Okay, so I have to admit I don't know anything about making a video. Last week, I made a digital story using Photostory 3 and thought that was the easiest program to use. I liked the layout of it because it lead you through the process page by page. This week, we were to edit a video that we imported. I tried to use Windows Live Movie Maker. I am still in the process of trying to figure it all out but it has reminded me of a regular Windows program. All the tabs are across the top and sort of in the order that you can use it in. To be honest, it was not as easy for me to figure out. I probablly should have watched the tutorial. I am figuring it out slowly but it wasn't as easy as Photostory 3. I realize that the other is with pictures and not video. I take more pictures than I do video anyway so I think in the future I would use Photostory 3 more often.
As far as using this in my classroom. I am a 2nd grade teacher and I am completely overwhelmed with the new curriculum my district has implemented that I do not have much down time to make a video to enhance a unit. In the past, I would have had the creative freedom to do such a thing. Now, we have a curriculum that it constantly changing and we can't even download six weeks in advance because it may have changed before we get to it. Hopefully, the creators will settle down and stop making changes so that the teachers can get creative with it and make some enhancements to go along with it.
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