movie maker in the classroom…it’s easier than you think! tim cooper charlotte-mecklenburg...
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Movie Maker in the Movie Maker in the Classroom…It’s Classroom…It’s Easier Than You Easier Than You
Think!Think!Tim CooperTim Cooper
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsSchools
[email protected]@cms.k12.nc.us
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About Me
• Instructional Technology Specialist for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
• Taught 7th grade Social Studies for 8 years
• Taught training courses on Windows Movie Maker to teachers for 3 years
• Used Movie Maker in the classroom for over a dozen activites
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Tell me about Movie Maker
• Movie Maker is a video-editing software program from Microsoft.
• It comes free with Windows XP Home and Professional.
• It is basically a video version of PowerPoint, and has many of the same features and workflow items.
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What can I do with Movie Maker?
•There are many classroom, as well as personal, applications for Movie Maker, including:
•Photo montages for Parents’ Night, Open House•Videos of classroom activities•Student projects
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How do you get started?• Movie Maker can run on most any computer
that has Windows XP installed.• Recommended system requirements include:
• Processor: Personal or multimedia computer with a 1.5 gigahertz (GHz) or higher processor
• Memory: 256 megabytes (MB) or higher of RAM • Hard Disk: 2.0 GB of available hard-disk space or
higher• You will also need a way to get your videos into
your computer. This requires different capture hardware depending on the source of your video.
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How do you get started?• In other words, any of the school
district black computers can run Movie Maker, as long as you have Windows XP!
• If you have Vista at home, you also have Movie Maker•The Vista version is updated and
refined over the XP version.
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Here are several examples of Movie Maker Projects
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Here are several examples of Movie Maker Projects
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How to upgrade to Movie Maker 2• Go to www.windowsxp.com• In the Top Downloads section, you should
see Movie Maker 2• Click the Go button on the right side• Click the Download button on the right side• Choose Open on the dialog box that pops up,
and let the software download, then install.• Choose the default settings to install the
software.
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Introduction to Movie Maker 2• For best results, I suggest you set your
screen resolution to 1024 x 768. This will allow you to see all the options in Movie Maker and not have to scroll through different windows.• On the desktop, right click, then select
Properties.• Choose the Settings tab, then move the Screen
Resolution slider to More.• Your CMS computer should use this
1024x768 resolution by default• Screen resolution is one of the things you can’t
change!
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Introduction to Movie Maker 2
Capture Area
Bring video, still pictures, or audio from the camera, disk, or other source
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Introduction to Movie Maker 2
Edit Movie Area
Transitions, video effects, titles, and credits
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Introduction to Movie Maker 2
Finish Movie
Export to Computer, CD, web, or back to the camera