Graham Knutson
Kid Pix and I Movie
Learning Outcomes for Each Lesson: TSWBAT
Language Arts:
Presenting and Valuing
Grade 3:
·
demonstrate
a willingness to experiment with communication forms to respond to, inform, and
entertain others
Grade
4:
· create and express thoughts, ideas, and feelings in a variety of oral, written, and electronic forms
Objectives: TSWBAT
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Finish the Kid Pix slides
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Make a slideshow
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Present their slideshow to several people in the class
Materials:
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Stories and pictures
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Computers
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Projector
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I Book
Procedure:
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Time |
What
Teacher Does |
What
Students Do |
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10
min |
· Gather students in a circle · Tell students that you expect most of them to finish up their slides today · Let them know that we are going to create a slideshow · Show the students how to do a slideshow · Ask if they have any questions · Ask them to read the procedures of the lesson · Send them back to their seats |
· Participate in discussion and ask questions · Read the procedures · Sit at their computer |
|
25
min |
· Circulate and help the students out · Make sure the print on their slides is big enough · Help the students who are ready to make their slideshow |
· Work on their slides and hopefully finish up |
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· If most of the students finish their slides then let them circulate and watch the slides |
· Students who are finished can circulate and look at other students slides |
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5
min |
Conclusion · Tell students that we are going to be learning the program I Movie next class · We will be taking our slides we make and editing them so they can hopefully be published on the Internet · Ask if they have any questions · Tell students to put away Kid Pix CD’s, exit the program and return to launcher, and line-up at the door |
·
Ask questions ·
Put away materials ·
Shut down Kid Pix and return to launcher ·
Line up at the door |
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Assessment · The slides · Slide show · Behavior |
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Objectives
·
Any students who have not finished their slides must finish up
during this class
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Learn how to use I Movie through the sample movie
·
I Macs
·
I Books
|
Time
|
What
Teacher Does |
What
Students Do |
|
5
min |
· Gather students in circle · Tell students that we are going to learn the program I Movie today · Ask them if they have edited a movie before · What are some of the processes involved with editing a movie? |
· Gather in circle and participate in the discussion |
|
10
min |
·
Show them with the sample movie, how to edit a I Movie ·
Ask students to participate ·
Show them features such as transitions and effects ·
Point out that we do not have very many computers with I
Movie ·
This will be a group lesson and involve cooperation and
sharing to edit the sample movie ·
The students will have to take turns using I Movie and
participate verbally ·
Ask the students to read out the procedure ·
Ask if they have any questions ·
Tell the students to sit at an I Mac or I Book according to
groupings (to be decided later) ·
Students who have not finished their slides in Kid Pix must
finish this lesson |
· Participate in the demonstration · Read out the procedure |
|
20
min |
· Observe and assist · Emphasize that this is a lesson just to get used to the program |
· Students take turns using the program |
|
5
min |
Conclusion ·
Ask the students if they have any questions ·
Let them know they will have next class to make an I Movie
using their Kid Pix slides ·
Tell them to exit the program and return to launcher ·
Tell students to line up at the door when they are ready |
·
Ask questions and discuss ·
Exit program and line up at the door |
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Assessment: ·
Editing the sample movie ·
Participation in discussion ·
Behavior during the lesson ·
Cooperation during the lesson |
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Objectives: TSWBAT
· Turn their Kid Pix Slides into a quick time movie
· Understand how to edit their own movie
· I Macs
· Stories
|
Time |
What
Teacher Does |
What
Students Do |
|
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· Gather students in circle · Review what occurred last class · Demonstrate using the Kid Pix slides with I Movie and turn it into quick time for an internet movie · Ask if they have any questions · Ask students to read out procedure · This will be a group activity and it is vital that we work together to finish each movie, so it can be put onto the Internet · Send students to the I Macs according to groupings (to be determined later) |
· Students sit in circle · Listen and participate in demo · Go to I Macs according to groupings |
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· Observe and help each group |
· Work on their slides with I Movie |
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Conclusion · Let students know that I will be putting so many movies on my Website each week for people to view · Ask if they have any questions · Tell students to exit I Movie and return to launcher · When finished line up at the door |
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Participate and ask questions ·
Exit I Movie and return to launcher ·
Line up at the door when finished |
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Assessment · Behavior and cooperation during the activity · I Movie quick time movies · Understanding of the Program |
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