Moviemaker

=Creating and sharing great movies= You have the inspiration. Now you just need the know-how to bring your visions to life. See how easy it can be to create, edit, and add special effects to your movies using Windows Movie Maker.

[|Windows Movie Maker 2 Tutorial]

[|Introduction to Windows Movie Maker: PDF Tutorial (to print out)] See how you can use titles, effects, and transitions to make your movie look the way you want. ||
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Make your movies more polished with special effects and professional-looking transitions between scenes. ||
 * [[image:http://img.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/moviemaker/create/effects.jpg width="55" height="55" link="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/addspecialfx.mspx"]] || [|Add transitions and special effects]

What's your movie called, and who helped you create it? Add titles, credits, and text to your movies to let the world know. ||
 * [[image:http://img.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/moviemaker/create/title.jpg width="55" height="55" link="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/addcredits.mspx"]] || [|Add titles and credits]

Set the mood for your movie by giving it a soundtrack. It's easy to add songs, mood music, and any other audio. ||
 * [[image:http://img.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/moviemaker/create/music.jpg width="55" height="55" link="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/addmusic.mspx"]] || [|Add music]

Use your own words and voice to describe the scenes in your movie. Voice-over is effective and simple to add. ||
 * [[image:http://img.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/moviemaker/create/microphone.jpg width="55" height="55" link="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/narration.mspx"]] || [|Add narration]

Capture video images of your home and the things in it to help you replace them in the event of disaster. ||
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Say goodbye to dull vacation videos. Your movie can be as fast-paced and fun to watch as a TV show. ||
 * [[image:http://img.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/moviemaker/create/vacation.jpg width="55" height="55" link="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/vacation.mspx"]] || [|Create a vacation movie your friends will want to watch]

For birthdays and holidays, make your wishes stand out with a custom video. ||
 * [[image:http://img.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/moviemaker/create/card.jpg width="55" height="55" link="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/greetingcard.mspx"]] || [|Create a video greeting card]

Set the mood for your movie by giving it a soundtrack. It's easy to add songs, mood music, and any other audio. ||
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Learn how to save your movies for yourself, your family, and your friends, in formats that everyone can access. Save your movie: [|**To your computer**] [|**To a CD**] [|**To a DVD**] [|**For the Web**] [|**For e-mail**] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://img.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/moviemaker/create/savemovie_55x55.gif width="55" height="55"]] || Save your movie

=Lesson Plans & Ideas: Moviemaker = =|| [|Tell a story with Windows Live Movie Maker] || || • || [|Windows Live Movie Maker teacher guide] ||=

[|**//Digital Video//**] [|Digital Video in Education] Video production in the classroom [|Flick School] Tips on taking pictures, and creating and sharing movies [|Ideas for Classroom Video Projects] Video lesson ideas in PDF format; Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view the file [|Jaycut]Edit movies [|Kids Vid] Instructional website to help teachers and students use video production in the classroom [|Multimedia Seeds] Everything you need to know about editing a video [|Project Based Learning] Project based learning with multimedia [|Scholastic] Teachers guide to making student movies
 * **//Students will explore their environment including wildlife, natural resources, landscape and terrain, plant life, history, events, culture and any other elements that makes their environment unique with their end product being a video, a podcast, or a photostory.//**
 * **//Creating a Travel guide: Have students create travelguides for different areas of the country of world. End product could be a video, a photostory, a powerpoint, or a podcast.//**
 * [|A Day With Fractions]
 * [|Show Us Your World: Collect, Collaborate, and Create!]

This project shows a way to showcase all of the children in your classroom. Making Science Movies Learn how to create a respiratory system movie. Student teams use a digital camcorder and movie editing software to create a movie about a scientific topic. Click `Making Science Movies PowerPoint file' to see a lesson plan, resources for students and teachers to create a science movie, and step-by-step movie creation process. An example of the movie is included. NOTE: Please preview all links before sharing in class with students. Apple iLife Educator Award Winners' Projects This site contains Movie Maker projects that were created by students and have won the iLife Education awards from Apple. Subject areas include social studies, language arts, and science. Kent State and the Vietnam Protest Movement This site provides a lesson plan that integrates Movie Maker and other technologies with a history class. Digital Story Telling This site walks you through the process of creating digital story telling. Read "Creating Whose Knocking" to understand the process. Samples of digital story telling are included. Gettysburg Movie This site uses movies to reflect on understanding of 3rd-5th grader students about the causes and important events of the Civil War. Examples of student works and ideas for a lesson plan are included. A Day in the Life A classroom activity for 3rd-5th graders to use their knowledge and experience to tell about every day events through a movie. Animated Cartoons A classroom activity for 3rd-5th graders to create an animated movie from pictures. eThemes Resource: Technology: Windows 2.1 Movie Maker These sites help readers learn how to use Windows Movie Maker. Videos, step-by-step instructions, tips and tricks, and tutorials are included. ||
 * More Lesson Plans || Using Movie Maker to Introduce Your Classroom