iMovie

Our final technology project consisted of creating an iMovie.  For my iMovie content, I chose to focus on major animal types.  These types include: amphibians, birds, insects, mammals, reptiles, and fish.  I hope that this iMovie might serve as an attention-grabbing introduction to a science lesson on animal types.  The zooming effects and sound featured in my iMovie could hopeful retain the interest of a classroom of elementary students.

While working in iMovie was fairly easy and self-explanatory, I did experience a few frustrations.  When I added transitions in between clips, the amount of time per clip changed.  This was slightly irritating because I had to then go in and change each clip time back to the desired 4 seconds.  Also, I wish that the program offered more clip background options and more fonts.  I would have loved to have had a wider variety of themes to choose from.  However, as with many of the tools that we have worked with this semester, I feel like I could greatly benefit from more experience with iMovie.  If I had a little more time to familiarize myself with the tool and its capabilities, I think I would have enjoyed creating my iMovie more.

All that being said, I think that videos created through iMovie have the potential to greatly aid instruction in the classroom.  In this media age, we teachers must keep up.  Currently, children experience the digital world daily.  I feel that incorporating digital content into the classroom is a high priority due to child intrigue and exposure to the digital world.

My iMovie...