I hope that everyone is enjoying this course as much as I am. I am finding it more and more interesting and beneficial as the weeks go by and this week (week 5) has been really fun and has engaged me!
'iMovie' is a fantastic movie making program which allows you to add photos, videos, songs, podcasts, sound effects and transitions etc at the touch of a mouse! After exploring these settings and creating my own movie, I have found so many beneficial uses for it educationally. I did create an imovie however, it did not upload unfortunately. I will keep trying to upload it.
Benefits for Education Purposes:
- easy to use
- easy to teach to students, staff and even parents
- at the touch of a button you can change and alter settings such as backgrounds, sounds, add podcasts, songs, photos, transitions etc.
- fun way of presenting information to students
- students could create an iMovie to accompany their assignments
- great homework task (create an imovie for homework!)
- can upload to blogs etc easily
- students can personalise their own iMovie
Disadvantages:
- not all students will have access to a computer
- students may not have this program
I look forward to being able to utilise movies for educational purposes in the classroom. I believe that it will engage students, as it is visually appealing, interactive and engaging for all aged students. Students can also make these themselves either at home or at school which is a great bonus for both teacher and student. Utilising movies in the classroom is a great use of ICT's which will further benefit the child in so many ways including becoming more familiarised with media and technology, engaging students into classroom work and for them to explore the possibilities in education through assignments and homework tasks.
Thanks and warm regards,
Brid
Courtesy to: pakpoint.com for using the iMovie picture.
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