Advanced Movie Making Eliciting Student Behavior

1
Advanced Movie Making Eliciting Student Behavior
Ben Smith and Jared Mader www.edtechinnovators.com
Red Lion Area School District Tuesday, October
7, 2008
2
National Educational Technology Standards for
Students
3
Movie Uses

• Special Projects
• Desktop Videos
• Slow Motion Replays
• Exit Ticket with built-in webcam
• Edit Discovery Streaming movies

4
Ways to Start

• 1 Student records a lab
• Video Lab Reports, Skits, Find Geometric shapes,
  Poetry readings, Interview a famous person
• Give students prior notice for possible props or
  their own equipment
• Make use of storyboards
• Inspiration/Mindomo

5
Video Capture Techniques

• Teach students about film techniques
• Shot Length
• Camera Angle
• Lighting
• Need to Pan / Zoom
• Consider background of footage
• Be sure that they know camera functions
• Camera Directions

6
Using MovieMaker

• Project File vs Movie File
• Put all resources (images, videos, etc) in a
  folder
• Save this folder in your network folder (not the
  H drive)
• Export the Movie
• Broadband - 150 (examine the file size)
• This file goes in the podcasts folder in the H
  drive

7
Editing

• Sort and Trim Clips
• Put in Titles
• Place Transitions
• Add Audio / Narration
• Export
• Formats

8
Post Production

• How will students share their work with you?
• Website
• Flash Drive/CD
• On screen viewing

9
MovieMaker and Podcasts

• MovieMaker creates WMV files
• These files play through IE
• These files do not play on iPods
• Convert these files with Videora
• www.videora.com
• Creates MOV files

10
Assessment

• How will students be assessed?
• Scoring Rubrics
• Curricular objectives must have been met
• Creativity and differentiated learning is
  fostered when assessments allow for flexibility
  in assignment style, components, etc.

11
Bringing it all together

• Choose your sharing method
• Wikispace
• Webpage
• PowerPoints
• (put all resources in folder)

12
Questions

• Email info_at_edtechinnovators.com
• Website www.edtechinnovators.com