Maker
VIDEO: Getting started with Movie Maker,
and sample movies
VIDEOS: Using Movie Maker
Movie #1
Movie #2
How to save, send, etc. your movie
General how-tos, not in video form
Movie Idea: The Myth Busters!
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Students work in groups of 2-4
Pretest students on a list of myths and facts
Select “myth” or fact from this list to study
Research online and in texts
“Bust” or validate the “myth”
Develop a storyboard and a script
Shoot video
Use Windows Movie Maker to produce video
Have a movie premiere party and evaluate
American Film Institute
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Optional resources
FREE to Discovery Streaming users
Videos that describe filmmaking process
Teacher’s Guide
– Fantastic resource for student handouts
– Describes shots
– Provides storyboards
– Glossary of film terms
– Lighting suggestions
– Parent release forms
– Can use for beginner or advanced filmmaking
– Great for clubs or a video “class”
Sample taken off one page of the AFI teacher’s
guide.
Working with Movie Maker
• Download the software that comes with the cameras (takes very
little time)
• Let kids “practice” and “play” at first
• Understand the difference between a “project” and a “movie”—
avoid “Red X Syndrome!”
• Upload videos to a file folder (and remove camera) before
opening Movie Maker.
Adding Power Point Slides
TIP: You can add a Power Point slide to
your movie in Movie Maker!
Just save it as a JPEG image first!
Saving your work
PROJECT: Allows further editing of your video
• Save videos before starting a project
• Make sure you know location of videos
• Can add music, audio (voice), images, transitions, and
effects when reopened
MOVIE: Renders video as a final project
• No further editing (possible, but harder)
• Creates an WMA file; can be converted
• Movie can be “dropped” into a new project.
Is video worth the time?
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Time needed decreases with practice
Hits the standards in several areas
Using multiple modalities for learning
Creative endeavors = better long term learning
Video can be posted/archived for review
Involves both “underdogs” and “overachievers”
Intrinsically motivating
Integrate subjects to cover multiple objectives
Plus, it’s FUN!
ISTE Standards addressed
• Standard 1: Creativity and Innovation
“create original works as a means of personal or group expression”
• Standard 2: Communication and Collaboration
“interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and
media”
“Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems”
• Standard 3: Research and Information Fluency
“Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and
media”
“Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks”
“Process data and report results”
• Standard 4: Critical Thinking and Decision Making
• Standard 5: Digital Citizenship
• Standard 6: Technology Operations and Concepts
The Myth Buster project hit all six ISTE standards in at least one category!
Publication options
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Classroom websites
Blogs
Wikis (pbwiki.com; wikispaces.com)
NINGs
Blackboard or Moodle
Teacher Tube or School Tube
www.teachertube.com ; www.schooltube.com
• Classroom learning celebrations
• Parent nights/Open House
A Little Advice for Beginners…
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Start small (see “Easy Ideas”, next slide)
Train a handful of students to be “technicians”
Central storage place
Have check in/out procedures with multiple cameras
Devote one class period to camera instruction
LONGER PROJECTS: Use rubrics for grading
Have due dates along the way
Consider alternative times for videotaping
Use tripods; discourage zooming and panning
Seven Deadly Sins of filmmaking
Enforce proper equipment use (contracts)
Expect “speed bumps”; build in extra time
Easy ideas for starting with video
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Act out the definition of a vocabulary word
Videotape a lab for absent students
Do a weather forecast or class news
Tape students giving presentations; post on your website
Jigsaw and videotape for the “big” picture
Game show “reviews”
Video interviews (biography research, living history, etc.)
Video surveys (ex.: current event questions, opinions, etc.)
Field trip work
Record steps in a procedure (classroom procedures, science,
etc.)
• Other digital storytelling activities
Other Ideas for Video
• Windows Movie Maker Project ideas
• Introduce your class with Windows Movie Maker
• Classroom ideas
• Resources
• Sound effects
• Royalty free music, images, etc.
Lights, camera, action…
HAVE FUN!!
Jan Harding
Seneca Middle School
Chippewa Valley Schools
586-723-4042
[email protected]
www.jharding.weebly.com
www.misd.net/camp08
(Making Movies)