1. Enrich the Study of the American Revolution with Technology Combining Narration with Still Images in Windows Moviemaker iLearn Social Studies Session 5 of 8

2. Focusing Questions How do we combine narration with images in Windows Movie Maker? What is storyboarding and what does it add to the process?

3. Instruction

4. Framing Our Work Today we will use the narration we recorded in the previous session as a framework for setting up our documentary. The audio track will give us an idea of the length of the documentary, and serve as a guide for gathering images that correspond with the narration. This is the visual component of the movie, and it will determine what the overall “look” will be. Some people like to use a storyboard to create a basic framework. This process helps you make decisions about sequencing too.

5. Creating a Storyboard Use the “Storyboard” document to sequence the narration and to brainstorm appropriate images

6. Teaching: Finding Images What do I want to find? >Use images of historical documents of maps, flags, objects, political cartoons, or anything that relates to the narration. Where to find images (Internet sources): >Try the Web sites listed on the chart paper. >Return to Web sites selected during your research. >Check out educational Web sites such as the Library of Congress, the NY Public Library, or a museum Web site. >Avoid commercial Web sites like Google Images and Yahoo! because of copyright protection laws (unless permission is received).

7. Teaching: Finding Images Other non-Internet image sources: >Scan in student artwork or images from books to use in your project too. >Use photos your students took, perhaps from a field trip to a museum or historical site.

8. Saving Images Create a place to store images. >Create a new folder on the desktop called “JFK Images.” >To find images of JFK for my sample project, I will now go to the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum at http://www.jfklibrary.org. I click on Historical Resources> Archives > General Photo Gallery.http://www.jfklibrary.org Save the images you have found. >Internet: Right-click on the largest image and Save to “JFK images” folder. >Collect all images.

9. Guided Practice Everyone in your group should find and save a few images in a designated folder.

10. Working with images in Windows Movie Maker Import the images. >Open Windows Movie Maker. >Go to the File menu. >Select “Import into Collections.” >Browse for the folder. Select the images. >Click on one image at a time and press “Import.” >Select multiple images by holding down the shift key. Do an initial sequencing. >Put the images in a tentative order. >Name each clip something that you will remember.

11. Sequencing the Movie Sequence the movie. >Drag the pictures from the Collection into the timeline and determine their placement. Adjust the time each image will be seen. >The default setting for images on the timeline is five seconds. >Change it by clicking on the time setting on the shelf.

12. Guided Practice Everyone in your group should import his/her saved images into Windows Movie Maker. Sequence the images in the Collections area. Drag the images onto the timeline. Adjust the length of the clip to correspond with the narration.

13. Work Time

14. Today’s session focused on finding and importing images for your documentary. Continue adding images you have found. Align the images and the narrative. Save your documentary.

15. Share

16. Today we learned how to combine narration with images in Windows Movie Maker. Let us share our thoughts on the movie making process so far. What did you find challenging, what worked well, and what would you do differently? Is storyboarding an essential stage in the process? Why or why not? Share

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