iMovie Possibilities
I really look forward to working with iMovie in the lab this year. It is definitely going to be something the students will enjoy. I know several other teachers at the school use iMovie in their classrooms, and some even get their students using iMovie for projects.
What I really foresee as being beneficial to the school is making sure that teachers who use iMovie effectively in their classrooms can help those who do not feel comfortable with it. It all comes down to realizing the impact it can have on shaking up things in class and getting the kids excited. I am considering doing a voluntary training session or two with teachers in the lab this year.
Here’s an article called iMovies in Education, which really shows the whole scope of possibilties.
Why am I thinking about iMovie?
I have just finished a two-day refresher course on iMovie. It was a good experience, and though I am pretty familiar with how to use the program, I did learn a couple new things. I also got a chance to do some editing with stills, which I hadn’t used much when doing iMovie in the class. Anyway, here is a short example of a created iMovie that I made. It’s just the generic iMovie stock footage, but I worked on it nonetheless, so here it is:
July 4th, 2008 at 10:24 am
I love your blog! And thanks for the link to the iMovie article – it has some great suggestions.
July 8th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
You are offering valuable topics to your teachers. Keep it up.