Week 12

This was an interesting assignment. I did not know anything about Windows Movie Maker, and now I do know something about it! It is handy for creating a learning tool. I thought it would be easy, and it was relatively so. . .I found a way to make it more difficult!
 I believe the utility of this program is restricted to classroom learning, and for use on a Web site. This is not a program that would be easy to use at home. A limitation is that it will not play in a DVD player, so the viewing space is limited to the size of the computer screen used to view it. It might not be the most appropriate media for getting a parent involved with a lesson. It is great for providing a tutorial to a student, when computers are available in the classroom.


This program will also be useful to help a student. I would recommend this program for a student to use as a practice for an assignment. This would be especially helpful for a student to see just what is being presented and evaluate his/her presentation. The creativity this would allow a student to produce is a positive addition to any research paper, or routine class presentation. I can imagine the information gained by a student just from creating a movie about the research subject matter; picture the following: photos of a vegetable grown in a foreign country, and then explaining the process to get that vegetable into our home in the United States. This project would require discerning important information, putting it in chronological order, and most of all, preparing the audio to accompany the visual. What a fantastic learning event for a student!


This tool is one that should be used early in the school year. The best way to start may be small projects that will culminate into a final research presentation, or a tutorial for the rest of the class. The list of uses is endless, and again, limited only by imagination. I also believe this will have the biggest advantage because it will require repetition of the information used by the student. Anytime you can get a student to re-read, re-write, practice fluency, and other such skills, you have a winning combination.


Oh, but back to my personal experience with this assignment. I thought I had it completed, and for some reason, I always get it wrong the first time.

Miss Byrd's Math Class