Western Maine
Tools for Learning
Workshop


Essential Question: How can we integrate tools into the classroom to improve student learning?



Visual & Audio Literacy
Using iMovie & GarageBand

•  Sign-in, Connectivity, Icebreaker, KWL

iPhoto Visualizer




•  Processing

Icebreaker Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/icebreaker.html
Trust Building Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/trustbuilding.html
Community Building Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/communitybuilding.html
Team Building Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/teambuilding.html
Listening Skills Resources   http://region6.mainelearns.org/listeningskills.html
Active Listening Resources   http://region6.mainelearns.org/activelistening.html
Diversity Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/Diversity.html
Learning Styles Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/LearningStyles.html



• Half the Man   http://vikings.ms/OHMSWebPics/Pictures/Activities/iMovie%20Festival/2006%20iMovie%20Videos.htm

• Media Smarts   http://www.edutopia.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1119

•  Skowhegan  http://www.msad54.org/sams/projects/community/

• Photo Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/photoresources.html

• Clip Art Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/clipart.html

• iMovie Editing  

Open and Save
Basic Structure
Adding Graphics
Adding Text
Adding Transitions
Adding Visual Effects
Adding Sound Effects
Adding Narration
Adding Music   http://www.freeplaymusic.com/

• iMovie Resources on the Web    http://region6.mainelearns.org/imovie.html

• Storyboarding   http://region6.mainelearns.org/storyboard.html

• Video Shots       Long Shot     Medium Shot     Close-up      Extreme Close-up

http://www.atomiclearning.com/freeshots.shtml

Examples  http://www.atomiclearning.com/freeexamples.shtml

•  Rules      Rules of Thirds      Room at the Top     Lead Them On    What's in the Background?

Text  http://www.atomiclearning.com/freerules.shtml
Examples  http://www.atomiclearning.com/freeexamples.shtml

• Video Perspective/Point of View

• Video Sound    http://region6.mainelearns.org/videosound.html

• Video Lighting  http://region6.mainelearns.org/videolighting.html

• Skowhegan  http://www.msad54.org/sams/projects/community/

• Video Storytelling Guide  http://www.atomiclearning.com/storytellingindex.shtml

• Videography for Educators  http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=365

• Video Guide  http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/TechHelp/VideoHelp/VideoGuide.html

• Wikibook: Movie Making Manual    http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Movie_Making_Manual

• Digital Camera Resources

  http://region6.mainelearns.org/digitalcamera.html
  http://region6.mainelearns.org/digitalcamera2.html

• Video Interviewing Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/videointerviewing.html

• Oral History Resources    http://region6.mainelearns.org/oralhistory.html

• Digital Storytelling Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/digitalstorytelling.html

• Maine Memory Network  http://www.mainememory.net/

• Windows on Maine   http://windowsonmaine.library.umaine.edu/

• Northeast Historic Film   http://www.oldfilm.org/

•  Those Were the Days  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUUeAAHmwR8

•  Online Video Sharing Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/onlinevideo.html

• iMovie Resources on the Web    http://region6.mainelearns.org/imovie.html




•  Review, KWL & Closing



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Send feedback to Jim Burke, MLTI/eMINTS Trainer/Mentor
JBurke@MaineLearns.org

Last updated: July1, 2007