1. Why do student videos? A. Project based – teamwork, meeting deadlines, authentic assessment. B. Student-centered, technology-based, Web 2.0. C. They’re a lot of fun for the students and you.

2. Challenges A.Time intensive. 3-day minimum. B.A lot of work – technology can be frustrating. C.Students need thorough directions. Some Examples Brianna/Ariane/Jenna/Lauren – DVD Val/Emily/Gabii – Youtube Sons of Craig Sam and the Shark

3. Where to get video content? A. Student phones and cameras. B. School cameras. C. The Internet – You Must Have a File Converter (Many free ones available on- line.) www.mediaconverter.orgwww.mediaconverter.org D. Using photos. 1. Your own photos 2. From the Internet 3. From PowerPoint (Use “File Save As” and choose a photo format.)

4. WINDOWS LIVE MOVIE MAKER – AVAILABLE IN THE “ALL PROGRAMS” SECTION. A. Uploading and importing video content. B. Editing video content. C. Adding and editing sound.

5. Saving and transferring Movie Maker files. 1. To view/edit your movie on another computer YOU MUST CHOOSE “SAVE MOVIE” FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TOOLBAR. 2. Save it to the hard drive of the computer and then copy it to a flash drive or your H: drive. 3. I always use “For e-mail” to keep the file size down.

6. What Now? A. Try It! You’ll be glad you did. B. E-mail me at maurergh@npenn.org if you have any questions about using Live Movie Maker.maurergh@npenn.org C. E-mail Scott Swindells to get video cameras.