lights , camera, action: making movies in the classroom
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Lights , Camera, Action: Making Movies in the Classroom. Lori Elliott SDE. 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Lights, Camera, Action: Making
Movies in the ClassroomLori 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
m/
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/