After brainstorming a bit, we came up with the idea of creating a Dr. Who episode where the Doctor travels back in time to assist the historical figure we were assigned.
It took less than a week to produce 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?
Students read several different articles based upon their reading level about their topic; Matthew Henson. We also watched a video of him using the AEIOU SOS Strategy from Discovery Ed.
Once understood whom he was, we mapped out the story using a story map Graphic Organizer found on Discovery Ed. Every student received a role in the episode based on their interest yet it was imperative everyone was to be filmed.
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.
Others 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.
Click the TITLE below the image to view the movie.
Thanks Conni Mulligan for her fantastic seminars otherwise I would have never been able to to this.
Cooper
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