A Microphone for Management
Well, some of our school computers were recently updated. We now have Windows XP running under Novell.
I was especially excited to find a Windows Movie Maker icon on my Novell desktop. A new writing plan has been implemented in our area with expectations of mass cross curricular activities. I decided to have my grade three students complete a weather report in French for their report component of this new framework.
To begin I had students draw and colour a weathery scene based on a given season. I then recorded them (audio only) reading a simple french weather phrase (Oral French mark in grade 3) using a dollar store microphone.
You could hear a pin drop. Everyone was conscious of the recording sessions and respectful of the background noise.
To finish the project, i purchased DVDs and DVD cases, burned them all a copy of the finished movie, with a menu, and conducted a red carpet event in which we all signed each others discs.
If you have an opportunity to use movie maker (i demonstrated it on the SMARTBoard), I would suggest it. Easily cross-curricular and there are a few royalty free music sites kicking around the internet.
You can even use SMART Recorder to record teacher tube videos – or even Google Earth zooming in on a specific country – and import the clip into movie maker.