Now that you have written your original myth and drawn a picture of your mythical creature, we will record the myth in Yakit and iMovie to create a short movie.
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Kiva Project
We will begin our Kiva Project by researching information about the country of the entrepreneur from Kiva that you wish to sponsor. Next you will begin to create an i-Movie presentation which will hopefully persuade your classmates to vote for your entrepreneur. Below are the steps to creating your presentation. Use our Kiva wikispace for resources.
1. Research and chose your entrepreneur
2. Storyboard your persuasive writing
3. Collect pictures for your presentation
4. Place pictures on the i-Movie timeline
5. Record your voice and synch with pictures
6. Create a credits page
7. Add transitions
8. Add background music
Pilgrim’s Journey
We will begin our movie of the Pilgrim’s journey today.
- Fill out your storyboard with the facts that you have learned from your research
- Draw pictures to illustrate your facts
- Add the pictures to the movie and caption them
- Voiceover the pictures with your written facts
- Choose music to go along with your movie
Illegal Immigration Persuasive Writing Movie
You have read about the different points of view regarding illegal immigration, and now it is time to choose a side and write a persuasive piece which will be turned into a movie. Once you have finished the writing, you will storyboard it and decide which pictures will be used in which sections. Use the websites below to collect pictures for your movie.
Pixabay
Morguefiles
Wikimedia Commons
Next you will create a movie in iMovie complete with voiceovers and music.
Book Trailers
You have seen movie trailers from studios which advertise their movies. Now it’s your turn to create a book trailer, in iMovie, for a book you love! We will begin by exploring and watching book trailers created by other students and teachers.
Visit the LiveBinder for examples of Book Trailers by students and teachers and all resources for this project.
Next we will choose a book and write the script for the trailer. Use this Book Trailer Storyboard document to type your script. We’ll search for or take pictures and find music for the trailers using the resources on the LiveBinder. Finally we will use iMovie to put it all together and record the narrative. See my example below.
Open House Bio Poem Movie
You will use the iPads to create a movie for your parent to view during open house. First type your biopoem in in the app Drawing Pad. Add a few pictures and an attractive font. Next import the saved jpg file into the app iMovie and read the poem to voiceover. Add some music to finish it off.
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Movies
We added a twist to our butterfly life cycle animations. We created a movie with iMovie, complete with music and a title page made with Drawing Pad. See our movies here.
State Fair Projects
You will continue to work on your state fair project choice:
- Typing information for your brochure presentation
- Tellagami, Green Screen, iMovie presentation
State Fair
You will continue to work on your state fair project choice:
- Brochure Presentation of state
- Haiku Deck Presentation of state
- Powerpoint Presentation of state
- Book Creator Presentation of state
- Tellagami, Green screen, iMovie Presentation of state
Phases of the Moon Movie
Now that we’ve completed the phases of the moon animation, let’s bring it into iMovie on the iPad and add music. Create a title for the movie in Drawing Pad and save to the camera roll.
Do You Want To Be My Friend?
Today we will begin to work on our class movie based on the book Do You Want To Be My Friend? by Eric Carle. Each student will be either the mouse or one of the animals.
- Read the book in class then decide how the animals might answer the mouse if they could talk.
- Mice-Practice your line, then we will use the green screen to shoot you saying your part. Ms. Mellman will make mouse ears for us.
- Animals- Practice your part, then we will use YakitKids to make the animals talk.
- We will then use the Green Screen app to put it all together.
- Finally, we will bring it into iMovie to add music and sound effect
Snow Cinquain Smashup
Today we will use the iPads to publish your cinquains about snow. We will create animated snowflakes in Do Ink, type the poem in Drawing Pad, then put them together in Green Screen. Finally, we will voice over the animation in iMovie.
Kiva Project
We will begin our Kiva Project by researching information about the country of the entrepreneur from Kiva that you wish to sponsor. Next you will begin to create an i-Movie presentation which will hopefully persuade your classmates to vote for your entrepreneur. Below are the steps to creating your presentation. Use our Kiva wikispace for resources.
1. Research and chose your entrepreneur
2. Storyboard your persuasive writing
3. Collect pictures for your presentation
4. Place pictures on the i-Movie timeline
5. Record your voice and synch with pictures
6. Create a credits page
7. Add transitions
8. Add background music
Field Trip Movie
Meet Heights Movie
Today we will work on the Meet Heights movie for our Alien Exchange partners in British Columbia. You can view it at the Alien Exchange website when it is complete.
Showtime!
Flip Cameras!
Digital Storytelling: The Hand-Me-Down Project
We will begin to get organized for the big Hand-Me-Down Story Project. You have completed the first step of interviewing your family members to gather information about a story that is often retold at family events. The next steps include:
- Use Inspiration software to create a graphic organizer that will help you write the actual story.
- Collect pictures and scan them into the computer.
- Write the story in Word.
- Storyboard the story for iMovie
- Narrate the story in iMovie, arranging words, pictures, and music into a heartfelt tale.
Movie For Our Learning Buddies in Spain
Today we will work on our iMovie project which introduces Sharon, MA to our learning buddies from Spain. We will post them all on our wiki and they will do the same as they introduce us to Barcelona, Spain.
Water Conservation Tips Book
Compliment Corner
Today is the day we will celebrate and share the Hand-Me-Down Project movies that you created. Leave a comment (complimentary, please) for each story on the author’s Compliment Corner page as you move around the lab listening to each story. Then visit Ms. Shapiro’s computer and add a comment about your thoughts on creating the project.
Hand-Me-Down Stories
Today we will continue to work on the Hand-Me-Down Story.
1. All pictures should be placed in iPhoto and merged into one event.
2. Completed your storyboard today, if you have not done so.
3. Open iMovie HD and create a title for your story in the editing section.
Digital Storytelling: The Hand-Me-Down Story Project
We will begin to get organized for the big Hand-Me-Down Story Project. You have completed the first step of interviewing your family members to gather information about a story that is often retold at family events. The next steps include:
- Use Inspiration software to create a graphic organizer that will help you write the actual story.
- Collect pictures and scan them into the computer.
- Write the story in Word.
- Storyboard the story for iMovie
- Narrate the story in iMovie, arranging words, pictures, and music into a heartfelt tale.