BP7_HeyZap Commercial

I previously had blogged about an online web tool called heyzap. Here is a mini commercial on why you should check it out! In this video I used the program tools of screencapture, screenshots, and iMovie. Within the platform of iMovie, I used some skills such as picture in picture, audio overlap, music, and titles. Enjoy!

*sorry for the scratchy voice...I lost it at the end of the week during the past basketball game because the cheerleader's refuse the cheer quietly so my basketball boy's can hear me* :)

PE3_iMovie

I am definitely thankful to have the Lynda membership because I know that as my iMovie skills grow and continue to be used in this program...I will need a refresher on many of these skills. I really do appreciate all the "quick type" options that can be used to make editing my movies easier but having the availability to click on a minimal amount of places to edit the audio or video also makes it easier to remember. 

With the closing there was another quick screen capture of the presenter as my closing which was nice to see again who has taken me step by step through my iMovie training. 

Upon my completion, I received a certificate of completion of my iMovie training.

In my previous course, I was assigned to make a short video on some of the way I incorporate technology into my classroom. I used the similar video I made from that class to help me complete my project for this class. I played around with the music, video, audio, and clip adjustments. I think the end project is pretty funny and I know my kids in my class will think so as well. See if you can pay close enough attention to each section to see what was changed... :) I hope you enjoy it!

In order for me to be able to share this video with you, I also watched the simple click on how to share my videos and upload them to this platform. It was quite easy but it also takes some time.

 On the top of the iMovie bar there is a button that says 'Share' and simply clicking on that a drop down window will appear that allows you choose where you would like to share your video to. I have noticed a majority of the time I will just 'Export Movie' because in the previous classes we were to upload our video to our Viddler accounts.

After choosing how my video needed to be shared, I was then able to choose the export size and choosing where the video was to be exported to.

One my video was exported I simply clicked on the upload button the platform I wanted the video uploaded to!

It is crazy to think that my computer that I have been using for the past three years has the platform of iMovie on it and I had only used it three or four times! After completing this training, I hope to use iMovie more frequently now that I feel much more comfortable with the platform and the usability of it.

Another interesting aspect of this assignment was using the platform of the Lynda learning lounge. I know that we have had this account for some time now, but truthfully....other than logging in the first time I got the account information...I hadn't touched it! After learning about the platform of iMovie on it, I already searched for the platform of iWeb. Currently our school uses iWeb for our basic school and classroom websites and being able to use it to a technical aspect would be helpful. The only side to all of this is the time it takes up. Finding the time to set aside to use and find all of these easy, quick and most importantly free resources is a skill I need to find! :)

PE1_iMovie

To be or not to be an iMovie "expert"...to be (because it's an assignment)

I have recently began my journey in learning about the program called iMovie. I hope that this expansion will allow me to use this program to its fullest capacity. In my first sitting, I watched about 6 session of the class and have already been overloaded with some great information that will help me with my video usage in and and out of the classroom.

In the school I teach at, we are very fortunate to be a mac based school. I have used iMovie in the past 3 years of teaching about 3 times....sad I know! It has been interesting these past few months viewing other peer's work that was produced by iMovie and I have this yearning feeling that I want to learn more about it!

Some lessons that were quite significant to myself were the lesson on learning how to make folders for you 'finished' videos. In the past, I really didn't know what to do or how to move the movie's that I had finished and just clicked and deleted them and now I definitely regret what I had done in my past experiences. Even thinking back to the beginning of my FS education....I deleted those as well! But the ones that I did still have, I followed the simple steps of the training and rearranged my video's into easy to located folders.

With a simple click and drag, I was able to make new folders, label them, and organize my past videos. It was SOOOO easy. Now instead of opening an cluttered and overwhelming program full of videos...it is now neat and clutter free!

Another significant lesson included to use of importing different types of video, which I could definitely see being useful for my family videos that are located on a an old school VHS camcorder!

I also enjoyed learning about how to put different themes, title pages, and even credits to my videos.

Not only does the picture above show you the skills of adding a title page or theme to a project but it also shows the usability of the active and non-active parts of the video. I was also so confused with how the screen was split and why the video had green lines but after the trainings from the first 6 sessions it totally make sense now!

I have really enjoyed the trainings that I have done thus far with my iMovie training. Below you will see a simple snap shot of the titles of the trainings I have completed thus far.