Lights, Camera, Action Making Videos in the Classroom Can Happen

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Lights, Camera, Action!Making Videos in the
Classroom Can Happen

• Catherine NelsonLibrary Media Specialist
• Rock Hill, South Carolina

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Video ClipRed Ribbon Weeknot included in web
material
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Early Attempts

• Library Shape Exploration with Kindergarten
  Students
• Video Clip 136

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Video ClipKindergarten Shape Explorationnot
included in web material
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Morning News Program Intro

• Cathy Nelson
• Clip 229

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Video ClipExplorer News Network Intronot
included in web material
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Veterans Day Salute

• 2nd Grade Collaborative Project
• Clip 344

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Video ClipVeterans Day Salute not included in
web material
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Drama / Science Integration

• Meghann Plumb, TeacherTheater Arts
• Clip 420

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Video ClipDrama / Science Integrationnot
included in web material
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Holiday Extravaganza 2004

• Christmas Music ProgramPaul Nutter, Music
  Specialist
• Problems beginClip 150

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Video ClipHoliday Extravaganza 2004not
included in web material
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Oliver

• Musical AdaptationArtist-in-Residency withThe
  Baillie Players
• MANY glitches and skips in final movieMovie clip
  514

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Video ClipOlivernot included in web material
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Video ClipThe Lazy 5 Ranchnot included in web
material
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Video ClipImagine Childrens Book Weeknot
included in web material
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Video ClipIts a Gift to be Freenot included
in web material
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Christmas 2005 Program

• Not included in the Web Presentation

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Video ClipNorthside Reading Prize Patrolnot
included in web material
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Video ClipMusic Artist Spotlightnot included
in web material
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My story

• First cameraSony Mavica
• Mpeg clips
• Embedded really rough video clips in PPTs
• Drama Teacherused it

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Drama Teacher

• First teacher to take and use digital cameras
  video component for authentic purpose
• Disappointed in quality size
• Kids LOVED it! So did parents on Drama
  Nights!

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My story

• Principal decided we needed digital cameras
  (still and video)
• Asked me to go shopping!
• I asked for time to investigate for best quality,
  ease of use
• NEXT day she sent a technology assistant to
  purchase whatever Staples had in stock.

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My response

• SHOCK
• No forethought to anything we had talked about
• No one knew how to do anything except shoot video
• I was the only one in the building who could
  actually pull the video to VHS
• NB candidates REFUSED to use the cameras
  including me

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The year of the donkey!!

• My response? Keep using that good old RCA VHS
  camerathen no transferring video to another
  tape.
• IGNORE the video cameras
• Excuse? No real time to learn (scheduling
  nightmare)
• Lack of foundation for myself.

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Time to Learn

• Summer - A lot of time.
• Both cameras at home w/ me
• Tried on again off again to shoot and capture
  footage.
• Failure after failure
• Frustration I had everything the booklets said
  I needed

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It took a child.

• Towards my explosive frustration point
• Throwing cameras down, swearing, carrying on
• 16 year old mentioned that perhaps if Id use a
  firewire
• Meanwhile, school resumes

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District Tech Classes

• Got a flyer at beginning of school
• Video editing was being offered as a five week
  mini class after a successful summer one
• Signed on after a d.o. friend suggested it.
• Instructor calledsaid do not ask questions in
  classsave them for later

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Time to confess my inadequacy!!

• Sheer humiliation
• I was revered as the tech guru, and I was having
  to call for help
• Had the instructional tech person visit and try
• He had success capturing live (webcam style) but
  it was grainy and not quality
• Later realized he set the camera to read from
  the memory card and not the dv tape

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His admission

• He struggled too
• Took him over and hour to finally capture ten
  minutes of the worst quality youd ever seen
• Blamed it on the quality of my cameras
• Made me think I was right about them being a bad
  choice for our school and teachers

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One positive from that meeting

• He told me to sign up for the district class
• Angered me so I did it out of anger
• I had already been to visit Tim who hooked my
  camera right up and downloaded perfect videobut
  I was still not having success
• They had me convinced I was not meant to use the
  cameras in the way they were
  intendeddigitally

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Class One

• It took just under an hour of his first class to
  FINALLY get to content I didnt already know
• How large video files are
• Measures to take to have a good capture - How do
  you spell f-i-r-e-w-i-r-e?
• How to use the Windows XP free version of Windows
  Movie Maker
• Already had a general working knowledge
• Previously used I-movie on a MAC

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How did I already know??

