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Integrating Windows Movie Maker into the curriculumKaci Vander VorstDec 2009 Learners will be able to explain what Windows Movie Maker isLearners will be able to create and edit a movie with Windows Movie Maker.Learners will be able to download pictures and import them into Movie MakerLearners will be able to download music and import them into Movie Maker.Learners will be able to download a movie file into Movie Maker.Learners will be able to use Movie Maker in at least one unit of their curriculum.Learners will be able to import a movie to a website or WebCT.Learners will be able to implement Windows Movie Maker into their delivery of a lesson.Learners will be able to create an activity in which students use Windows Movie Maker to meet lesson objectives.

ObjectivesA video creating and editing softwareClick link to view definition:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Movie_Maker

Sally Burnham summarizes Windows Movie Maker as a program in Windows XP that allows you to make your own films and documentaries (39).

What is Windows Movie Maker?Students learn: Video filming techniquesEditing techniquesScript writingStoryboardingActingPresentation skillsTo create multimedia contentWork force Preparation21st Century SkillsKing,D.."Video on the Web: The Basics."MultiMedia & Internet@Schools 1Jan.2009:ProQuest Education Journals,ProQuest. Web. 30 Jun. 2009.

Why use movies in the classroom?Engages learners!Its a digital world!Allows a teacher to relate to their students!Is great for audio and visual learners!Gives another way to assess learning!

Why use movies in the classroom?Movie with just pictures and title slides This movie has music in the background and is simply a movie with pictures and information.Blended Video Brings in a variety of videos created with PhotoStoryContains a concept map to bring in all the areasI used title slides to bring in other informationExamples of my moviesFashion ShowIn Spanish class the students created a fashion show with their knowledge of clothing vocabulary. This was to assess their end of unit knowledgeGraph ProjectStudents in Algebra II created an end-of-year graph movie to explain all the types of graphs they learned this year. They modeled each graph and then explained it.Example of student moviesThe interface of the softwareCreate title page and other slidesImport picturesEdit pictures/slides and add transitionsImport music filesImport a movie fileEdit and create final movieUpload to websiteWhat we are going to learn:

Overview of interface

Click to go to interface explanation!Click for audio explanation!Title Clip

Tells you where to insert the title page. A title page is a page you can put text on.Go to ToolsTitles and Credits orclick on Make Titles and Credits link under Edit Movie Select type of slide and where you want itWrite text Change animation or fontClick done, add title to movie Can move slides where you want them!Title ClipClick on Make Titles or Credits or go to tools and select titles and creditsClick type of slidebefore, on, or after clipEdit and enter information just like the title page instructionsSave clip and enter into movie

To Make a Page with Text OnlyGet a picture (download one or upload one)Know where pictures are saved!Click on import picturesClick on picture to importWill import into collectionsDrag from collections to position in movie storyboardImport PictureTo Import Picture

Click on Import Pictures and choose picture to import into your collectionsOnce picture is imported, drag picture from collections into the storyboard.

To Import Picture

Drag picture to storyboardStoryboardTransitions go between clips!Click on View Video TransitionsChoose the transition you would like Drag it to small box in between clips and titlesView

Add Transitions

Enter transitionClick to addClick on View Video EffectsChoose the one effect you would likeDrag it on top of the clip you want the effect onView

Video effects

Click to add effectDrag effect onto the clipTake place on clipIts what you want to do with the current slide while presenting in (zoom in, zoom out..etc.)

Video Effects

Video Effects Collection. Click on one to preview!Drag Effect onto big box. A blue star at the bottom will indicate an effect is insertedClick on Make titles or creditsor go to toolsSelect credits at endEnter credits in boxEdit creditsSelect done, add to movie

Credit Page

Click make titles or creditsMake sure file is supported by Windows Movie MakerClick import music or audioFind music file wanting to importSelect itwill be added into collections

Import Music or Audio

Click on import music or audioImports into collectionView Movie in Timeline modeDrag music file to the audio/music line in timelinePut it where you want to begin the music/audioEdit

Music/AudioContinued

Click Show Timeline

Drag Music hereMake sure movie is supported by Movie Maker Click import videoClick on video to import and will be added to collectionImport Movie Clip

Movies ImportedCan enter clip in either timeline or storyboard formEdit/Trim Clip in timeline formView

Importing Movie continued

Drag movie hereMust do this step to create movie fileChoose where to save the fileTo Finish and Make the Movie!

Click on where you want to save!Enter Title of MovieClick Best quality for playbackClick next and it will make movie

Finishing Movie

Add title and next. Then hit best quality for playback and click next.Make sure upload file with .wmv extenstion!Do not upload the MSWMM file because that is your actual projectnot the movie!

Will take some time!Uploading FileWhen you need a substituteTo introduce a unit/lessonA project to further understanding of materialA project to assess what has been learned

Closing Video

Your turn!Ideas for use