Movies

I was so impressed with the class movies! People did things with them that I have not ever even thought of.

Everytime I do something in MovieMaker, I learn more about this useful tool. And I think my products get more sophisticated too. This time, I tried to create a visual picture book, so I used the multiple media and transitions to try to convey this to the audience (page flips, etc.). As with most of my products from MovieMaker, I could have tweaked and tweaked my project for forever, but I'm pretty satisfied with where I ended up.

For my classroom this year, my students created picture storybooks that they shared with 1st graders at the elementary school down the street. I liked this activity because it gave them a real audience, my kids worked in pairs and got to play on their strengths (illustrator, author, creative, etc.) and for my poorer readers, they read out loud to a very nonjudgemental group of kids. For next year, I'd love to incorporate digital storytelling into this assignment and give them the option to do it via computer, or to make a storybook.