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Mali Videos

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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 Britannica and Virtual Share to use as the backdrop for different scenes in their script. Ashley and I introduced the class to the green screen feature on PhotoBooth and they spent the following week recording each of their clips. The completed clips were then moved into their student folder so that the students could easily access them to create their finished product in iMovie.

For our next lesson, we used iMovie and the students pulled in all of their Photobooth clips and added transitions and titles. Once their videos were exported, the teacher put them on Vimeo so they wouldn’t take up so much space on her blog. Check out some of the final products!

Smencils Commercial

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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 began by meeting with the SCA Officers and having them brainstorm what needed to be included in the commercial.  Next, the students created a Story Board for the commercial using a template from Pixie.

At the next SCA meeting, the students collaborated by taking on different parts of the commercial and filming mini-skits or taking still photos.  Then the officers met again to put the videos and pictures together into an iMovie.  Check out their finished result!

Smencils Commercial from Karen Hues on Vimeo.