MovieMaker..

I have had quite a bit of experience with moviemaker. This is a video which was created as a part of my group presentation to give an overview of a play situation we observed. It was created using voice recording and a cartoon making site.

Benefits of movie maker:

·         Quite easy to use so children may be able to create their own movies

·         Can add video, audio, images and transitions

·         It free and comes with computer so children would also be able to access them at home

·         They can be used for different purposes in education

·         Would be suitable for most ages of primary and also secondary

·         It allows children to express creativity

·         Would be suitable for group work or individual work

·         Allows learners to share and celebrate learning

·         Visually appealing

Challenges:

·         From my experience it does seem to crash quite a bit

·         May be difficult for young primary aged students to edit length of clips

·         Youtube clips cannot be embedded

·         Is not interactive-only for viewing

Opportunities:

·         Children could use it to create a photostory about themselves similar to creating a autobiography, however, students can use photos and videos and auditory to support or accompany their written work

·         Would be great after completing a unit of work as a summary to display class experiences such as learnings, student work, students completing the tasks, excursions. Etc.

·         Could be included as a part of a digital portfolio to send home for parents

·         Students could create a presentation or to reflect and identify new learnings and this could be shared with the class to further enhance their learning

·         Eg. All students could choose a topic such as an Australian animal and create a movie about the animal to share with the class – this could sort of be like a peer teaching concept through the use of ICT

·         In a young early childhood context the teacher could take photos of student’s drawings and then compile them all into a movie for parents to keep. (parents can choose to just keep disk rather than keeping all the pictures)