Just had a bit of a play with Microsoft MovieMaker. I didn't really explore all the features properly, but I like the way you can 'fit' the picture to the song lyrics. It seems sad by making particular photos sit with certain lyrics. Interesting how differently things could be interpreted. I enjoyed playing with this and will definitely be showing my daughter how to use it. She is getting quite tech savvy at the grand age of 8. She loves powerpoints so I think this will be right up her alley.
Worth noting...I also figured out that I could just paste the code directly onto here by clicking the HTML button...maybe obvious to some, but new to me. :)
I've heard photostory is great too. I think so long as the interface user friendly, most students could happily use these programs in a classroom. The option of adding text, sound, still images or other video make the possibilities endless.
I think making a brochure of a school camp as a visual recount for parents/grandparents would be a great idea. There are many literacy skills being practiced and learnt whilst playing with making movies. The art of persuasion is absolutely embedded. How can I change how the viewer feels about the same set of images just by using different backing music? How will the effect change if I speed things up?
Students could video themselves moving in particular ways and then add sound effects to see for themselves what happens.
Semiotics
Semiotics are extremely important for students to learn about in (old fashioned) literacy and even more so when multimedia is being used. Not to mention when teaching about PERSUASIVE WRITING!!! Have a read about the use of semiotics in advertising.Below is one slide from an group assignment I did for English last year. The whole powerpoint is available to view for those of you interested in Semiotics: The study of signs, on my wiki..
https://lovetheclassroom.wikispaces.com/The+study+of+signs+is+called+Semiotics you will probably need to log in as userLRwiki1 and then passwordLRwiki1. Hope this works for you!
Otherwise here is the slide that I created to change the feel of the house cleaning scene from Snow White.... (the music is just taken from the haunted forest scene earlier in the movie. It completely changes the 'feel' (mood) of the scene. Rather than the relaxed, fun cleaning experience it becomes one of rushing and worry. For some reason the video stops halfway through, but you can still get th picture. This was a nightmare to upload...I tried to save to slideshare, but then it wouldn't play, so then I saved as a WMV file and then uploaded to youtube. But finally here it is...
As for podcasting and Audioboo...
I'm really struggling with this one as I cannot find the embed code anywhere for the audioboo (it wasn't great anyway). I had recorded it using my iPad, as I don't have a microphone.
I have listened to many a podcast in my time (love listening to audio stories when I'm too tired to read) so I will have a reflect on their use in a classroom.
Clip and soundbite used in mixup retreived from Snow white cleaning clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAayR6ma6CM and Snow white haunted forest sound bite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2zrs7Irzuw&feature=related
Great idea mixing up the sound (Snow White). We take the audio for granted when we're watching a movie.
ReplyDeleteI just realised that you've got links to your other websites up the top. I should do the same.
I know...I became fascinated by the unwritten 'code' that we unwittingly interpret when we watch movies or view images. It's so important to teach this to students, especially in a world where they are constantly asked (NAPLAN) to write or create persuasive texts.
ReplyDeleteLinks...lol, not that I've had a chance to edit them. :)