Easy-Peasy Green Screen on a Teacher's Budget
What is Green Screen?
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Years ago, you would only find a green wall behind your local meteorologist pointing out weather related items on various maps But NOW, with the help of new technologies, we have the ability to bring a green screen into our classrooms. Filming moving subjects in front of a green background allows a separately filmed background to be added to the final image.
Green screens are also used in the movies to make it look like the actors are driving in a car or fall off a cliff. It is easy and fun to use green screens in your classroom media creations.
Green Screen by Do Ink and an iPad are one of the easiest ways to get started.
The Best App We Have Found
Green Screen by Do Ink makes it easy to create green screen videos and images right on your iPad or iPhone. The app lets you combine photos and videos from the camera roll with live images from your iPad or iPhone's camera. Featured in "Best New Apps in Education" in iTunes and classroom-tested by kids and teachers, this app emphasizes ease-of-use and simplicity while still enabling you to get fantastic results. With a green screen, you can tell a story, explain an idea, and express yourself in truly creative and unique ways.
Cost: $2.99
iTunes: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/green-screen-by-do-ink/id730091131
Another Green Screen Recommendation: Chromavid
Cost: Free
With a $2.99 yearly subscription you receive:
- Unlimited Recording - No Chromavid Logo - Free Premium Pack
How to use Green Screen by Do Ink
1. Go take a photo of something that would be a good background image for a video. (Be creative, go outside perhaps.) The photo will automatically be saved to your Camera Roll.
2. Pick out a prop to wear.
3. Stand in front of the green screen. Use the video option on your Camera to record a short video of your script. The video will automatically be saved to your Camera Roll.
4. Open the DoInk Green Screen App and upload the picture that is in the Camera Roll. This image will need to be on the bottom track.
5. Add your video to the middle track.
6. Use the red slide bars on the 2 layers to make them the same length.
7. Click the blue Save button and select Save to the Camera Roll.
Classroom Ideas
Make Word Problems Come to Life
Students act out math word problems visually, have students act out a scenario in which word problems come to life. For instance, students could recreate the word problem, “Lucy Lee drove 55 miles in an hour. How many miles could she drive in 36 hours?” The problem could be illustrated using a green screen and actually mapping out the distance on a map, and then using green screen and stock footage to show Lucy in her new location. Visualizing word problems often helps students translate those words into real concepts—and kids can have a lot of fun coming up with props to demonstrate the various parts of the problems. Bonus: These videos can be used later to teach students how to solve word problems!
Forces
Students will make a presentation of the concept of forces and use various background to explain the difference between gravity on Earth and on the Moon.
Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes News Report
Students will use information about catastrophic storms to create a newscast, weather report, documentary, or interview showing their understanding of the storm they have chosen.
Foreign Language Travel Videos
Students can illustrate their foreign language skills by narrating travel stock footage in their language of study, almost like they’re a host of a show on the Travel Channel. Incorporate famous tourist destinations and cultural practices for additional social studies coverage.
My Two Favorite Videos
The Top 3 Resources for Green Screen Classroom Ideas
Ryan O'Donnell's 10 Green Screen Ideas (Beyond your weather and school news.
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