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This page provides an overview of MovieMaker applications for education, tutorials, and examples.

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1. Animation. Using MovieMaker allows you (or your students) to produce animation. Creating a clay animation movie allows students to use their artistic and creative talents while using clay and technology to communicate and tell a story. Clay animation appeals to multiple intelligences and a broad variety of learners. Language skills are engaged while brainstorming and writing the script and storyboard. Mathematical, logical, and spatial skills are used in organizing the project, sequencing the frames, and using digital photography and video editing technology. Creativity is encouraged when students sculpt clay characters, draw and paint sets, and animate their stories. Collaboration skills are practiced when students work together to produce a clay animation project.	Animation Antics Examples Clay Animation - Just Say No Polly Saves the Day Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Other Examples and Resources
2. Digital Storytelling. Digital storytelling can be a powerful medium. There are many different definitions of "digital storytelling," but in general, all of them revolve around the idea of combining the longstanding art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video animation, and Web publishing. Digital Storytelling "combines the art of telling stories with some mixture of digital graphics, text, recorded audio narration, video and music to present information on a specific topic [and] revolves around a theme and often contain a particular viewpoint; stories are typically just a few minutes long." (http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/powerpoint/educational-uses-of-DS.ppt, January 27, 2007). Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling: Point of View A Dramatic Question Emotional Content The Gift of your Voice The Power of the Soundtrack Economy Pacing Educational Objectives of Digital Storytelling Create a digital story for use as an anticipatory set or hook for a lesson. Enhance current lesson plans with the use of a digital story within a unit. Assign student-created stories which requires students to research a topic from a particular point of view. (http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/introduction.htm on January 27, 2007)	Digital Storytelling Links Center for Digital Storytelling Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling Introduction to Digital Storyingtelling PowerPoint Examples Social Studies (sundance) Articles Business Week Resources and Articles Discovery Educators Network Digital Storytelling Blog and Resource
3. Presenting Knowledge. Students can use MovieMaker to present the knowledge they have learned in a clear and concise manner.	Presenting Knowledge Examples Math (Tessellations) ' Effective Math Videos (YouTube)
4. Other Programs. There are other programs that accomplish similar, if not the same examples expressed here. Students can use a free download called Microsoft Presenter, which works with PowerPoint, to create movie presentations as well. In addition, iMovie with MAC Computers is a very easy tool to use which creates movies. Also, there are several free versions of movie editing software. PowerPoint and KidPix can accomplish many of these functions as well.
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References. I've provided an extensive list of references to tutorials and more ideas of how to use movie maker in the classroom.
How to import photos into Windows Movie Maker 2.1 and turn them into a movie	Resource 1 [doc]
General tutorials and resources Useful downloads Classroom ideas (general, the arts, business, english, the art of persuasion, guidance and careers, physical science, science, technological education, social sciences and the humanities, uncommercials, math) Movie collections	Resource 2 [html]
iLife Examples (iMovie, GarageBand, iPhoto, iWeb)	Resource 3 [html]
Other Ideas for Using YouTube	Resource 4 [html]

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