Moviemaker+Project+Plan

**Windows Movie Maker**
 * Tech Tools for Learning, Project #3**


 * Select one or two partners. (No groups of 4; all groups of 1, 2, or 3.)
 * Select a topic that you and your partner(s) will enjoy. You will be creating a movie/slide show on this topic. //You will need to __narrow__ your topic so that you can cover it in 5-10 minutes//.

Here are **some ideas**; you __may use other school-appropriate topics__. Examples of __narrowing__: Causes of the X War; Results of X; warm and cold fronts from weather
 * Math topic: angles, geometry, mathematical property like distributive, etc.
 * Science topic: weather, seasons, ecosystem, batteries, electricity basics
 * History topic: ancient or modern
 * American (Revolution, Civil War, Great Depression, Westward Movement)
 * European (Middle Ages, Renaissance, Holocaust)
 * A particular war/battle
 * Language/literature: A particular author
 * Music topic: a performing group; a genre of music (rock, folk, rap, etc.), a specific instrument
 * Sports topic: a particular sport, a specific team, an outdoor non-team activity (tennis, horseback riding, tennis, canoeing, etc.)
 * Community groups topic: Scouts, 4-H, etc.
 * Hobby topic: hunting, dance, gymnastics, collecting stamps/coins/dolls/whatever


 * After you have chosen your topic**
 * Begin by finding & saving images—photos or clipart-- (AEA Online, iClipArt.com) appropriate to your topic. By the end of the first day: at least 2 images saved. By the end of the project, at least 5 images used. __Each person__ in the group should save in their own folder so you can work if partner is absent.
 * Check Learn 360 (at AEA Online) for short video clips on your topic. (Use **50501fdpm** and **plaea8**). If you use videos from any other site, they may not exceed 30 seconds because of copyright laws. Write down the name of your clip and its length. At Learn 360, login and search or browse. Click on a movie screen to play it. If you want it, click on Download. Save it in a folder, like “Project #3, Dance.”
 * Check Soundzabound (at AEA Online) for theme music to use at the beginning and end of your movie. Write down title, performer, length of possible clips. Save what you decide to actually use and mark that title so you can give credit.
 * Write a storyboard and script for your movie. We do **not** have access to FlipCams.
 * Import images, clips, music into your movie in MovieMaker (Start/All Programs/Windows Movie Maker)
 * Use Sound Recorder or Audacity to record your narration segment(s).
 * From MM Collections, drag images, music, clips, narration to the storyboard at the bottom of the screen.
 * Synchronize music, narration, title and credit slides, images, and video.

Your finished project will be **5-10 minutes long** and **will include** the following:
 * Title & credit slides
 * Music and/or sound effects
 * Narration. Total narration segments at least __30 seconds long__.
 * 5 still images (photos and/or clipart)
 * Video clip(s)