Why Use Digital Video Technology in the Classroom?

• It is motivating for students.
• It allows students to express their ideas in multiple ways including moving pictures, sound, graphics, and music.
• It encourages students to become actively involved in their own learning.
• It allows both students and teacher to assess their understanding at any point in time.
• It helps students develop technical skills that will be useful in the future.
• The product is a permanent artifact that can be used to show parents the kinds of things their children are learning in school.
• Students can use the video to teach their peers what they have learned.

What Does a Good Digital Video Project Look Like?

• Students are involved in learning activities that relate directly to the content area curriculum.
• Students present information in a way they could not without video.

Apple Learning Interchange Projects

	The Art of Pointilism Students create an iMovie based on a new vocabulary word.
	Poor Henry the Snail Upper elementary students create a children’s movie book with iMovie. Their project was used to inspire non-readers at their school.
	An African Folktale Middle school students use the writing process to write their own African folktales. They then act out their tales in an iMovie.
	Public Service Announcement Students develop public service announcements to raise awareness of important issues concerning health, safety and environmental issues.
	Chasing Metaphors Students come to a better understanding of metaphors by creating an iMovie with visual representations of metaphors that they have created.
Images used with permission from the Apple Learning Interchange