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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| imovie-ski trip |
4 to 12 |
 (0 stars, 1 ratings) Work in small groups and use imovie to create a movie of our class trip. |
| Creating Our Own Newscast |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Through effective delivery of the morning announcements, and adding creative visual headings for each, it is possible to share news on the school web page with students, staff, and parents, as well as archive the events of the year. |
| Digital Parts of Speech |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Enlgish Language Learners at the high school level will create iMovie projects with music, photo clips, and video clips to enhance learning & instruction of parts of speech. |
| Documentary-Style Research Projects |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will research a topic related to the social studies curriculum, and then create a report and a short documentary video using iMovie. Along the way, students will learn how to narrow topics, take notes, keep citations, and make editing choices. This is an ideal lesson for a computer lab setting. |
| eLeaders Technology (Students of the 21st Century) Program |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) With the new PILOT program of eLeaders, students are accepted that have an interest in technology, and volunteer their time, to troubleshoot technology, teach lessons to peers and teachers, and offer in-service presentations on staff Professional Development Days. Additionally, they assist with and participate in a (rotating) class of 60 students (changing every 2-4 weeks so all South Middle School population may participate) that create the SMS Video Productions (completely created by student body), our newly founded news source. |
| Element Videos |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will work in groups of 2 or 3 to research a specific element of the periodic table and create a short Imovie with the information they have learned. |
| Score it! |
3 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students would work in small groups to create a movie score/soundscape for a 3-5-scene movie |
| Shot Composition Video |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will introduce and demonstrate 22 camera shots, movements, and angles using a digital camera. They will edit their video using iMovie and add music using Garageband. Final projects will be posted on their own webpages. |
| I Have A Dream |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) Fourth Grade and Second Grade Buddies will collaborate to write "I Have A Dream" poetry and record their poetry to share on the Internet. They will use the videos to assess the content and presentation. |
| "Know Your Rights" Bill of Rights- Stop Motion Video Project |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a stop-motion video short based on one of the ten amendments in the U.S. Bill of Rights. |
| A Day in the Life on Tech’s Campus |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Multimedia assignment to capture what is happening on campus from multiple perspectives with photos, stories, video and blogs |
| Ancient Chinese Inventions |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be selecting an ancient chinese invention and researching it. They will then create a marking campaign to market the product. |
| Ancient World Advertisement Videos |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use a video creation program to make and advertisement for an Ancient World civilization which they will share with their peers. |
| Animation Station |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create clay animated videos. These videos are based on idioms or short stories the students write. |
| art tech club |
5 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Interested and motivated students in various grades join one of my Friday "art club" groups. At least one group spends their time making an animated movie. |
| Book Report Alternative |
2 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students read a book independently and then write and record a book review. Class book reviews are compiled to make a video. |
| Campus Media Team |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The campus media team create biweekly news shows for the school. The videos are for the students and teachers to be kept informed, entertained and updated on the latest events happening at school. |
| Claymation |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) My students will create a Fairy Tale Remake with clay animation using photography (digital pictures), writing, directing, and editing skills. The computer application iMovie will be used to create the animated video. |
| Claymation Film Festival |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This project allows students to extend their story-writing skills to a new medium. Students will learn the essential elements of a story through creating a storyboard, characters, and a short claymation video |
| Claymation Metamorphosis in Butterflies |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This Claymation project will show the Butterfly Life Cycle. Starting with a storyboard plan our students will build characters ( young larvae, mature larvae, butterfly) and film their actions one frame at a time with a digital camera. |
| Create a News Program |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create their very own news program complete with commercials. They will explore writing, reporting, operating a video camera, and using digital tools such as chroma-key. This lesson will spark their interest in reporting facts and writing for a purpose. |
| Cultural Awareness in Omaha: Entering the Golden Door |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Jr. High students at Holy Name School will develop their cultural awareness through a technology project using tablet computers. The tablets will be used to record interviews with community members of a minimum of 8 different cultures and to develop an innovative presentation about their discoveries and incites based on those conversations. |
| Cyberbullying PSA |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will form groups of 2 or 3 to make a 60 second Cyber-Bullying Public Service Announcement. They will contuct research, create an outline, write a script, film, edit and publish. |
| Dewey Decimal Rap |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn about the Dewey Decimal system and how it organizes the library's non-fiction section. They will then work in small teams to create a rap, song, or poem to describe their assigned section. |
| Economics: Products of South Louisiana |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Economics: Products of South Louisiana: Students will learn how two products are part of South Louisiana's Economic Process.
