Saturday, May 12, 2018

Stop Motion Video


I tried something new with my Kindergartners.  We made stop motion video with iPads.  It was a lot of fun.  We did it with CVC words.  We used the Lego Movie Maker App which unfortunately is no longer available.   Here are other apps you can use instead: iMotion, I Can Animate, and Stop Motion Studio. 



To make it easier for movie making, I took a plastic crate and added a tape outline to the top to show the students where to lay the iPad and then laid a background piece of paper or students to lay a CVC picture card and then each of the magnetic letters. 




I showed the students how to make the letters look like they are moving by themselves by moving the letter a little at a time and taking a picture.  They caught on quite quickly.  Here is an example:


Technology Award


I know that it has been awhile since my last blog but I have been very busy.  While I was gone I was awarded the Technology and Innovation in Education Technology Educator of 2018 award. 




I was nominated by a colleague because I am always helping and trying to inspire other teachers to use technology in their classrooms.  Here is the video they created.