iMovie
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Purpose To develop an awareness of the purpose and appropriate use of educational video, to acquire technical skill in video capture and editing, to become familiar with the development of digital stories
Due Date

 March 18 at the beginning of the class

Percent 10%
Submittal
  • Link the compressed version of your group's movie to your google page (group work).
  • Include your individual reflection (individual work).
Details

In groups of 4, develop an original 2-3minute digital story to introduce a topic for a specific content area.

Thursday Feb 21

  • Introduction & overview by Boyoung
  • Find your group (4 people per group)
  • With your group members, discuss the topic and the story to cover. Then, create a story board for your digital story. Remember that your final movie should not be longer than 2-3 minutes
  • Immediately after this class, reserve a mini-DV camera in Aderhold 232 for the day/time your group will be capturing footage.
  • Arrange a time to meet with your group outside of class to capture video footage and still images.

Tuesday Feb 26

  • Ron Braxley, a digital media professional here in the UGA College of Education, has kindly agreed to give us comprehensive instructions on how to use iMovie. This will take about an hour and will be the only/last instruction of the iMovie offered for this class, thus be on time and give him your full attention.

Thursday Feb 28

  • You are given this day to work on your video as a group.
  • We will not have a formal class meeting on this day.
  • It is recommended you use this day to capture your footage.
  • While it is important to have humor and creativity as a part of your story - it is very important that your group creates a story that could be used in an actual classroom. What will your story be teaching? How will using your video be better than what is traditionally done for this particular topic? The Apple Education site gives some tips on making movies -- storyboarding, setting up scenes, etc. It is highly recommended that all group members look over this information before filming begins.

Tuesday March 4 (The first day in editing suite)

  • You must have your footage captured by Tuesday March 4 at the beginning of class.
  • Each group will be given one editing suite to edit your video.
  • Make sure to review the project description to ensure that your group is including all of the required components.
  • Produce two types of movie: one low quality version to upload to your google page and one high-quality version to show during the presentation.

Thursday March 6 (The second day in editing suite)

  • Finalize your video with your group
  • Produce two types of movie: one low quality version to upload to your google page and one high-quality version to show during the presentation.
  • It is the last day of using editing suite.

Tuesday March 18 (due date)

  • Due date for the iMovie project is Tuesday March 18 at the beginning of the class. By due date, your movie (group work) and reflection (individual work) should be up on your googlepages. Include your group members' names on the googlepages so that I would know which group you belonged to.
  • Turn in your peer review sheet by email.
  • Your group will make a presentation showing your video to the class: Each group will have about 5-6 minutes to make a presentation. Before playing movie, you can give a short overview of your movie, such as your motivation, subject, and target audience.You can also share your experience, such as incidents that happened and things that you have learned.
  • In order to enjoy your movie with everyone, please bring your high quality movie. Your group can bring it in your memory stick.

This is a summary of how you may perform the task:

  • Decide which content area/grade level you will focus, as a group
  • Draw a story board, as a group
  • Capture/Edit the footage, as a group
  • Upload the movie to your Googlepage
  • Write your reflections on your Googlepage
  • Make a presentation as a group
  • Turn in a peer-review sheet

 

Be creative with your video production! Use humor and originality to capture the essence of your topic.

Rubric
Criteria
Points Possible
iMovie Portion
All group members are involved in all portions of project (video development, on and off camera, editing)
/8
Video is original, entertaining, creative, and educational

/22

Video addresses the selected topic
/10
Video is appropriate for targeted audience
/10
Various iMovie skills are demonstrated: titles, transitions, audio, etc.
/10
Teaching and Learning with Digital Images Portion
  • Write a reflection on the process of developing digital images for teaching and learning.
  • Talk about what you have learned and how you would implement video technology in your future classroom.
/40
Total
/100