Come Up An Idea

Today we discussed why we use videos in school. Now it's your turn! By next week come up with an idea for your own teacher made video. Outline how you would envision it being explained in a video for your students. Check out the links below to help jump start your planning process.

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Syllabus

Movie Maker Project

Creating Video Projects

Videos are an excellent media to introduce to any class.  They provide visuals for the concepts that we teach in class that can make a subject come alive.  Creating video projects is an even better way for students to interact with each other and the content that they learn in class.  Throughout this course you will be creating two videos.  The first one is an instructional video that you will make for your students about a concept for your class.  The second one will be a team project in which I will take you through the process of leading a video project in your classroom.
The objective of the course is for you to leave class with something you can use in with your students and you will have the knowledge to use and create videos on your own!

January 30 - Week One:  Online – Benefits of Using Videos and Video Projects
Read Richard Byrne’s article and respond to what you read on the class blog.

February 6- Week Two:  Movie Maker and Flipping the Classroom
Watch the video on how to use Movie Maker: Import, Cut, Titles and Transitions and play around with the features.
Start preparing your video!
Read the Flipping the Classroom article and post on the blog

February 13 – Week Three:  More Movie Maker 
Adding video to your project (cameras, screen capture, etc.),  adding effects and time to work your projectin class.

February 27 – Week Four: Adding Audio
Overview of adding audio (record your own, where to find usable sound effects and music).

March 5 – Week Five:  Time to WORK and Publishing Your First Movie!

March 12 – Week Six:  The Planning – Movie Maker Projects With Your Students
Overview of the planning process for your students (storyboards, scripting, and research),
group assignments, and start planning your project

March 19- Week 7:  Work Week

Work with your group to continue planning.  Work on your storyboard and your script,
plan props and sound effects, and get ready for filming!


March  26 – Week 8:  Setting Up A Shot
Overview on how lighting can have an effect on a scene, using cameras (camera angles,
types of cameras, etc.), and time to film.


April 2  – Week 9:  Time to Film!
Need I say more?!


April 9- Week 10:  Editing, Websites for Publishing, and Alternatives to Movie Maker
Overview of the issues and places for publishing videos on the web, alternatives to using
Movie Maker (Voice Thread, etc.), and time to edit your projects.

April 23– Week 11: Sharing and Voice Thread


April 30- Week 12:  Sharing your Voice Thread

Welcome to Creating Video Projects

After reading Richard Byrne's "Making Video's on the Web"  think about how you might incorporate video projects into your class.  His article explores the many possibilities for video projects and some of the websites available for creating videos WITHOUT using cameras and the tools available for editing videos and images online.   We won't get into that much in this class.  However, he offers valuable information and resources for finding images, sound, and places to display or find video.
Share below some of your ideas.  We will begin our next class with your responses.