I also liked being able to add words to each clip. You simply slide the yellow dots to make the clip longer or shorter. I liked being able to edit the clips within the app. All you had to do to add the music was to click on the musical note icon you see in the picture above. There were a variety of generic tunes you could choose from, or you could choose something from your iTunes libary. I loved being able to add “background music” to the video clips. You simply drag the clips you want to use to add them to the video. I’ve made photo slideshows in iPhoto before, and the process was similar. We loved the final product so much that we even made a second one for our Kindergarten classes! Here’s what I liked about iMovie: The clips flowed smoothly from one to the next and there was sweet, happy background music which really set the tone, but didn’t overshadow the children’s own words. What we ended up with was a collection of video clips of each child sharing their favorite thing about school so far. I so wish I could share it here, but it would be too hard to edit it in a way that would protect my students’ privacy. I took the plunge and produced what I have to say, turned out to be an absolutely adorable movie that we were able to share with parents on our class website and at our back to school night. I remembered that people felt it was well worth the $4.99 price tag. As I flipped through a variety of video apps I remembered that I’d heard good things about iMovie. That’s when I started searching for a way to compile the clips into some sort of montage. Unfortunately, a quick experiment with Aurasma suggested that the pictures of the children’s faces would not make good trigger images. I initially thought I might turn this into another augmented reality activity for back to school night where the parents would scan a picture of the child’s face which would then trigger the video clip. Their responses were adorable! I knew that I wanted to find a creative medium to share the videos. I finally decided to put it to the test by making an iMovie video.Īs we began our 5th day of school this week, I used my iPad to shoot a short video clip of each child sharing their favorite thing about school so far. I kept hearing about what a great tool iMovie can be in the classroom.
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