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SCAN ME

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bit.ly/GreenAndStop

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU INSTALL/update the app BEFORE WE BEGIN.

iMOVIE

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enhancing Classroom Creativity

with Apple iMovie

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Hey

There!

Katie Ward

HS EdTech Specialist

Goose Creek CISD

Baytown, TX

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OBJECTIVES

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU INSTALL/update THE app BEFORE WE BEGIN.

iMOVIE

Here’s what we’ll cover:

  • iMovie
    • Basics
    • Stop Motion
    • Green Screen
  • Ideas for Student Use

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Basics

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iMovie

CREATE A NEW PROJECT.

Step 1: Open iMovie and

tap Start New Project.

Step 2: Tap on Movie.

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Magic Movie

storyboards

New imovie 3.0 updates

Select a group of photos or videos and instantly create a polished Magic Movie with titles, transitions, & music.

Choose from a variety of storyboards- like Cooking, Product Review, and Science Experiment- to help you create popular types of videos & trailers.

Tap here for 5 Time Saving Tips for Movie Magic and Storyboards

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iMovie

INSERT YOUR CLIPS VIDEO FROM MEDIA.

Step 2: Tap on video

and then checkmark.

Step 1: Find your

Clips video.

Step 3: Once you have all the media you wanted selected, tap

Create Movie.

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iMovie

Tap on this screen to see a video of how the tools work.

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iMovie

INSERT SOME PHOTOS TO ADD TO YOUR CLIPS VIDEO.

Step 1: Find some photos to add in your media.

Step 2: Tap on photos

and then + sign.

NOTE: A photo panning effect called Ken Burns is built in. To disable it, tap on the photo.

Step 3: Add titles to the photos.

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Stop Motion

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Stop motion

Let’s play!

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What you’ll need:

  • iPad Camera
  • Lego Figure
  • Imagination

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Think of a quick story line. Snap 5-7 pictures of your figure in the poses that tell your story using your camera.

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Stop motion

Step 1: Load all the photos. Make sure to arrange them in correct order.

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Step 2: Disable Ken Burns effects and transitions on each photo.

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Step 3: Edit and shorten clips to get the stop motion effect that you want.

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Planner Sheet Option 1

Planner Sheet Option 2

You guessed it! A video demo!!

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Stop motion: IDEAS

Science:

States of Matter

Food for Thought

Erosion

Meiosis

Water Cycle

Space

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Literacy/Reading:

Phonics

Story Retelling

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History/Social Studies:

Battle Reenactment

Retelling

Rural Communities

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Math:

Are You a Square or a Rectangle?

Adding

Fractions

Area of a Circle

Solving Equations

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Stop motion: IDEAS

Items you can use:

  • Lego People
  • PlayDoh
  • Have students bring their own toys:

Super Hero figures, My Little Ponies, etc.

  • Dollar stores
  • Oriental Express
  • Plastic cups with drawn on faces
  • Markerboards/Desktop with Dry Erase

Marker

  • Draw your own figures

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Green Screen

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Green Screen

Let’s play!

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What you’ll need:

  • iPad Camera
  • Photo(s) from the internet for your background
  • Imagination

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Grab a partner and make a video describing what you did during the summer break. Take turns recording yourself in front of a green screen. Find pictures to add as your background.

Task cards

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Green screen

Step 1: Add a photo or video clip that

will be the background.

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Step 2: Drag the ticker mark to the beginning of the clip.

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Step 3: Tap on your green screen clip, tap the three dots (not +), tap Green/Blue Screen.

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Step 4: Make any edits or adjustments needed.

Check out these examples. Also has the demo of how to use Green Screen features.

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GREEN SCREEN: IDEAS

Ditch the Textbook:

News Report

Student Tutorials

Holiday Messages

All About Me

ABC Fun

Book Reports

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Teach Your Kids Code:

City Tour

Go Where You Wouldn’t Want To

Go Back in Time

Storyboarding

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Screencast-o-matic:

Artwork Show and Tell

Weather Reports

Math Teacher Demos

Music Interpretation Video

Visual Poetry

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Reminder:

Remind students NOT to wear green/blue ahead of time if you can. It might be helpful to have some back up sweaters/jackets for students that wear green/blue so they don’t “disappear.”

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GREEN SCREEN: IDEAS

You can use the following:

  • Fabric
  • Butcher Paper
  • Poster board
  • Green tents
  • Actual Green Screen
  • Pizza Boxes painted green
  • Shoe Boxes painted green
  • PlayDoh
  • Straws/Wooden Dowels
  • Magnifying Glass
  • Index Card in green
  • ANYTHING GREEN!

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Final Touches

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iMovie

INSERT SOME BACKGROUND MUSIC.

Step 1: Tap on Audio then tap on Soundtracks.

Step 2: Tap on a song and then + sign.

Tap on this mic to learn more about how to edit audio.

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iMovie

INSERT SOME SOUND EFFECTS.

Step 1: Tap on Audio then tap on Soundtracks.

Step 2: Tap on a song and then + sign.

Tap on this mic to learn more about how to edit audio.

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iMovie

INSERT VOICE OVER.

Step 1: Tap on Microphone.

Step 2: Tap on Record. Then tap on Stop when done.

Tap on this mic to learn more about how to edit audio.

Step 3: Tap on Accept to add to video. You can also do a Retake.

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iMovie

NAME YOUR VIDEO AND SAVE TO GALLERY.

Step 1: Tap done in the top left corner.

Step 2: Tap on the title of the project to change it.

Step 3: Tap on the “shareo” button.

Step 4: Tap Save Video.

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Other options

Split Screen

Puts two pieces of media beside each other depending on placement of video (video/video or video/photo or photo/photo combo). Great for compare and contrast.

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Picture in Picture

Puts one video on the corner of anther video. Great for news report projects.

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One Minute Documentary

Idea for keeping a project short yet sweet

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EXTRA RESOURCES

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Always feel free to Book your TIS or ETS!!!

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Thanks!

Feel free to reach out to ME!

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Katie Ward

HS EdTech Specialist

Goose Creek CISD

Baytown, TX

Credits: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, including icons by Flaticon, infographics & images by Freepik.

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