Video Movie

I have really enjoyed this project; making a movie out of my vacation pictures. I can see how this can be quite overwhelming if one undertakes a large project. I decided to focus on one day of my families vacation; the day at the beach in San Diego. At first, I thought it would be funny to use the theme from JAWS as my musical background. I have since rethought that and have narrowed it down to two selections. I am still having difficulty converting the music from iTunes to what will work on a PC. I was looking forward to coming to class on the 5th, however, I was delayed. The cable guys showed up at 2PM at my new house to completely rewire it. GRRRR... At least I have cable and internet at home now. I wanted to have my project completed by Spring Break, but looks like I will need to finish it this break.

My daughters sixth grade classroom did a video project like this at the beginning of the year. It was a great ice breaker and all the students got a chance to know each other well. I think this is a great team building activity for a new class. Someone made each student a copy of the entire classrooms videos. What a great keepsake! I believe projects like this help students with sequencing, organizing and writing by giving them a real life opportunity to create something that is to be viewed by others. My daughter scripted her project out, which uses her writing skills. This is definitely a project I would like to put in my resource book.