Movie Maker in the Classroom. Tania Hunt

ICT Today ! In the recent Rose review ICT is now to become a centre piece of the new primary curriculum alongside English and Maths. ( Rose Review: 2009 ) “We must recognise that there is a wealth of technology available today, which “We must recognise that there is a wealth of technology available today, which when used effectively and imaginatively, can compliment the traditional skills and aid teaching. It can bring lessons to life, make learning more enjoyable and can ultimately help children achieve more.” ( Crowne:2009 ) The current aims and purposes of the standards for teaching ICT are for The current aims and purposes of the standards for teaching ICT are for children too: children too: develop IT capability, including their knowledge and understanding of the importance of information and of how to select and prepare it; develop IT capability, including their knowledge and understanding of the importance of information and of how to select and prepare it; develop their skills in using hardware and software to manipulate information in their processes of problem solving, recording and expressive work; develop their skills in using hardware and software to manipulate information in their processes of problem solving, recording and expressive work; develop their ability to apply their IT capability and ICT to support their use of language and communication, and their learning in other areas; develop their ability to apply their IT capability and ICT to support their use of language and communication, and their learning in other areas; explore their attitudes towards ICT, its value for themselves, others and society, and their awareness of its advantages and limitations. ( Standards site: 2009 ) explore their attitudes towards ICT, its value for themselves, others and society, and their awareness of its advantages and limitations. ( Standards site: 2009 )

Why use Movie Maker! Advantages Movie maker is a free programme found on school computers,and it is suggested that, “… it provides students with tools that will enable them to create and share intriguing multimedia projects”. (Dinwiddie: 2009 ) Movie maker is a free programme found on school computers,and it is suggested that, “… it provides students with tools that will enable them to create and share intriguing multimedia projects”. (Dinwiddie: 2009 ) Children can use ICT in a fun, imaginative and creative way. Children can use ICT in a fun, imaginative and creative way. Movie maker helps promotes pupils concentration, collaboration, co-operation and discussion. Movie maker helps promotes pupils concentration, collaboration, co-operation and discussion. It introduces children to movie making and presentations with moving images and sounds. It introduces children to movie making and presentations with moving images and sounds. It is a classroom tool that is inclusive to all. It is a classroom tool that is inclusive to all. It is relatively simple and easy to use. It is relatively simple and easy to use. Disadvantages The negatives to using moviemaker is that it can be time consuming as each little movement needs to be taken a frame at a time to then be put all together. The negatives to using moviemaker is that it can be time consuming as each little movement needs to be taken a frame at a time to then be put all together. As a school it has to invest in pieces of technology such as tuff cam, digi blue or digital cameras and money can be limited. As a school it has to invest in pieces of technology such as tuff cam, digi blue or digital cameras and money can be limited. You need the use of a computer so space and time constraints may hinder the finishing of the complete movie and need to be considered in planning. You need the use of a computer so space and time constraints may hinder the finishing of the complete movie and need to be considered in planning. Some practitioners may not feel they have the skills and knowledge of how to use this piece of technology. Some practitioners may not feel they have the skills and knowledge of how to use this piece of technology.

Resources Resources that need to be used in producing movie maker and usually come with voice recording buttons can either be : Resources that need to be used in producing movie maker and usually come with voice recording buttons can either be : a digi blue camera a digi blue camera A tuff camera A tuff camera A digital camera A digital camera

Resources Other equipment that might be needed to make models are play dough or plasticine. Small world equipment like dolls, transport, animals. Art and craft materials to make backdrops or clip art images. Space. Computer with the movie maker application. Enthusiastic children.