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| Electronic Poetry Project |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will utilize digital technology to create a presentation of a chosen or original poem. The project will include creating photos/videos, voice overs, original background music, and character generation to interpret a poem for classroom and podcast presentation. |
| Electronic Poetry Project |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Electronic Poetry Project is a student-generated, project-based learning experience in which students utilize technology to develop skills in research, writing, and creativity to produce an audio/video presentation. Student-driven, project-based learning enhances lasting knowledge rather that just momentary learning. |
| Explain Everything |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Through an interactive white board, my students will be able to communicate information they know with a deeper understanding. |
| Exploring Genealogy Through Technology |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Goal: Create a computer presentation based on family interviews and research on lineage, traditions, and artifacts using Keynote or I movie software programs. The presentation should be 3 to 5 minutes in lenght, visually interesting and informative. |
| Exploring our World through Video |
2 to 4 |
| I want to allow students to use video to express their lives and the area in which they live. I also would like for them to learn how to use a camera, import video and create great projects using that video. |
| Famous Classmates! |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) As a way to get to know each other, the children become reporters, photographers, and movie producers to interview each other as they become "Famous First Graders." Learning to work as a team to interview the famous person and then produce a short movie helps establish a cooperative climate in our classroom. I guide the children as they create the roles and then help them learn the skills needed for their job. Part of the classroom is set up to look like an arrival area for famous people, like movie stars or the President. |
| Fantasy Fiction Video Finale |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use flip video cameras and iMovie to create visual reflections for their culminating project in Fantasy Fiction book groups. |
| Finding Solutions to Hunger |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a project plan more than a lesson plan. It is a 10-week project using a wonderful online collaboration tool designed to be used by educators. Besides teaching the curriculum objectives—the goal is to open the students’ eyes to hunger in the world. |
| FISH FACE: Character Design & Animation |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will explore how animators use facial expressions, physical gesture and sound to create characters, as they work with a partner to create an animated short. Students will be introduced stop motion animation with a screening of the claymation classic, "Creature Comforts." |
| How to _____ like a pro! |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) As young adults, many of our students have talents beyond what falls under "classroom curriculum". This project would involve filming something they are passionate about as a "How to Documentary" and create a written piece reflecting on their passion and their lives. |
| Integrated Video Technology |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will utilize camcorders, digital cameras, editing software, and different types of media to create a Mother's Day video. They will reinforce previously learned objectives. |
| Introduction to Stop Motion |
2 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is basically accomplishing three things: teaching kids the process and technology involved with stop-motion animation, working on the editing side of making a movie, and creating two projects (one to practice application and one for synthesis). |
| iTeach iLearn |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The iTeach iLearn Project is the artful mixing of video, narratives, images, music, sound and special effects into a digital story teaching about any concept. These digital stories reflect the student’s understanding of the themes of science. Science is a way of learning about the natural world, science has built a vast body of changing and increasing knowledge described by physical, mathematical, and conceptual models, and science’s effect on technology and society. |
| Les Petits Chefs |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using a flipcam, students created a proposal to offer French cooking and language lessons for children in our community. They submitted their video to the "Francophone Youth in Action" contest sponsored by the Francophone Centre of the Americas, and won a $2500 grant to realize their project. |
| Lesson Plan: Us and Them |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will conduct exercises using cell phones, online applications, and word processing software to study and report on some of the dynamics of societal grouping, with a focus on inclusion/exclusion based on group identity. |
| Lights! Camera! Action! |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will use resources to explore the functions of digital cameras. Students will then use a digital camera to take photos which will utilize simple photography configuration principles. Students use their photos to share ideas and information in the community and with peers, both in person and online. |
| Little Owl Press Report/Newspaper and Newscast Project |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will take digital photos to produce “The Little Owl Press,” an elementary newspaper, which will summarize important events and programs at our school for each trimester. This newspaper will be transformed into “The Little Owl Press Report,” a newscast that will incorporate digital video, digital photos, music, and voice recordings. This production will be broadcast to ours and surrounding communities through our local access station. The newscast will promote education in our schools and allow people who are not part of our school community an inside view of the highlights of each trimester. |
