iMovie+in+the+Classrooom

iMove in the Classroom and a little GIS
Presenter: Jason Shiffer School District: Warwick School District Email: jshiffer@warwicksd.org Del.icio.us name: jashiffer

GIS lessons information: [|Link to ESRI ArcView GIS software information] [|Link to the Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) website for free data download on statewide information] [|Link to the website for the book: Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators (includes .pdf files of each lesson)]

[|Link for Starry Night software information]

Information to make your own movie lesson: 3/4/2008 Presentation file: [|iMovie Workshop.ppt] For a copy of the activity that I used: [|Seconds From Disaster- ilife video sheet.doc] For a copy of the grading rubric that I used: [|Imoive grading rubric.doc] Sample of student work from the 2006-2007 school year: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake- [|SAN FRAN 1906.mov]

//BLOGGER - Kelli Murphy

This session is NOT a session of 'How-to' for iMovie. This is a resource that Jason uses to develop some of class lessons. iMovie is a MAC product is not available on the PC or Windows computer. Windows users can use MovieMaker as a Windows-based program.//

-Jason showed a geographic map of PA (PA rocks by age) -can show rock formations by time period (indicated by different colors) -able to change the viewing of the data that you are looking at, depending on what you want to see or what you would like to see -the program works in layers
 * __ARCView - GIS program__:** This is one program that he uses within the classroom to bring historical and timely information into his lessons.

//WHY use Movies in the classroom:// -engages students in the topics -allows them to show what they know -incorporates a variety of skill levels and problem-solving techniques into one lesson
 * __Uisng iMovie in the Classroom (class assignment)__**

//THE PROJECT:// //Showcasing knowledge of natural disasters// -each could decide which natural disaster they wanted to research and also what role they wanted to play (newscaster, victim, etc.) -they can make their own recordings by putting themselves into real world situations/natural disasters such as: Tsunami, earthquakes, -once they have the information then they need to storyboard of what they wanted their movie consists of, including the script (must be okay'd by the teacher prior to production) -work must be cited at the end of their movies -A clear outline and rubrics was given to each student at the start of the project to make sure they knew what elements were required in the project

WHAT DID THE TEACHER LEARN? -students needed very little training in iMovie prior to the project start even though many did not know the program -setting up benchmarks timetable made the project more mangeable -having an approval process made the production much smoother -specific content requirements and vague project formats allowed the students to express creativity while conveying the information needed -prior research completion may have lessen the amount of classroom time needed to complete the project