Creating a video seemed fun and somehow rewarding experience.
For the video shooting activity last week, I planned to make a video regarding my baby from her birth to now. However, the Imoive did not read my video file. So I spent most of my time to convert my files to different form. I could not use all the videos I prepared. I thought it would be challenging if every student in my class brought different files and had problem with uploading.
I can see lots of possbilities and benefits of cerating a video in classes.
By giving students opportunities to create a story, students will understand how a story is structured. Traditionally, students learn about the concept of a story by reading a story and examining the story through listing the chain of events, characters, problems, solutions, etc.
However, for the video creation activities, they have to create the chain of events, characters, problems, and solutions. I think by doing this, students will learn the concept of a good story more actively than reading a story.
Also, by learning the different angles in video, students will learn not only the effect of video but also juxtapose the concept of "view points" in the story.
Here is my interactive presentation slides.
I created slides with the powerpoint and exported with Voice Thread.
It was an easy process but I don't know why my ponts and lines have changed in Voice Thread.
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I also liked shooting and editing video, but I ran into the same problem you did: The video files came out of my camera as .MOV files (which would be OK for iMovie) but I needed .AVI files for Windows MovieMaker, so I needed to convert them. However, I ended up using iMovie anyway, so I converted the files and then didn't need them. Maybe I'll go back and "play" with Windows MovieMaker over the holiday break.
Your concern is a good one: What if we did this in class and students came in with a bunch of different file formats. UGH! What a nightmare that class session would be.
I like your ideas about story creation, and I think making a movie and "story-boarding" it first, is a more active way to study the elements of a story, but can we make the "traditional" way of studying a story more active through technology--without the need to make a movie? I think doing a VoiceThread presentation of a story, or using VT to "retell" the story, might be a good method.
Also, your interactive presentation: The embedded VoiceThread window says that your VT has been deleted by the creator. I'm sorry to hear that; I wanted to see it. But you said you had problems in the "conversion" or "transfer" from PowerPoint to VoiceThread? I had the same kinds of problems with transfer from PowerPoint to Google Docs.
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