I first 'played' with MovieMaker in the Arts subject in 2009.
I liked this idea from The Arts - reflecting on your learning journey - not thinking of myself as an "artist" this activity helped me to reflect on just how much art actually has been and still is a part of my life - it made me look deeper at my achievements. This would be a great learning experience for students at say a Year 6 or 7 level to consider their own skills and abilities and reflect positively on their achievements.
I first downloaded and dabbled with PhotoStory some months prior to finding MovieMaker, when a teacher/librarian told me about it. This is the result of my first exploration of PhotoStory...
Using Digital Video in a classroom: My son's Year 6/7 class teacher arranged an excursion last term in which the students worked in groups to complete set activities. They were required to photograph each activity throughout the day. The class returned to school armed with literally hundreds of digital images which they then sorted and edited in the following weeks to create not only a nostalgic record of the trip but an explanation of the investigations they performed on the day. The final results were published using either MovieMaker or Photostory. The use of digital images helped to reinforce the learning that occurred on the day of the excursion as well as providing a reflective tool to engage the students in higher order thinking strategies.
WOW! I just realised that blogging is having an amazing effect on me - initially afraid to share my thinking to now being unperturbed at sharing my first ever movie making attempts! Who'd have thought...?
Kim, I absolutely love your movie 'My Arts Journey'! I think it is faboulous. I particularly like the humour that you have managed to incorporate. I too first used 'Moviemaker' for that assignment in first term of year one...but mine doesn't look anything like yours! Your whole blog looks great! Well done! Cheers, Anita.
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