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Lights , Camera, Action: Making Movies in the Classroom

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.

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Lights , Camera, Action: Making Movies in the Classroom

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  1. Lights, Camera, Action: Making Movies in the Classroom Lori Elliott SDE

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. Learning • Is it work or play? • Learning feels like play when you have engagement. Engagement equals motivation. (Marc Prensky)

  5. Visual Learners • Our students are mostly visual learners. • They see graphics before text. • The work at twitch speed. • Seeing is Learning to this generation.

  6. Why movies in the classroom? • Involves all the students. • Motivating • Engaging • Great to share learning and memories. • Works on literacy skills.

  7. What kind of movies can you make? • Photo Slideshows • Movies of Class Events • Scripted Movies • Clay or Other Characters: Gallon Man

  8. 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.

  9. Skills Addressed in the Process • Writing Process • Sequence • Fluency • Speaking and listening • Communication Skills

  10. Photo Shows http://bubbleshare.com Picasa: Google http://www.joggle.com Photo Story: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

  11. Picasa by Google • Slideshow of photos. • Add to your blog or website. http://elliottsbeachparty.blogspot.com/

  12. Photo Story

  13. 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.

  14. Where to show your movies • Blogs • Teacher Tube • You Tube • Slideshare • Teacher Website

  15. Software • Pinnacle: Provides a green screen to create your own backgrounds • iMovie

  16. Movie Software

  17. Great Teacher Sites! • Beth Newingham

  18. Use of Digital Camera • http://elliottstripwest.blogspot.com/

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Videos in the Classroom • http://www.needleworkspictures.com/vic/

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