iMovie

Posting videos to your blog can be a really great way to visually share information with your readers. Through our EDM 310 class, we have viewed many informational videos, some of which can be seen in our previous posts, and have learned to create our own using programs such as iMovie for the Mac. This program can be used to record video with the Mac's camera, or to edit photos and sound effects together to create a video of your own.

Posted below are some videos created by Kristen using the iMovie program.

The first is an instructional video in which Kristen teaches her younger sister to create a blog.

This type of video is somewhat easier to make. Simply pull up the iMovie program, click create new project, and start recording. Using a straightforward instructional video like this can be useful when presenting lectures or as a group assignment for the students themselves. Mr. McClung, a blogging teacher in Arkansas, has posted to his several videos created by his students, in which they present short lessons to their classmates on topics like the Missouri Compromise or what makes a great leader. These projects are fun ways to get the kids involved in their own learning, as well as to teach them a little something about technology. 

The second video, is a collection of photos from the children's book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, pieced together to create a book trailer for one of our latest class projects. 

This type of video requires the creator to either scan photos into their Mac themselves, or look up photos online. One the photos are found and edited to fit the screen, they can be arranged in iMovie and set to play for certain intervals. Kristen's video, for example, plays each shot for a few seconds. When creating this type of video, it is also fun to add sound effects and music to the shots, which can be done by dragging the sounds from the iMovie or iTunes library of the Mac straight to the area that you want it to play.

For a more detailed look at creating these sorts of videos, see Anthony's post on our class blog:

Part 1

Part 2