iMovie

Attached should be a 30-second commercial promoting Western Oregon University using iMovie, but (almost) our whole class had difficulty saving our work...we learned how to do so properly (and how to use the program), though, and that's what's important! iMovie can be used in a classroom to encourage group work and collaboration. Doing so could allow each student to give valuable input that another student may not have seen at first. Together, a masterpiece could be created. :) iMovie is very easy to use and edit. It allows you to take several clips and put (parts of) them together and add text and music. I think it would be a good idea for iMovie to be a one week project for students. The first day they could "play" with the program and get familiar with it. The second day they could create a layout of the content they wish to have in their movie. The third day they could shoot their footage. The fourth day they could put their work together into a finished product. And the last day they could share their work with the class and give feedback. It can even be saved and displayed on YouTube!