PE6_WhyUseiMovie(TheSequel)

"Well..., BACK to the DRAWING BOARD!"

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Dear Reader:

Two posts ago in a diatribe entitled “PE5_WhyUseiMovie,” I asked myself, not to sound redundant (but somehow overstating the obvious) and paraphrased, here: “Why Use iMovie...  ...in a classroom?”

So, I got to thinking about lesson plans (and everything I learned from Apple Education’s official web page).

Here’s what I came up with…

Lesson Plan/Objective:

As I have taught fifth grade language arts, a possible project I could use in a classroom might involve using iMovie to produce a weekly book review devoted to young adolescent/pre-teen literature. 

Students would employ research skills to locate information on the Internet about a particular book they are reviewing.  Working in collaborative pairs, they would use this information to write a script that one student would read and  another student would record (using iMovie).  Both would ultimately learn to use digital video as they worked on the project.  Ultimately, reading, writing and research skills, as well as “hands on, real world” use of technology would be used by the students in order to complete their project.

Student Outcomes:

* Students would write scripts that summarize the plot/story problem of a library book.

* Students would use the Internet to find information about the author.

* Students would use iMovie to produce a movie highlighting a book which includes: imported pictures of the book and the author from the Internet, uploaded video of the students telling the summary of the book and the author’s life, video editing such as transitions between slides, music to enhance the movie and credits at the end of the movie.

Now, all of this may sound good in theory, but ultimately means nothing without the technical know-how to impart to students what, exactly, the assignment requires and what, exactly, they need to know/learn in order to complete it.  


THAT’S where I come in…

But, all digression aside, I need to become my own student, first.  (Sigh.)

I guess I should just look up my girlfriend “Lynda.”


:-(!