what was your favorite book as a child?

What was your favorite book as a child?

What was your favorite book as a child?

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

A 21st century project that engages students in

reading, reading comprehension, writing for an authentic audience,

summarizing, sequencing, sketching, retelling, fluency,

reading with expression and video production!

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Step 1:

Students choose their favorite children’s story after brainstorming

stories as a class.

OR

Have your students write their own story!

Step 2:

Allow students to check out their book at the school library.

OR

Begin the writing process if students are the authors.

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Step 3:

Encourage students to read and reread their book or story.

Give students post-it notes to mark important pages, events,

and images in the story.

Discuss and review summarizing with your students.

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Step 4:

Once students are familiar with their story,

teach them how to storyboard!

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Storyboard EssentialsNameScene number

boxes

Illustrationboxes for sketching

Area to write script/narration

Give a student a storyboard and they will storyboard!Give them a pencil and they will draw!

Set storyboard parameters.

How much time you want them to spend summarizing, how much time you want them to spend drawing and

how much time you intend to spend in iMovie? Print your story boards accordingly!

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Digital Storybooks withiMovie & KidPixDigital Storybooks withiMovie & KidPix

Step 5:

When storyboards are approved by the teacher, students can begin drawing their illustrations in

Kid Pix.

If your school does not have KidPix try any of these FREE resources:

Tux Paint (Open source-download required)

Sumo Paint (Online drawing! No download required)

Art Rage 2.5 (Starter addition-download required)

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Step 6:

Show your students how to export their drawings out of the drawing program as .jpg files to the desktop (or a folder), name the picture file to match the scene number and drop them into iPhoto after EACH drawing is

complete.

Step 7:

When students have completed their drawings and all files are exported to iPhoto, create new iMovie HD project and have students record their script or narration on the audio track using the red record button under the media>audio tab.

Tell them to record each scene as a separate audio track!

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Digital Storybooks withiMovie & KidPixDigital Storybooks withiMovie & KidPix

Before students begin recording audio, encourage them to:

practice their scripts, speak slowly and clearly into the microphone

and use expression!

Digital Storybooks withiMovie & KidPixDigital Storybooks withiMovie & KidPix

Step 8:

Pulling it all together!

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPixIn iMovie HD, the audio clip length will determine how

longthe picture

length will be. Double click on the audio clip to determine it’s duration and set the

photo settings window duration to match the audio track duration.

Hit Apply and the picture will fit perfectly over the audio

track.

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPixiMovie ’09

requires you to pull in photos

prior to recording narration. Have students pull their pictures

into the timeline and set the

picture length for 20+ seconds each. Select the picture clip and use the microphone button

to record a voiceover.

Crop the clips to fit the audio.

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Final Touches...

Sound FX

Titles

Intro. and Exit music

Transitions

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

Digital Storybooks with

iMovie & KidPix

The Result

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Make your own storyboard!

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Storyboard Name

scene scenescene