http://www.badongo.com/vid/1194124

Above is a link to the “simple” movie I made using Windown Movie Maker. I used a Flip video camera to film the individual videos I used to make this movie. I really enjoyed using the Flip camera and I think it is a tool I’d like to see if I could purchase through something like DonorsChoose. I can see kids really getting into using one of these Flip cameras and I think it would be a cool way to have them perform a Reader’s Theatre and then publish it on our class website. I also think these Flip cameras would be a great way for students to create a documentary of sorts about a topic we were researching through some Non-Fiction reading. Being given the choice to use something like one of these Flip tooks would definitely motivate my middle school kids to actually do the required reading that would have to take place in order to produce a film about a topic. Having availability to one of these cameras would also provide a neat option for book reports.

 

ALTHOUGH I am a fan of the Flip video recorder, I am NOT a fan of Windows Movie Maker. My video took A LOT of troubleshooting for it to ever actually get into a published form. It took way more steps than I would ever want to have to lead kids through and the obstacles that I faced would be quadrupled if a class of 25 students was trying to make a movie using this program. I had trouble actually getting my video files into Movie Maker, and then once I did get the movie made, I couldn’t hear it!!! Needless to say, it was one hoop after another that had to be navigated. The end product was not worth the overall frustration and headache.

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