At last here is my movie

So Hoora Hoora
This is my movie that I made and uploaded to you tube. these are photos and play dough men my child made when I had to do a uni assignment is a group. It is amazing how a 21/2 year could be amused with a old camera and play dough.
Using movies in class can be engaging and helpful for students. However, teachers who show movies that are not connected to learning have given movies a bad name. However get your students to create one and get them engaged in their learning.
Using movies in the classroom can extend the learning beyond the textbooks.
It can be seen as Interest building. Creating a movie can build interest in a topic that is being learned while providing a small break from normal classroom activities. Meets additional learning styles and can be used to enhance inclusion and differentiation in the classroom by presenting assignments and information in numerous ways can be the key to helping students understand topics. Provide teachable moments, can be a good thing to do where students would be unfocused or are disengaged in the classroom.
It also provides for teacher to act as the facilitator and guide and the students do the work.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

-Confucius

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and remember. Involve me and I learn.

-Benjamin Franklin

Reasons to have your students create videos:

·         Students will retain what they learn.

·         Helps students better express their deepest understanding of core classroom content.

·         Promotes creativity.

Students will be engaged in their learning.
Use the appeal of technology and media to engage students and help them learn
Forces students to think at a higher level. –
Students sew the information together in an organized way that forces students to think about the entire body of information

·         Students will improve their technology skills.

·         Helps to develop problem-solving skills.

·         Video is the Professional Language of the Future

·         Its fun!

Remember if students are going to up load a video you need to get permission from their parents or cares. You must follow the ethical rules of the learning site you are teaching in and also from the education dept. education qld.