Fifth Grade Recognition Ceremony Prezi Presentation
Attending the DEN Institute, I have learned many technological ideas to easily integrate into the classroom.
I created an end of year slide show using "Prezi." This was a collaborative project with my 5th grade class, as groups of students worked on adding the images and creating the transition style within each sub section. The class loved the concept of pictures within pictures so we decided to have certain students' faces reveal categories of the presentation. To add the continuous music, I combined three songs using "Audacity" to create one MP3 for a continuous stream of music as the presentation plays itself out. The most challenging aspect was timing the length of the Prezi with the music which Audacity was easy enough to edit the last song making it the perfect length.
Black History Month - Doctor Who IMovie
At my school, the fifth grade this year were asked to perform a skit for the entire school. We decided to create a movie using Green screen tech instead. After brainstorming a bit, we came up with the idea to do a Doctor Who episode where he travels in time to assist the historical figure we were assigned.
It took less than a week to create the entire project. I had a large green sheet that was thumbtacked to the white board from Bed, Bath, and Beyond (those coupons finally came in handy) and only one Ipad.
HOW DID WE DO IT?
For the green screen, we used Greenscreen by Do Ink which is very kid friendly. For backgrounds, we mostly used Discovery Education which has the option to download many of their videos and background images. Any that were not, we found online and we used ICabMobile, an app that lets you download videos from youtube and other sites. Interesting enough, we Googled and found many effects already on a green background for easy access. To edit the length of some of the background videos for the correct background and length, plus modify the background sound/music, we used IMovie. Some of the special effects we used the fun app Action Movie which had the avalanche and the laser gun.
Once each section was complete, we uploaded the video using Google Drive and downloaded it to the MacBook Pro to use the full version of IMovie to splice it all together.
It took less than a week to create the entire project. I had a large green sheet that was thumbtacked to the white board from Bed, Bath, and Beyond (those coupons finally came in handy) and only one Ipad.
HOW DID WE DO IT?
For the green screen, we used Greenscreen by Do Ink which is very kid friendly. For backgrounds, we mostly used Discovery Education which has the option to download many of their videos and background images. Any that were not, we found online and we used ICabMobile, an app that lets you download videos from youtube and other sites. Interesting enough, we Googled and found many effects already on a green background for easy access. To edit the length of some of the background videos for the correct background and length, plus modify the background sound/music, we used IMovie. Some of the special effects we used the fun app Action Movie which had the avalanche and the laser gun.
Once each section was complete, we uploaded the video using Google Drive and downloaded it to the MacBook Pro to use the full version of IMovie to splice it all together.