Integrated Video Technology

Goal: Mother's Day Movie

Students will gather pictures from birth to present. They will need a minimum of
25 pictures. They may import pictures using sd cards, or any type card (with a card reader with usb connection). IPhoto is what my school uses on an EMAC and IMAC.
I also encourage students to scan their pictures and put them on cd. Then import them into the macs.

The students will arrange the pictures in timeline form. They are required to create a title, use 2-3 transitions, 2-3 effects, import a minimum of 2 songs, and burn the completed dvd. I have a rubric in place for grading.

Students will also research a mother's day poem using the internet or create their own poem. They will read the poem and import it using the editing software (my school uses IMOVIE on the Macs or MOVIE MAKER on the IBM).

We also create a still picture from streaming video and export it to an sd card to make a customized label for our completed dvd. We use the label maker from
Neato.com.

I use both computers so that my students will be familiar with each type software and computer. We watch the videos when they are completed using dvd player and a tv.

Note: Mothers have told me how much this has meant to them (with tears in their eyes).