Final Video (and I do mean "final")

Well, I'm officially abandoning my Hollywood dream. Clearly, moviemaking is not for the short-tempered. Jeeeeeeez, this was hard. Juggling Garageband and Keynote was crazy but here it is - my latest and potentially final cinematic offering. Enjoy. (?)

BTW, the credits should include a thank you to Perri for the idea. Tnx, Per.

Tech in a Lesson

Let's see. What, of all the tricks I've learned, would I like to incorporate into my curriculum and how would I do it? Hmmmm. I'm thinking that I'd like to incorporate the things we've learned in this video class to help struggling readers. Some sort of video about a character in a book, or an event in a book might be a good way to check for comprehension. I could have a student choose a character and illustrate the character's part in the plot by making a video. I'm hesitant to be too specific because I'd like to give them as few directions as possible other than to "make a video that tells me why this character is important to the plot". The product would allow me to assess the extent of the student's comprehension of characterization and plot.

Educational Video 2 Rough Draft

Okay, this is a really rough draft but I've been working on this for six hours. Tried Garageband for the audio for hours but I just can't get it. What I have settled on is Keynote with a voiceover. It still needs tons of work. I know the timing is off and I haven't added the credits yet. This is a very rough draft but I'd appreciate any comments. I have a splitting headache and I just can't do anymore tonight.

Oh great! Now that I've published it the sound is inaudible. something else to work on.

Educational Video 2 (Outline)

I'm having a tough time with this one. Not feeling inspired. I asked Rushton about one of the videos on Next Vista because I thought it worked well visually. He said it was done by importing a Keynote (PowerPoint for you PC users) presentation into Garageband for the audio. I'm thinking I'll try that method and see how it goes. It's the content that has me stumped. Perri suggested a reading comprehension strategy and I think I'll go with that. Just having a hard time figuring out how to illustrate it. Having said all that here's my sketchy outline. Any suggestions will be gratefully received.

• Opening title slide
• Explanation of the strategy "think aloud" 
  
• slides illustrating the process of thinking aloud
• some "give it a try suggestions"
• closing credits

Need some suggestions for possible background music. Any other ideas???

Materials

• digital camera
• Keynote
• Garageband
• Images (Google, Creative Commons, etc.)
• Music (iTunes, Creative Commons, Soundzabound, etc.)

Ideas, please.