Movie Maker

Hey Everyone!

OMG!!! WOW!!! I have just created my first movie using MovieMaker and it was so easy. I just took a few photos of my wonderful girl Rose, she is a beagle and a definite gem. Then I did a voice over and got the images to work in with it. Easy right?!? Have a look on my website http://nikkisinteractivewebpage.weebly.com/movie-maker.html

Pluses
- You could get students to do a summery of the weeks work using still pictures and their own interpretations of the material they have just done,
- up load it to a collaborative wiki page or a website they are using for the topic
- They are self learning by summarising the material, creating so they are having fun with it and there you go A+ students!!!

Minuses
- I can not think of a minus to creating movies on set tasks

Interesting
- Simple
- creative
- personalisation from students own views and opinions

Jarvinen et al (2012) found that students were about to demonstrate proficiency with making a movie related to scientific concept with very minimal previous knowledge on movie making. The study showed that each person developed a personal and meaningful attachment to the video as they used own experiences to communicate different concepts. There was a significant increase in grades between the year movie making was trialed to previous years, strongly indicating that students were acquiring a deeper knowledge of information by being actively involved in recommunicating concepts. I had a fun time creating this and students will too. This is definitely something I will be doing often and encouraging my students to do!!

Until next time,
Nikki

References
Jarvinen, MK Jarvinen, LZ Sheehan, DN, 2012, 'Application of Core Science Concepts Using Digital Video: A"Hands-On" Laptop Approach", Journal of Colege Science Teaching, vol. 41, no.6, pp. 16-24