Planning Unit Title: ICT Movie Maker QCA Unit 6A In this unit children learn to create a multimedia presentation using text, images, and sounds and show sensitivity to the needs of their audience. Curriculum Links Literacy En1 - 1b,1c,1e,2b,2d,2e,3a,3b,3c,3f En2 -1a,1b,1c,1d, 4a,4b,4c,4 e, 4i, 5a, En3 - Maths M3 – 3a, 3b National Curriculum: ICT Key Stage 2 Year 6 Geography Geographical enquiry 2a, 2d, 2f Design &Technology Develop planning and communication -1a, 1b, 1c, 1d Working with tools – 2a, 2b, 2e Evaluating processes - 3a Finding things out. 1a – talk about what information needed and how they can find and use it. 1b- preparing information, selecting suitable resources. Developing ideas 2a – develop ideas, organising text, images, sounds 2b – create, test, improve sequences to make things happen. Exchanging and sharing 3a – how to share and exchange information. 3b – be sensitive to the needs of the audience when communicatin g information. Reviewing, modifying and evaluating 4a – review what they have done and develop ideas. 4b – describe the effectiveness of work and consider the effects it has on others. 4c – discuss how they could improve future work Every Child Matters Make a positive contribution Enjoying and Achieving Be safe and Healthy Key Langauge Positional language, in, on, down etc. Cut, Paste, Edit, Insert, Copy, Digital, Frame, Model, representation BREATH OF STUDY 5a, 5b

Planning When planning for this activity I needed to take into account the group size and experience the children already had of ICT. “Effective planning involves the careful and deliberate sequencing of curriculum content and experiences which build on previous learning and achievements to promote future learning.”( Qualifications and Curriculum development agency: 2009 ) As a practitioner you need to “Analyse your observations and highlight children's achievements or their need for further support.”( Teachernet: 2009 ) ICT lends itself well to making cross curricular links, “...ICT can be used to enhance the learning and teaching of another subject.” ( Potter and Darbyshire: 2005: 1 ) It is inclusive for all to access regardless of any additional needs and “enables the pupil to be an active participant in the classroom, not just a passive observer.” ( Wheeler: 2005:p 96 ) By planning this activity it allows children to have a sense of ownership of their own learning as they can produce the finished movie. Movie maker can be used as an assessment piece of work on a topic and also used as a stimulus to a start of a topic.

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Assessment Assessments are the decisions you make using what you have observed about a child's development and/or learning. ( Teachernet:2009 ) Assessments are the decisions you make using what you have observed about a child's development and/or learning. ( Teachernet:2009 ) Assessment can be looked at on what all children will achieve what most children will achieve and what some will achieve. Assessment can be looked at on what all children will achieve what most children will achieve and what some will achieve. So for this task Most children will: use a multimedia authoring program to organise, refine and present a movie, which incorporate images, sounds, using a range of resources. So for this task Most children will: use a multimedia authoring program to organise, refine and present a movie, which incorporate images, sounds, using a range of resources. Some children will not have made so much progress and will: use a multimedia authoring package to assemble images, sounds on movie maker program. Some children will not have made so much progress and will: use a multimedia authoring package to assemble images, sounds on movie maker program. Some children will have progressed further and will: use a multimedia package to organise, refine and present a movie, which incorporates images, sounds; and present a movie that matches the needs of the audience. Some children will have progressed further and will: use a multimedia package to organise, refine and present a movie, which incorporates images, sounds; and present a movie that matches the needs of the audience.

Reflections After completing the movie maker activity the children we able to assess themselves on what was learnt and what if any changes they would make in the future. This directly links into the planning on slide 6 reviewing, modifying and evaluating their work. The children expressed that they would of liked more time, they would of made the backdrop bigger and better with clip art pictures. They would of taken more photographs so that the time frames on the storyboard were better and overall make a longer movie. Generally all really enjoyed working together collaboratively which refers to a “method in which learners at various performance levels work together in small groups toward a common goal. The learners are responsible for one another's learning as well as their own. Thus, the success of one learner helps other students to be successful.” This links back to our planning and sharing and exchanging information.( online gdrc.org ) All the children expressed that the would like to use movie maker again.

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