• Nature of the LMS
• Jump right in and tryplayrealize
  inadequaciesdevelop specific questions to ask
• Can be good or bad sometimes!!
• AlsoSummer of 2001 GEAR-UP Program at USC Aiken

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Back to class one

• Tim finally said the F word
• Firewire
• Of course I unloaded with a barrage of
  questions---and he cut me off, telling me he
  would talk to me independently at break
• Reprimanded me for scaring the others in the
  class
• Answered my questions, and I PROMPTLY.

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QUIT the class!

• Why?
• All I needed to know was how to capture my
  digital videos.
• He wasnt going to allow me to ask questions
• I didnt want to give up five weeks once a week
  of evenings
• I knew I could do the rest with no help necessary
  from the class
• It was obvious that everyone else was at TRUE
  beginner level

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What did I do?

• I realized my computer didnt have a firewire
  port or firewire and that I needed them
• Went shopping! Office Depot here I come!
• Asked for a firewire card for my computer (had
  specs all written down) and a firewire.
• Did not want to ask district eitherafraid the
  tech dept would say no or worse would say they
  would do it, and then TAKE FOREVER to come set
  me up. Can you spell r-e-d t-a-p-e?

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FEAR FACTOR!!Opening up the computer

• NEVER had done it before
• No experience in this area
• FEARcalled my inexperienced husband
• Together we walked through opening the computer.
  I was literally shaking.

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Once inside..

• Opened my firewire card package, only to realize
  I paid for a firewire I did not need because the
  card came with a firewire too.
• (another trip to Office Depot!)
• Could see the slot where the firewire card would
  fit
• Took a deep breathstuck it in, and closed it up.

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Now it was time

• I rebooted my workstation
• Rewound my mini dv tape on the camera
• Hooked up the firewire to the back of the ws,
  plugged it into my camera, and

• Held my breathe

• It was so shocking!! Suddenly my computer wizard
  wanted to know if I wanted to capture
  the film

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Excitement!, Joy!, and humility

• I was so PLEASED that I had finally successfully
  captured video
• Shared with my family at supper
• My 16 y.o. said told ya
• and I had to confess he was right.

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After the fact

• Tim, I now realize in reflection, had used a
  firewire at his school too.
• I went just to see if the cameras were really of
  poor qualityfigured hed know
• He did assure me they were fine when he was able
  to capture video
• I just totally missed the firewire, and thought
  hes used a USB cord like what had
  come with both cameras.

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The cameras

• In the package
• Camera
• Strap
• A/V cords
• USB cord
• Booklet in both Englsih and Spanish
• Software for editing

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What the booklet DID NOT SAY!

• No mention whatsoever of needing a firewire!!!
• To reflect over my whole summer and school kick
  off frustrations and realize all I needed was a
  firewireanger, frustration , wasted time!!
• In the back of my mind I did know, but had myself
  totally convinced that since the booklets
  said to use the provided USB cord,
  then it really wasnt needed.
  WAS I EVER WRONG!

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New beginnings

• Play with new video
• Start small
• Red Ribbon week
• K class exploration
• Veterans Day Skit
• Finesse your skills on the small projects
• Adding titles
• Using transitions
• Adding voice or music

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Learning WMM

• Start small
• Picture shows
• Adding music
• Finding music
• Doing video
• Bells and whistles

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Graduate to bigger projects

• School Musical
• School Play
• A different school play
• A principals presentation
• More examples

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Beginning to experience different kinds of
problems

• Longer projects were having skips
• Computer could not capture because of size/speed?
• Was it because I was a multitasking queen?
• Began working at home on personal computer
• Bought a laptop firewire and worked at home
• Problems still persisted

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Time to admit inadequacies again..

