Friday's class was devoted to video recording and editing. The program that we focused on using was iMovie. Professor Riley recorded a short interview with a student for material to use to demonstrate how to use iMovie. We learned about b-roll, which is footage that is shown while audio from another video is being played. Professor Riley went through the process of editing the video that he had taped in class so that we understood what to do for our own assignment.
After class I began thinking of practical applications for filming videos in a classroom. I came up with a couple of options. First, I thought it could be used as a way to inform parents of what has been going on in the class. The students would be interviewed about what they have been learning and the video could be posted online for their parents to see. Another idea that I had was music videos. There are many opportunities for composition in a middle school classroom, and it would be even more exciting for the students if they were able to add their own video.
I did think, though, that it may have been a little more useful to cover at least some of Windows Movie Maker. I do understand that our computers in the lab are Macs and do not have this program. That being said, I feel that more classrooms are equipped with PCs than Macs and it may have been worthwhile to cover the use of a different program.
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