MovieMaker

My first experience with MovieMaker

When I took this class last summer, I created a movie about my honeymoon. I was so excited about what I had created, that I created a digital movie during the first month of school. I was a little nervous about creating a digital movie with a class of 2nd graders. However, once I got started, I realized that it WAS possible. During the first week of school, my students wrote in their journal an entry entitled "All About Me." Then, I edited their journals during a writer's workshop. After the students had read their entry out loud several times, I begin to let students record the narration for the video. This was a bit time consuming, but the students were so excited about being able to record their voices on the computer. Each time we get a new student, or we have a classroom video, the students beg to show our "All About Me" video.

Now, I am getting ready to try again. We just took a trip to the zoo last month. My students asked if we could make a new movie about our field trip. I have many pictures from the trip. So, I printed out each picture and pasted them into their journals. The students had to write about what was going on in the picture. We have edited the entries and are beginning the recording this week. Hopefully I will be able to add this new video to my blog very soon. Check back by to view my 2nd digital video!