One of the most common questions I get from teachers is how to start a movie-making project with their students. There are so many great tools out there that it can be hard to figure out where to begin. In this episode, I share my favorite tips for getting started with movie-making and some of my favorite tools for supporting your students in the process.
Get Started with Movie-Making
Overwhelmed with the idea of movie-making with students? There are so many great options, but it can be hard to figure out where to begin!
In this episode I share my favorite tips for getting started with movie-making and some of my favorite tools for supporting your students in the process.
In addition to sharing some of my favorite online resources, I also talk about free apps that will help you plan a project from start to finish and even upload your videos directly into YouTube or Vimeo — or share student projects with a smaller, more local audience!
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Movie-Making Tips
- First, choose a movie-making tool and create an exemplar.
- Next, model how to storyboard with students.
- Then, brainstorm keywords to use when searching for images, icons or videos.
- Finally, establish an audience and how to share student creations.
Sponsored by Teq
This episode is sponsored by Teq and I’m so excited to partner with them for a webinar series this June. It’s totally free and you can join one or all three of these webinars covering EdTech topics like creation in the classroom, assessment tips, and more. Register for the event or sign up to view the replays on their website. Just go to otispd.com, click on Upcoming Events, and you’ll find three free webinars you can join. That’s otispd.com — You can also send me a DM on Instagram and I’ll make sure to get you the link.
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Episode Resources
- 40 Ways to Inject Creativity into Your Classroom with Adobe Spark
- Free Movie Making Graphic Organizers
- Adobe Spark for Education (Information on setting up free tools)
- iMovie
- Explain Everything (Digital whiteboard)
- Storyboard That (Digital storytelling tool)
- Book Creator (Ebook creation tool)
- Movie-Making Activity to Strengthen Classroom Community (Blog Post)
- Video Editor and Storyboarding Tool for Online Teaching (Blog Post)
- StoryboardThat Paper-Sized Layout for Classroom Creations (Blog Post)
- Explain Everything on Chromebooks for Students (Blog Post)
- Quick Ways to Share Student Videos with an Audience (Podcast Episode)
- Must-Try Updates! New Features in Book Creator (Blog Post)
- Using Book Creator in Elementary Classrooms (Blog Post)
- Book Creator in the High School Classroom (Blog Post)
- Digital Storytelling Lesson Ideas with Book Creator (Blog Post)
