iMovie!

The fifth grade students are doing some really cool things using Menus. The teachers have given them choices for products. Some of the products are easy and the students can quickly produce, others are quite intensive. One whole group of students have decided to create movies. If they do it well...they get 100 points. So...we sat down the other day to brainstorm how to create a movie...from the storyboard to the final product. We talked for about 30 minutes about the basics and then we started talking about perspective. Wow...did we get a long way. We went from starting with "talking heads" to doing green screens. The students decided to experiment with Keynote/PPT for the title slides. The flip cameras were put to use quickly. For the second part of the class time, they started putting the videos together. Each student started with a different piece...I can't wait to see how they all go together. It never amazes me as I work with students how they can so quickly learn the skills and never hesitate to try anything new. Just a suggestion and they are off with new ideas...they are so interested in trying new things....sometimes you just learn things from your students!