8 P2 - Middle School Tour Video

I am working in a group with Abbie, we really only needed the iPod for this project. Our plan to create this project is to walk around and take pictures and videos of the school; put them together and do a voice-over. Some unique qualities that we did a voice over for the video.

Using iMovie, Abbie and I created a tour video of the middle school because we wanted to do something for the incoming middle schoolers that might need some help around the school. We walked around the school capturing pictures and videos of the 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade halls and the commons. We also got some pictures of the art room and office.

During this process, I learned how to use iMovie and use the voice over features to create the video. We also used transitions for the video which added to it. I laid out the order of the videos to match the layout of the school.

The seven standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen. Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Global Collaborator because it is showing others around the school and helping them out. This project is to help out the incoming 6th graders by showing them the school. It also shows other people around.

A challenge I overcame on this project was not being able to get into every room of the school like the gym and take pictures. I was able to do this by getting permission to take pictures of some of the teachers rooms. We asked Mr. Knop and the office to get pictures of their rooms and also managed to get some pictures of the art room and where the band stores some of their instruments.

Given a chance to do this project again I would change how we set up the video. I would want to add more videos in it and explain about the rooms better. I would also want a section in it where we'd explain about the general middle school experience and some of the things the middle school features and give more detail of the areas.