Using movie maker in the classroom will be used to engage students who might not otherwise read course material and/or help students to better understand course material by being able to relate that material to a medium with which they are more familiar. The movie maker can also facilitate the visual learners, in terms of instruction.
Reflections
For portfolio piece No.6, I produced a short video on natural fibers; from their source to fabrics. It was specifically created to be an introduction to my lesson on natural fibers where I showed a lot of pictures on the four main sources: cotton, linen, sheep, and silk, and how they were produced. This piece will also be used by students in aid of completing a homework assignment and therefore is also being utilized as a means of assessment. There were quite a few challenges faced in creating this video. Finding an appropriate audio was a bit difficult and adding transitions and effects to each picture was quite timely. There was also great difficulty in getting the video uploaded to the blog. It took days, hours, minutes and patience, but all in all I got through after much fiddling and tampering, and assistance from friends. This video could have been improved if better effects were available in windows movie maker that would have allowed a more smooth flow between transitioning pictures.
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