This week was my first time to use Window's Movie Maker to make my Digital Storytelling movie project. As mentioned earlier, I incorporated the 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling into my project in order to make it easier and more exciting for the students to understand and watch. I used many technological tools that were new to me this week in order to make my project a success.
The goal of my project was to inspire my students to create their own movies and explore the importance of numbers in areas other than math. In this case, I challenged them to focus on history and their own lives by giving examples of how numbers are used in each.
By using a camera with video capabilities, I was able to record my beginning and ending instructions for my students. In the middle of my movie presentation is an example of a video project that the children to follow. This was created by collecting pictures from not only various websites, but also from my personal photo albums. By using the tool AVS Audio Editor, I was able to record my voice over my selected music track so that I could have soft music playing in the background of my movie. This tool helped me successfully mold the two audio files together while making sure that my voice was clearly heard and the music was not distracting. After I had perfected my audio and video clips, I imported all of these along with my pictures into Windows Movie Maker and was able to use this tool to make my movie. This made it extremely easy for me to blend all of the elements of a movie together with the correct timing and save it in a proper file. From this, I was able to upload it onto the internet with ease to share with others.
Using these technological tools to implement the important aspects of digital storytelling, I was able to create a movie that would inspire my students to do the same. Both parents and students alike would be able to watch this movie and be able to make their own example of why numbers are important.
Here is my first attempt at a digital storytelling movie project which will aid me in teaching my students....
Presentation
16 years ago
Hi Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed watching your movie! I think students would really like it also. Using movies to grap their attention is a great way to get them motivated to learn the material. I really like how you are incorporating the use of numbers throughtout your whole lesson. It seems like you really understand all the technology and you did a great job!