Rationale for Video/ iMovie

NETS- T IB, IID,VIB

DPI Standard 6, indicator 1

DPI Standard 12

Content:

During my Block I semester in the spring of 2007 in CI 3750 class, I did a project  called “Video/iMovie” in which a group of two classmates and I made a video based on the book David goes to School by David Shannon.  I learned how to use a video camera and the tripod. I learned how to make different shots with a video camera. Such as long shot, close up, jump cut, high angle, low angle, and zoom in and out. My group practiced the different shots that we had learned. Then my group made a story board on the movie that we made. We then taped our movie which was an adaptation of the book David Goes to School. After we taped it we uploaded our movie on to iMovie. My group then edited our movie cutting and splitting parts that we didn’t need. We put music behind the voices, we did a still shot picture, put transitions in our movie. My group put text over a picture in our movie. After making a finished product which was an iMovie that was an adaptation of David Goes to School, we exported our iMovie onto a DVD-R and loaded it on Quick Time file so that it would compress the movie to be smaller, so that we could load the movie on each of our USB’s and Taskstream. We presented our iMovie to our class and our teacher. Our teacher was amazed over the iMovie that we made.

Impact:

In my own classroom I will read the book David Goes to School to my students. After reading the book I will show them the iMovie/video that my group made. Since our iMovie was an adaptation of David Goes to School. I will have my students as a class choose a favorite book that we will make adaptations to, and make a storyboard. Then we will make our own iMovie of the book of their choice. Then after we have a finished product I will show it to their parents at a PTO meeting or another school event.

Alignment:

• I have met NETS- T IB requirement by using the most current program that was just released in December of 2006 called iMoive. iMovie is a state-of-the-art video program.
• I have met NETS-T IID requirement by learning to mange digital video cameras and video production equipment. I learned how to use a digital video camera, tripod, and the ways to take care of digital camera. I learned how to make different shots with the camera.
• I have met NETS-T VIB requirement because iMoive appeals to diverse learners. iMovie uses a variety of senses including touch, sound, and sight, and it was very interactive and engaging. iMovie also keeps attentions of LD or ADHD children.
• I have met DPI standard 6, indictor 1 by doing a storyboard on the book David goes to school.  I thought about different scenes and affect that I wanted to use when making the storyboard for our movie. The arts disciplined me because of using visual arts using iMovie and theatre arts by acting out the book.
• I have met DPI standard 12 by learning how to integrate technology (the use of computer and iMovie) with the arts of graphic and visual arts of drama and video production.