*+Movie+Makers

=Movie Makers= ====Teachers who subscribe in a constructivist approach to learning, "learning-by-doing", have found movie makers to be an excellent tool for their classrooms. Whether using flip video cameras or online tools such as xtranormal, movies can be used for instruction, assessment, and student assignments.====

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 * 1) ====Engaging====
 * 2) ====Entertaining====
 * 3) ====Educational====
 * 4) ====Intrinsically Motivating====
 * 5) ====Uses Multiple Modalities====
 * 6) ====Integrate Subjects====
 * 7) ====Fun====

Making movies in the classroom hits each of the 6[| ISTE Nets for Students 2007] in at least one category.

 * 1) ====Creativity and Innovation====
 * 2) ====Communication and Collaboration====
 * 3) ====Research and Information Fluency====
 * 4) ====Critical Thinking and Decision Making====
 * 5) ====Digital Citizenship====
 * 6) ====Technology and Operations and Concepts====

The following Xtranorma l movie was used to introduce a project.
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Movie makers can be used to:

 * ====enhance a lesson====
 * ====tell a story====
 * ====review====
 * ====act out a vocab word====
 * ====tape a lab for absent students====
 * ====video interviews====
 * ====field trips====
 * ====scavenger hunts====
 * ====record steps in a proceduremedia type="youtube" key="FoDHSqQZuiw" height="315" width="560" align="right"====
 * ====video surveys====
 * ====tape presentations====
 * ====class/school news====
 * ====reenact a historical figure====
 * ====biography video reports====
 * ====create a play====
 * ====show application of math concepts====
 * ====news report of historical event====

Harding, J. Making Movies in the Classroom. [Slide Presentation]. Retrieved from: []
Murr604 (Oct 15, 2011). "Cell Phone Plan." [Video File}. Retrieved from @http://youtu.be/h5SMROdJaBc

NobleStudentFilms (Dec. 18, 2010). MC Escher Revisited. [Video File]. Retrieved from: @http://youtu.be/veN5jOxA1k0

Wyanderson (Mar. 5, 2009). What is function notation? [Video File]. Retrieved from: @http://youtu.be/FoDHSqQZuiw