Lights, Camera, Action: Making Movies in the Classroom

Lori ElliottSDE

What do you know about Digital Natives?

Born with technology all around them.

Don’t remember a time without the internet or cell phones.

Are used to the new www.

Our Students Spend 5-10,000 hours playing

video games Watch 20,000 hours of tv See 500,000 commercials Spend less than 5,000 hours

reading a book

Learning Is it work or play? Learning feels like play when you

have engagement. Engagement equals motivation. (Marc Prensky)

Visual Learners Our students are mostly visual

learners. They see graphics before text. The work at twitch speed. Seeing is Learning to this

generation.

Why movies in the classroom?

Involves all the students. Motivating Engaging Great to share learning and

memories. Works on literacy skills.

What kind of movies can you make?

Photo Slideshows Movies of Class Events Scripted Movies Clay or Other Characters: Gallon

Man

Process for Planning a Class or Group Movie

Connect the project to curriculum. Brainstorm a topic or theme. StoryBoard the movie. Divide the work and distribute

jobs. Practice. Film. Edit. Show.

Skills Addressed in the Process

Writing Process Sequence Fluency Speaking and listening Communication Skills

Photo Showshttp://bubbleshare.com

Picasa: Google

http://www.joggle.com

Photo Story: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Picasa by Google Slideshow of photos. Add to your blog or website.

http://elliottsbeachparty.blogspot.com

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Photo Story

PowerPoint for Slideshows You can use the add narration to

your slideshow. Look under your slideshow in the

menu for record narration. You can upload your powerpoint to

slideshare.com or authorstream.com.

You can then download your presentation to an iPod or You Tube. It becomes a video.

Where to show your movies Blogs Teacher Tube You Tube Slideshare Teacher Website

Software Pinnacle: Provides a green screen

to create your own backgrounds iMovie

Movie Software

Great Teacher Sites! Beth Newingham

Use of Digital Camera http://elliottstripwest.blogspot.co

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Capture Learning in Movies

Student created scripts. Based on Book Read Commercials for Books Talk Shows Science Experiments Game Shows Based on History or Famous

American How To’s

Memories First Day of School End of Unit

Celebrations What I want to Be

When I Grow Up Celebrate

Grandparents Advice to Next

Year’s Students

Videos in the Classroom http://www.needleworkspictures.c

om/vic/