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Which Quilt Are You Patient Enough to Make

Making my second i-movie was a lot more fun once I knew what I was going to produce. Since quilting is my passion, I thought I would have a little fun. I had made a storyboard and wrote the script and I was having trouble because the storyboard wasn’t working out. The problem was getting my students to play actors, when I wanted to make a reality movie.

So I just took and collected a lot of pictures and short movies of my students in action and it worked out fine. In my quilt i-movie I was still able to show problem, transformation and solution.

In the beginning I filmed myself explaining the three quilts but I realized that I can explain with pictures and do voice over narration and that it would turn out better doing so.  Doing voice over was less stressful on me knowing that I didn’t have to film my “shy self”. Also, I can see how students could do a project and not be so shy by doing voice over instead of filming themselves.

It was fun and challenging to put together my pictures and narration. I learned that I could narrate in pieces and add the music separately and crop the music to the size I wanted. I also learned so much more using i-movie, it became so easy after awhile. I was having so much fun making my quilt movie it was hard to actually stop.  I was learning all about the simple “buttons” on the program, manipulating and playing with them as I made my movie. It felt amazing.  I finally had to tell myself to stop, that it was a complete project, and that I can have fun making more.

There are so many ways to use i-movie in the classroom.  The possibilities are endless. What a great way to show student progress.

I would like my students to make some projects during the last four or five weeks of school this year using i-move. Of course it is important to have the students make a storyboard so that I know where they are going and I could assist them in making of their i-movie with the following projects.

I teach an economics class, the chapter we are on now is about career, labor and wages.  To help my students think more positively about themselves and their future, I am going to have them make a couple minute i-movie projects on three careers that they are interested in and they have to research on the computer those careers. (Some of my students have done this part already.) I also would like to have them research and find pictures on the internet about what kind of car, home, or other major item’s that they would like to own someday.  They could show pictures of these things they would like to own someday and the careers they are thinking of pursing.

I feel teachers could use the program to help teach students about social problems, for instance, bulling, racism, or even etiquette.  I would like a certain class to learn more about etiquette/manners in the classroom.  In small groups, I could have them take pictures or make short movies of each other and make short one-minute stories about a bad manner or etiquette.  Hopefully, their scripts about good and bad etiquettes will reinforce more positive etiquette.

Finally, I teach history, geography, and government. For geography I could have them choose a place that they would like to visit and have them do a short one or two minute video on the place that they would like to visit. Of course for this project I could be in charge of their storyboard because I would like to have them research the same kinds of things.  It could include pictures focusing on the five themes of geography on the things about their place.  I could then have them manipulate their pictures into the pictures of choice.

For government, we are on the chapter about taxes. I could have my students in groups collaborate major idea’s on taxes from the book and find current events to further explain that idea, using pictures, narration and actual current events about taxes.

Ideas are endless using i-move to reinforce learning.  It will be fun for both my students and me.  One of my own hobbies I like to partake in is using technology, so what a great way to teach and have fun learning using technology to learn and teach others.

I will have a grading rubric that I will go over each group before each project is started.  It of course will have a problem, transformation, and solution. Stay tuned for more!

 

 

 

 

My Educational Philosophy

I am taking a class called "Digital Storytelling" and this is a an assignment that I made about my educational philosophy. I made the short video using i-movie on an Apple computer and used my pictures from i-Photo. I didn't have any video at the time and had a lot of pictures of students, some were outside shots of students when we went on cultural relevant trips and others taken from my cooking class.  It was a challenge to learn how to use the i-movies software program.  The whole project of putting the movie together was challenging. I had to learn how to import pictures, music, and then I had to limit the timing of the piece. It was a little frustrating at first, but once you learn the basics it becomes easy. I just had to learn how to manipulate the program to produce my movie. I enjoyed making this video and just used pictures to complete the assignment and I am excited to take the process of making a short i-movie into my classroom.

I know the students will like making projects like this in school. I already see them using it other classes. So it wouldn't be hard for me to incorporate my students using this program.  I could use it in my Geography class and have them do a report on a country and have them get pictures and music from the internet. For my History classes they could make a movie about a time in history and tell it from their own perspective.  The idea's for using i-movie are definitely endless.  I also learned that the time limit an important aspect of making these movies. At first I thought that the time was too limiting, but a lot of information can fit into just one minute.

Picture Story

Fish Hanging Up to Dry is a Year Long Feeling of Contentment Long Waited

Alaska Natives who have lived on or near the Yukon River have been surviving on salmon for centuries. From catching the fish to putting on the table is a lot of work. Subsistence fishing is never a one-man job, it is always been a family effort. Many families including mine work very hard to put food on the table.

Before the king salmon begin running in the river, the poles on which the fish hang to dry must be cleaned and ready. The king salmon usually begin running in mid-June when the trees have turned green and are full of leaves. One day some of my family members drift on the Yukon catching about 30 king salmon. The king ranges from 30 to 40 inches in length, and weighs from 5 to 40 pounds. One day some of my family members drift the Yukon and catch about 30 king salmon. Then, more family members join in to clean the fish. Finally, the king salmon is strategically cut and hung on the poles.

One by one the kings are cut. None of the fish is wasted except for the intestines. The heads cut in half and hung together by a string so that they dry faster. The skeleton bone of fish is cut out and the meat of the fish is cut at an angle and hung over the pole. The fish then dry in the wind of the warm summer air. Grateful after a hard long hard day of work, there is obliviously nothing more content than reverently with anticipation looking up at your fish knowing that there will be some delicious fish for the long winter coming, a job well done.