Category Archives: video
Varina Anti-Bullying Video
Students at Varina Elementary, with the help of their tireless guidance counselor, Dina Thibodeau, have been working to create an anti-bullying video set to the tune of “Stand Up” by Sugarland. Each class planned a special part of the video where they used hand motions and signs to convey a message, like “Bullying isn’t cool,” […] 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
Trekker Updates
I had a great summer traveling across the country to California going the northern route and making videos for our 5th graders who are studying the regions of the United States. Last summer I went the southern route with the Virginia Trekkers and those videos are on our website. I haven’t finished editing the videos […] 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
