Category Archives: iMovie
1st Grade Telling Time iMovies
First graders in Ms. Reese’s class at Laburnum Elementary have been learning how to tell time to the half hour (SOL1.8), and today they used Photo Booth iMovie to create their own videos about time. First we reviewed how to tell time using the model clocks. Then we discussed what students are doing at different […] Continue reading
3rd Grade Library Project
Today I worked with small groups of third graders at Holladay Elementary to create videos for a contest. The theme was “The Library is the Heart of the School.” The students had to extend that analogy and think of creative ways to express it. I was really impressed with the ideas they came up with. […] Continue reading
Writing Movie Trailers
I had such a blast with the fifth graders at Pinchbeck Elementary. We created movie trailers to get the students excited about writing. I was joined with my fellow ITRTs, Ryan Stein, and Tyler Hart. The students worked in groups … Continue reading → Continue reading
5th Grade Spheres of the Earth
Today 5th graders in Ms. Hall’s class at Laburnum Elementary used iMovie to make videos about the spheres of the earth: the lithosphere, the biosphere, the hydrosphere, and the atmosphere. First they went online to gather images of each sphere. They saved them to their folders and then imported them into iMovie. I showed them […] Continue reading
2nd Grade Famous Americans iMovies
iMovie is one of the more complicated programs on the MacBook computers, so I usually save that one for later in the school year. I’ve been working a lot with the second graders at Laburnum Elementary, and they have showed me they were ready to try iMovie. Since they’ve been reviewing the famous Americans (SOL […] Continue reading
Mali Videos
The students in Ashley Marshall’s 3rd Grade class have been researching Mali and wanted to present what they had learned in a new way. They used their research material to write scripts for their group. Then they selected pictures from … Continue reading → Continue reading
Kindergarten Spring Video
Kindergarten students in Ms. Brown’s class at Holladay Elementary have been learning about the spring and how it affects the weather, plants, and animals. So today I showed them how to create a movie about Spring using iMovie. First we opened up iMovie and they recorded themselves saying something like, “Hi, my name is Whatever, […] Continue reading
Smencils Commercial
Each year, the Springfield Park SCA sells Smencils to raise money for their school. In the past, the videos were created by a teacher. This year, we assigned the task to the students and they rose to the occasion! We … Continue reading → Continue reading
4th Grade Jamestown iMovies
Fourth graders in Ms. Hall’s class at Laburnum Elementary recently took a field trip to Jamestown. Today she wanted to see how much they had learned there, and she also wanted them to practice using iMovie. I explained that our iMovie project would need to be completed within the one hour class period since iMovie […] Continue reading
Kindergarten Seasons Movie
Today kindergarten students in Ms. Brown’s class at Holladay Elementary created a movie about the seasons. First we talked about science shows and how the speakers talk clearly with expression. We also reviewed the facts they had learned about the different seasons including how their clothing and activities change as well as how animals and […] Continue reading
