PE3_iMovie

Done and….done! 

It’s official, the 3 ½ hour iMovie Training Videos have been watched…go me! :)

Certificate of Completion URL:

http://www.lynda.com/ViewCertificate/077753A9D2504F4A949AB2E45C7D85B7 

After completing the training videos I have, not only a sense of relief because they are over, but also a sense of accomplishment.  I began the program unsure as to how to work iMovie (which was very intimidating when having to complete many assignments using videos) or any other movie editing program, but now I am comfortable and confident in my abilities.  The more I explore the program, the more I love it!  I have even offered my help and tech support to my fellow team members (The Best Team EVER!), as well as others in the cohort who were uncertain on how to do something.

I’m very excited to add this iMovie Certificate of Completion to my resumé because my school has a Technology Block embedded in our charter, so I know it will be put to good use.  I’m slowly starting to explore the use of iMovie within my classroom and I recently shot footage of some my ELD kids performing a story that we read.  I promised them that I would create a cool video using the footage, images of the book pages, and a soundtrack and I would share it with them when I was finished. 

These training videos really allowed me to explore my previous experiences with iMovie during in Months 1-3 and apply my newly acquired skills to tap into the creativity to create a great classroom project for my students.  I love the “Picture in Picture” feature because it allowed me keep the main focus (my students), while enhancing the video with the still images from the story book.  In addition, I was pleased to know that I can export the final video in a variety of ways.  This feature is great because it lets various people access your video using the different technologies that they might own (e.g. ipod, phone, computer, ipad, etc.).  It’s important to have these different sizes so that it doesn’t take away from the quality of your video.

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Here is the video that I created for my class:

 

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