Stop Motion with LEGO Movie Maker

Reflection - Creating a stop motion film was fun, but quite time consuming. First, a tripod would have been very helpful. It is really hard to keep the iPad in the same position throughout the filming. One must also have a lot of patience because in order to make the film flow, the objects can only be moved a very small distance.
     This project would be very fun if students were acting out a scene from a book. Different groups could pick different highlights from a novel and then bring them to life through stop action films. I have taught a  LEGO Night Lights (after school enrichment) class for the last several years. It would be fun to incorporate the stop action movie making into this class, too.

Movie Trailer with iMovie

iMovie was fun to use and the trailer was easy to put together. These presentations would be fun ways to introduce new units in the classroom. It would definitely engage the students! There are many possible ways that iMovie could be used in the classroom. Creating a trailer would be a fun "group mixer" for the start of the year. Small groups could work together to take videos and pictures and put them into the trailer. This app would also be a fun way to put together a year-end video for students. Many of our classrooms have a "Student of the Week" who puts up a display outside the classroom. It would be fun to have a "Student of the Week" trailer featuring a student's family and highlighting the student's interests.