| More than Just an Essay... |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students write essays, we grade them, and when returned these essays either get trashed or buried in a back pack never to be seen again. By turning an essay into a PODCAST and uploading it to a class website, students take ownership of their work. |
| Movement across the Cell Membrane using Multimedia |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will construct a model of the cell membrane and model how molecules move across the cell membrane through osmosis, diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and active and passive transport. They have a choice of technology or multimedia to complete this task. |
| Music Video |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students record their own voices using Garageband and karaoke songs purchased from itunes, and turn their song into a music video. They create a storyboard, shoot, edit, and mix the video with the audio track and burn it to a DVD to be viewed. |
| Oral Tradition-- digital storytelling |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students work to create an original tale from the oral tradition. Instead of publishing a formal written document, students create a stop action video depicting the tale. |
| Our Past is our Future: We will repeat it if we don't learn from it |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Purpose and Overview: Create a multimedia social science project where students collect the oral history from elder volunteers who live in the surrounding neighborhoods. The purpose is to prepare students with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities for transition into the community and work world after graduation from high school. |
| Peeps Project for Watership Down |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create a video of key scenes in the novel Watership Down. Student first create a storyboard timeline of the key scenes by using skills they have learned for determining importance and sequence of events and then they choose one to recreate using Peeps marshmallow treats. |
| Personal/ Global tutoring |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In the wake of the pandemic, Pompano Beach High National Honor Society developed a personalized tutoring service to assist all students in need with online help from an NHS student in any subject. Students created a website with recordings in AP course assistance as well as a library of children's books recorded by high school students for elementary students. |
| Photography Lesson |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn the beginnings of taking a clear picture of a subject. Students will also learn to upload pictures. grade 3,4,5 (differentiate as needed per grade level) |
| PhotoTalk! |
K to 12 |
| Images communicate without written or spoken speech. Linking images to simple text in the target language is a powerful tool for helping second language learners speak and read! |
| Planets for Sale |
3 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students research information about the planets and write and shoot a 45 to 60 second commercial to "sell" the planet. |
| Poetry In Motion |
2 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Student come to hear the language , rhythm, and motion of poetry as they read and select images to represent their poems. |
| Poetry Slam For a Cause! |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Problem Based Learning, Driving Question: How can we as poets and poet critics, create and design a Poetry Slam to make other students and parents more aware of (a topic or cause of student choice/interest.) Students will research a few local problems or topics of interest and decide on one of interest to their group. Then, they will find poems and write poems to bring to life for a Poetry Slam and the slam will be recorded in imovie! |
| Poetry Video Project |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) We will use the website, www.favoritepoem.org to inspire students to read poems with emphasis, memorize their favorite poems, and use technology to create their own poetry videos. This is a lesson designed by an ESOL teacher, but can be used with any population of students, and highlights the diversity of a student population. |
| Point and Shoot Mood Silent Movie |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) There is a movie, Who is Afraid of Virginia Wolf, that the story is told more by the actions of the characters than their words. This lesson will help students understand emotions and how to portray the mood of a story with facial expressions, music and no words. They will make a silent movie! |
| Producing a Franchise to encourage global awareness, increased, informed decision making about health, peer relationships and education. |
7 to 8 |
| The students will determine categories of franchises from which to work out media productions for weekly broadcasts on our school news show. |
| PROJECT H.O.P.E. (Highlighting Opportunities for Potential Employment) |
4 to 5 |
| This is an exciting Career Exploration Unit that allows students to integrate technology skills while researching various careers. |
| Rainforest: Creating Globally Conscious Students |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to apply their knowledge of the rainforest ecosystem to create peer interviews with Flipcams. These interviews will be edited and posted on our district website as well as sites such as www.teachertube.com for students to convey their understanding of:
• The various strata of the rainforest, and the role that each plays in the overall health of the ecosystem.
• The interdependence humans have with the rainforest for health needs.
• The great diversity of the animal kingdom that resides in the rainforest as well as the effect deforestation has on these species.
• How our actions can directly impact the rainforests. Students should be able to persuade others to take simple steps to protect these regions of the world.
