Digital Storytelling

MOVIE:
The use of video in education has been around for a long time, but it is just in recent years that it has become simple for classroom teachers and children to create and edit their own educational videos. The Apple Learning Interchange gives multiple examples of using educational video for teaching content standards.

Yesterday you should have written a brief story on the 4 X 6 inch note card. Today you will form groups and review each others stories. By the end of the day you should have selected one story that you will develop next week. On Monday you will checkout a digital camcorder or camera from OIT (room 232) and capture any footage for your movie. You may also use digital photographs like the examples we watched in class yesterday. On Tuesday and Wednesday you will use iMovie to edit your videos, add voice and music, and make transitions between clips (if needed).

You'll want to review the project guidelines for this project -- but keep in mind that you need not capture more than 5-8 minutes of raw footage. This will be edited down to 2-3 minutes of video. We will use iMovie for editing. iMovie HD is the software available in the iLife suite on Macintosh computers. PCs have a similar software called Movie Maker 2.0 -- but it is not as easy to use in its existing version. Today you'll learn the ins and outs of the software. We will edit video during Tuesday's class.

For Monday's class (we will not meet formally as a group):
1. Arrange a time to meet with your group to capture video footage and still images in preparation for Tuesday's class. All group members should be present for this meeting.
2. Send an email to me (gbthomas@uga.edu) by 10:30 on Monday with the web address for your Inspiration project.

For Tuesday's class:
1. Bring your tape of no more than 8 minutes of raw footage for your story.
2. Bring any music or still images that you want to use in your story.