iMovie

Imovie is apple video editing software. The use of video projects in the classroom can be a wonderful addition to the curriculum. As easily as it can be a wonderful tool, it can also lead to superficial learning and multimedia for multimedia's sake, or worse, a huge headache. The value any educational tool is how easily it can create literacies and competencies. We use Microsoft Word because we find it to be an effective tool to teach word preocessing, We might also use Microsoft Word because it is the tool that everyone uses, We use Microsoft Excel to work with numerical data to manipulate and display. There are lots of tools that are avialiable to develop literacies in vide, but IMovie is the most commonly used tool for teaching video Video competency. The International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) has developed a series of competencies for students called[|NETS(National Educational Technology Standards)]. One of the core competencies that they list is "Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. c. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems."

A well constructed Imovie project can achieve each of these skills.

Underneath you will find some examples of effective lessons in Imovie:
 * [|Rediscovering Steinbeck]
 * [|Creation Stories]
 * [|About: Greatest Living Writer's Project]
 * [|Core Democratic Values]
 * [|Media Rich Field Trips]
 * [|Changing Society Documentaries]
 * [|The National Math Trail]
 * [|Fluency in Foreign Languages Using Imovie]

Here are some resources that can help you develop competencies in these areas:


 * [|Videography for educators]
 * [|Electronic Portfolios]
 * [|Atomic Learning]
 * [|The Open Video Project]
 * [|Archive.org moving Images Collection]
 * [|Stock Footage for free]
 * [|Free footage from Creative Cow]