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| Rap it up! |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using a recitation or original poetry, turn poem into a rap, and accompany with a video montage and apple loops. |
| Rock Poetry |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Student use what they have learned about poetry and litery devices to analyze a song and then show that interpretation through visuals by creating a video. |
| School Announcement Blog |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will assist in creating an online school announcement blog that will include photos and videos of what's happening around the school. |
| School Motto/School Expectations |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students in GATE, grades 3-5, will teach and demonstrate the school rules and expectations to students in grade PreK-2. They will also, help model the expectations of our newly implemented school motto through the use of video and technology. |
| Season Ending Injury |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The project is a collaboration project in which students in my Advanced Biology class look at the anatomy and physiology of the human skeletal, muscular, circulatory and nervous system through a sports injury. The students video a mock injury and report on it as hosts for a sports telelvision show. |
| Shark Tank: Industrial Revolution |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will read "Immigrant Kids" and create a business idea that they will each present in front of a group of "sharks" (teachers and parents). Students will present ideas using imovie and then make a commercial promoting their inventions. |
| Stop Animation, Art history and Literacy |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students work in teams of two to create a short Stop Animation Film for pre-K through 1st graders to learn about the Masters of Art History. |
| Stop Motion Animation Lesson |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students are to create a stop motion animation video from scratch. Students will plan, story board, take pictures, and edit a video to complete the stop motion animation project. |
| Stop Motion Animation with Photographs |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Have students move objects in a scene and take a series of photographs that create the illusion of movement of said objects. The students will then put the photos in a video editing program to make a short video of their characters in action. |
| Students Are the Best Teachers |
4 to 12 |
| Students will take an active role in the teaching and learning process by creating digital presentations that review basic concepts that are the foundations for all courses. These may include focused mini lessons on such areas as vocabulary, grammar, figures of speech, math problems and concepts, historical events, scientific elements, or technology operations. |
| Technology and Visual Arts: Symmetry Portraits |
1 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will understand the definition of symmetry and the beauty of symmetry by using graphic arts computer software to create the reflection of their face from the line of symmetry taken from a photograph. |
| The "FLIP IT" Experience |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson uses technology, multimedia, business, and journalism skills in a real-life application to produce a high school yearbook. Journalism is a class that captures memories for historical reference. It requires many academic and social skills in collaboration for the preservation of intangible treasures.
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| The Physics of Sports: An 8th Grade Physical Science Project |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Many physics concepts and principles of motion can be observed and studied through sporting events. This activity offers you the opportunity to examine these principles using sporting events as examples. For this activity, you may work alone or as a team of two people. We strongly encourage you to work with a partner due to video-recording and due to the amount of time and effort required to create an I-Movie.
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| The Student Becomes the Teacher |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) We know that sometimes students learn better from their peers. In this lesson plan, the content that is to be taught in class is divided and taught by the students for the students. |
| Tour of African History |
3 to 11 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will explore African history by taking a gallery walk through an interactive museum, exploring Africa's geography and taking a virtual field trip. |
| Vivid Visual Vocabulary |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create weekly presentations of their vocabulary words utilizing Flip Cameras, iMovie and Powerpoint. Computer generated, student driven learning always leads to life-long knowledge, but making videos to enact vocabulary words in context is fun. |
| We Have a Dream |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students write their own "I Have a Dream" speech based on how they think they can make their world a better place. |
| Weather Forecast Project |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) How can you use software available on a Mac laptop to best create a professional weather forecast that demonstrates your ability to read and interpret a weather map? |
| Weather Forecast Project |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) How can you use software available on a Mac laptop to best create a professional weather forecast that demonstrates your ability to read and interpret a weather map? |
| What can we learn from a box of crayons? |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Working in groups of 3-4 students, students will collaboratively (using a storyboard to plan and organize) create a time lapse stop motion movie through iMotion that expresses one unique characteristic about each child. |
| What's In A Name? |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Sixth grade research class students will learn about triangulation as they collect primary and secondary research about their names, along with expert opinion . The research findings will be presented in the form of a movie. |
| Write My Name |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students take pictures and use a computer with iMovie to make a digital story of a slowmotion video of how to write their name, so they can practice independently. |
| Writing and Illustrating a Digital Children's Picture Book |
6 to 8 |
| Students will use digital cameras and Photoshop to create the pictures for a children's picture book which will be made into a hand bound book. |
| You Can Do It: Creating How-To Videos |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Middle school students create instructional videos for other students using Flip video cameras and editing software. Students must brainstorm a topic, write an original script and create their film and audio narration, then edit and and create an original movie. Sample topics include "How to tie your shoes," "How to be organized for Middle School," and "The Water Cycle." |
| Your Weekend Weather - on a Flip Camera |
12 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students in my senior elective, Atmospheric Science, research, write and produce a video weekend weather forecast for New York City and Los Angeles. Filmed on a Flip camera, the videos are posted on Youtube. |
