iMovie

Using iMovie 09


Imovie Examples for Music Educators
http://garagebandintheclassroom.wikispaces.com/MusicVideos

Creating soundtracks for your imovie Projects
http://moviemusic.wikispaces.com/

great source for Free Background Music for your movies
http://www.Freeplaymusic.com


iMovie Handout

Reasons for use

• Video is a Very Powerful way to tell a story
• Teachertube/Youtube/Schooltube
• A different way to do a "slideshow" or any type of presentation.
• Present information with real world images and music to make it more relevant and authentic.
• Digital storytelling.
• Synthesizing information taught in class, read from the textbook, researched online, gathered personally, etc.
• Independent reading projects / book reports.
• Spiff up your Back to School Night presentations with an iMovie!

Ease of use

• Once the user learns the basic controls and how to add titles, transitions and audio, very easy to use.
• Drag and drop convenience.
• Access to all photos, video clips, and music on the computer.
• Capture video right in iMovie for "on-the-fly" footage.
• Publish straight to YouTube for easy sharing.

Resources

• iMovie '09 Video Tutorials
• iMovie '09 Complete Video Tutorial
• Apple's iMovie Support Site
• iMovie '08 Video Tutorials
• Digital Storytelling from Digitales

Getting Started with iMovie '09

Examples

Teacher Created

• Que Savez-Vous? - French culture movie made with images, text, and music.
• Back to School Night French 5 - Video used for Back to School Night presentation.
• WHS Technology Showcase 2007 - Part of a presentation to the WSD Board of School Directors.
• CFF Teacher Reflections - Classrooms for the Future teachers reflect on teaching in a 1:1 classroom.
• Student MacBook Reflections - Jim Shoemaker's students reflect on using MacBooks in school.

Student Created

• Ethiopia and Aids - Created as part of the "Amazing Race Africa" project.
• Cervical Cancer Project - Created for 11th grade Health class.
• Digital Portfolio - Created as a final project for Computer Graphics class.
• Fall 2007 Photography I Student Work
• Stereotypes - Created for the "Kite Runner Film Festival 2008". (also below)

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