I frequently get wonderful e-mails from teachers who’ve discovered our class films. They have some questions in them so I decided it was time to answer a couple of them. If you have questions after reading, please post those questions below as a comment. -Mathew 1. How did you get started? My Filmmaking Background I …
Category: Video in the Classroom
iMovie ’08 Bootcamp Links
Links for iMovie ’08 Bootcamp Class at LACOE. Keyboard Shortcuts Apple’s Shortcuts Macworld article on getting back iMovie ’06 features iMovie ’08 Tutorials Apple’s Tutorials Movie Making Tutorials Flickschool San Fernando High School Teacher, Marco Torres Video in the Classroom.com My site for elementary filmmaking AFI Screen Education Storyboarding Storyboard Template Storyboarding Movie Screenplay to …
Review: Wall-E
I’ve seen all the Pixar movies but usually on video. Finding Nemo was funny and surpassed all my expectations but I’m not sure it was a great film. Kenneth Turan’s review of Wall-E (coupled with the fact that I’m on vacation and have hours of grad school homework) led me to see Wall-E in the …
Clay Animation Summer Fun
Kevin shares the ongoing experiences of his clay animation summer camp. A discussion about software solutions for clay animation continues in Vid Snacks. And David Kapuler shares an Apple based Leopard friendly clay animation program.
Digital Storytelling Carnival #5
Welcome to the bi-monthly Digital Storytelling Carnival. Lots of new posts to check out if you haven’t already. Thanks for stopping by. Classroom Ideas Caught On Video, Bob Sparnkle suggests several ideas for integrating video production in the curriculum. Wildlife documentary filmmaking by Scott Floyd. Split screen inspired by Radiohead by Dan Meyer. Let Them …
Summer Workshops: Film School Bootcamp
Sign up for Workshops Here The summer technology workshop schedule at the Los Angeles County Office of Education has been announced and I’m on it. I’ll be offering the Integrating Technology in the Open Court Reading Program that I’ve been doing for the past year in various forms. However, I’m also offering two new courses, …
Classroom Management: Do Something Proactive Today
When we recorded our voice overs for our movie projects last year, I’d call “Quiet on the Set” and it would need to be totally quiet. I knew that my class would do a good job of this but there was one student, “Tommy,” who wasn’t going to be quiet and he would probably get …
Digital Storytelling Carnival #4
The April edition of the digital storytelling carnival has arrived. Thanks for visiting and contributing articles. The next edition arrives in June. Submit to the next carnival. Latest News The American Film Institute rolls out its Screen Nation site which allows students to upload their own videos. Film Techniques 3 Styles of Acting Apple Computer …
Go Out and Play: Should Elementary Students Use Computers?
Winkle Wakes Movie Reactions Thank you to everyone who has checked out my movie, Mr. Winkle Wakes and a special thank you to those who contributed their thoughts about the movie via Twitter, their own blogs, e-mail, comments on my blog and/or the Youtube page itself. I’m working on a sequel to the movie now. …
Mr. Winkle Goes to School: Movies for Professional Development
I’m excited to premiere a brand new short film here on my blog. It’s three minutes long and I created it in the hopes that it can be used to generate conversation about the use of educational technology and project based learning in schools. It is based on a dark joke that has been around …