http://feeds.feedburner.com/ReversingTheNorm is a movie we made last year. It is a very basic one. Having had a lot of discussions with teachers of a range of grades, this is a technology which appears to very extremely applicable to the classroom. A friend of mine who teaches prep (and is very familair with this technology) openned my eyes to some of the possibilites of this. He got his preps to design a script, design a setting and then make a movie regarding litter. This is a real world concept, and they were able to make a movie using stop motion principles. All students had a role. All student were very involved in designing costumes, settings and script. As an engaging way to make a presentation, this appears to be way ahed of the standard poster/ speech etc. Where the opportunity presents itself, I will be using this in my classroom. The variety of learning available in this is much greater than any of the presentations I have seen previously, and much more engaging and real world for the students involved. Here is a link to Eric's movie, cotained in a quote from Eric:
You will need to be on the learningplace to view the movie we have made. Try it anyway.
http://eq21.janison.com/eq/podcast.asp?guid{49BF3288-8459-461B-83DD-CF57A0D65544}
It is very impressive to see what can be done.
I found many other uses for movie making software that are applicable in the classroom: Narrative, Procedure Texts, Poetry, Newscasts, Advertisements and Stories. I personally think that movie making is a great tool as it engages the students and allows them to be part of the process.
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