Man, it's been a while! Full disclosure, I wrote a post on 3D design and making and accidentally deleted it and couldn't retrieve it. I suppose even the best of us learn the hard way with writing directly in a site builder, ey? Oh well....On to the next one.
When teachers assign the option of making a movie as an alternative assessment, some students get really excited and some students... well... don't. When this happens, I really like to present the option of using Adobe Voice as a movie making tool.
Told through a series of slides, the user can pick a template that guides them through the storytelling process. They can import a photo they took or they can browse the Adobe Voice library, which is pretty impressive. The slides look like Powerpoint or Google Slides, but then the user can vocally annotate over them. Hit play and then BOOM! You have yourself a moving presentation... some might even call it a movie!
Last semester I used this with a group of students I was working with for the Media Bytes enrichment class. Students were grades 3-5 and I only needed to give them a quick demo and they were off to the races. The project was to research and then create a movie about a country of their choosing. They came out so wonderfully and I was impressed by their work and enthusiasm.
Creating movies is a great way to introduce prewriting and storytelling. Before students are set free to make the video on their iPads, they first must do the research, story board or plan ahead of what each slide is going to look like and what they want to say for each, and then write a script. The Media Bytes videos were done all in one 45 minute period and they came out pretty well because they had had time to plan their project before just jumping right in.
So when you think you need iMovie or some other fancy pants movie editing software, ask yourself what your end goal is because Adobe Voice could very well meet all your needs.
When teachers assign the option of making a movie as an alternative assessment, some students get really excited and some students... well... don't. When this happens, I really like to present the option of using Adobe Voice as a movie making tool.
Told through a series of slides, the user can pick a template that guides them through the storytelling process. They can import a photo they took or they can browse the Adobe Voice library, which is pretty impressive. The slides look like Powerpoint or Google Slides, but then the user can vocally annotate over them. Hit play and then BOOM! You have yourself a moving presentation... some might even call it a movie!
Last semester I used this with a group of students I was working with for the Media Bytes enrichment class. Students were grades 3-5 and I only needed to give them a quick demo and they were off to the races. The project was to research and then create a movie about a country of their choosing. They came out so wonderfully and I was impressed by their work and enthusiasm.
Creating movies is a great way to introduce prewriting and storytelling. Before students are set free to make the video on their iPads, they first must do the research, story board or plan ahead of what each slide is going to look like and what they want to say for each, and then write a script. The Media Bytes videos were done all in one 45 minute period and they came out pretty well because they had had time to plan their project before just jumping right in.
So when you think you need iMovie or some other fancy pants movie editing software, ask yourself what your end goal is because Adobe Voice could very well meet all your needs.
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| My student, Emmanuel's movie on Japan, built in Adobe Voice. |