After a little group inquiry into iMovie, here’s what we found!

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iMovie Features 

  • Make a trailer or movie                                          
  • Choose themes                                                     
  • Add photos or video clips from your device      
  • Rearrange clips 
  • Can extend or shorten clips 
  • Add voice over
  • Delete audio from clips
  • Add audio clips
  • Add transitions 
  • Text and titles 
  • Import music from Itunes (be aware of copyright)
  • Add audio clips from the application 
  • Export to many places/ in many formats

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Examples Of iMovie Implemented In The Classroom

  • Book trailers (an alternative to book report projects 
  • News Report (current events)
  • Interviews (ex: family or community) 
  • Documenting experiences through clips they filmed during the experience (ex. Thoughts on a field trip)

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Benefits Of iMovie

  • Multimodal ways of sharing knowledge – videos, pictures, audio and words
  • Interesting to kids, spices up their lives !!
  • Teaches photography/ video skills 
  • Allows students to document experiences, which, in turn, can help teachers see the world through their eyes
  • Students can work individually or collaboratively

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Drawbacks of iMovie

  • The trailer format doesn’t leave a ton of room for creativity in terms of videos editing, which means projects can be completed quickly but will be relatively formulaic 
  • Students experiencing technical difficulties may get easily frustrated and unmotivated 
  • Not all students enjoy performing/ acting and may feel uncomfortable showing their video trailers to their classmates