Category Archives: iMovie

4th Grade Sign of the Beaver Videos

One of the great things about the student laptops is that they all have a built in video camera with Photo Booth. So your students can use it to film anywhere… even outdoors. Today at Johnson Elementary, fourth graders were creating their own movie adaptation of The Sign of the Beaver book. Movie-making is an […] Continue reading

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iPad Apps- Label Box

From Jennifer Barnett, ITRT
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Labelbox App from Jennifer Barnett on Vimeo.
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Don’t believe in the power of mobile devices……

If you don’t believe that mobile devices are very powerful, this entire post (including videos) was done without the use of a traditional computer. The video was filmed on my iPhone4. I edited the movie using the iMovie App for … Continue r… Continue reading

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Montrose, February 7, 2012

Ms. Puschak’s class began working on their black American’s projects. Students had an open format. They could create an iMovie, Keynote, or type a report. Students had free reign as long as they did good research that they sited and … Continue reading Continue reading

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5th Grade Oceans Movies

Fifth grade students at Chamberlayne Elementary have been learning about the oceans and ocean ecosystems. One of their cumulating projects was to create a video about a sea animal that they studied. So after their research was done, they called me in to show them how to use iMovie to create their videos. I explained […] Continue reading

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Kindergarten Thanksgiving Resources

Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and several kindergarten classes have been working on technology projects (K.1b). Today at Holladay, they put themselves back in time at the first Thanksgiving and set food on the table in Pixie. They also recorded their voices telling about their Thanksgiving traditions and what they are thankful for. Click to watch […] Continue reading

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Fair Oaks, Monday, October 31, 2011

Today Ms. Sweatt’s third graders added sound effects to their iMovies. Students recorded themselves in PhotoBooth talking about the weather. Some students did an actual weather broadcast with the green screen effect. We added sound effects to … Continue reading

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Old Video I Made of My Daughter Cassie

Rain Boots from Michael Price on Vimeo.
This is something that you could do with your class or family.
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Summer School 2011 “Lights, Camera, Action!”

During the week of July 25-28 I taught a summer school class at Springfield Elementary called “Lights, Camera, Action!” I had rising 4th and 5th graders and our goal was to create educational videos for teachers to use in their classrooms about different famous people. Students chose to work with a partner or solo, and […] Continue reading

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Vimeo Video School

I have started to find this site really useful. Vimeo does a really good job at keeping it’s users updated on the latest and greatest videos on their site. Check out Vimeo’s School at: http://vimeo.com/videoschool. You can following them on… Continue reading

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