• And ask for help!
• ITV technician ?
• Better quality editing program
• District guru ?
• close screensavers
• get a dedicated workstation
• No Multitasking
• Better quality editor and to remember that WMM
  is free and not without imperfections

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And still no resolution

• Problems arise
• Music teacher unhappy with edited product because
  he sold copies and parents are complaining
• Wants me to dub all VHSs to replace the dvds
• Pride is pricked

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ResolutionI think

• I had the third Christmas musical to edit.
• Broke down at church and asked the professional
  video editor what would cause my skips
• He suggested I buy an external hard drive of at
  least 200 gb and a spin rate of 7200

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The solution

• Capture video to the larger faster hard drive
• Edit and save all work there
• No skipsso far

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Tim Coopers MaterialDistrict Instructor
ofWMMfor recertification credits
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Video Production with Microsoft Movie Maker

• Tim Cooper
• Rawlinson Road Middle School
• Rock Hill School District Three
• Rock Hill, SC
• www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/teachers/rrms/tcooper/edte
  ch/moviemaker

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About Tim

• 7th grade Social Studies Teacher at Rawlinson
  Road Middle School
• 7th Year teaching
• Graduate of University of South Carolina
• Model Technology Teacher Leader for RHSD3
• Teach IGPro/ClassXP and Movie Maker classes for
  Rock Hill School District
• Videos weddings, etc. on the side

Used with permission from Tim Cooper.
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Tell me about Movie Maker

• Movie Maker is a video-editing software program
  from Microsoft.
• It comes free with Windows XP Home and
  Professional.
• It is basically a video version of PowerPoint,
  and has many of the same features and workflow
  items.

Used with permission from Tim Cooper.
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What can I do with Movie Maker?

• There are many classroom, as well as personal,
  applications for Movie Maker, including
• Photo montages for Parents Night, Open House
• Videos of classroom activities
• Student projects

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How do you get started?

• Movie Maker can run on most any computer that has
  Windows XP installed.
• Recommended system requirements include
• Processor Personal or multimedia computer with a
  1.5 gigahertz (GHz) or higher processor
• Memory 256 megabytes (MB) or higher of RAM
• Hard Disk 2.0 GB of available hard-disk space or
  higher
• You will also need a way to get your videos into
  your computer. This requires different capture
  hardware depending on the source of
  your video.

Used with permission from Tim Cooper.
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Upgrading to Movie Maker 2

• Windows XP installs with Movie Maker version 1.
• There were significant updates to the program,
  and Microsoft offers a free upgrade to version 2.
• Before beginning work with the program, you
  should upgrade the software.
• Microsoft now includes Movie Maker 2 as part of
  Service Pack 2, a huge download (over 100 MB).
• Download Service Pack 2 through Windows Update,
  or order the CD from Microsoft.

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Introduction to Movie Maker 2

• For best results, I suggest you set your screen
  resolution to 1024 x 768. This will allow you to
  see all the options in Movie Maker and not have
  to scroll through different windows.
• On the desktop, right click, then select
  Properties.
• Choose the Settings tab, then move the Screen
  Resolution slider to More.

Used with permission from Tim Cooper.
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Introduction to Movie Maker 2
Capture Area Bring video, still pictures, or
audio from the camera, disk, or other source
Used with permission from Tim Cooper.
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Introduction to Movie Maker 2
Edit Movie Area Transitions, video effects,
titles, and credits
Used with permission from Tim Cooper.
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Introduction to Movie Maker 2
Finish Movie Export to Computer, CD, web, or back
to the camera
Used with permission from Tim Cooper.
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Getting your video on your computer

• There are two ways to get video from your camera
  into your computer USB or Firewire.
• All PCs have USB ports, and many laptops have
  Firewire ports as well.
• Firewire (IEEE 1394) is a faster transfer rate
  which can transfer higher-quality video.
• USB is more than sufficient for school-based
  videos.
• Make sure your camcorder can stream through USB
  if that will be your connection method
  (Sony cameras will USB stream).

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Using United Streaming

• Better known as StreamlineSC
• How to identify editable video
• Putting together my own instructional videos
• Having kids put together their own instructional
  videos.

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Notice the editing symbol!
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