My students could not stop thinking about iMovie ! The whole day today they kept on talking about Brent Bytes and how they were looking forward to start working on their book trailers. Before the session started, I prepared a slideshow tutorial on creating a book trailer for the kids. It really helped them understand instructions. I'm so glad that they picked it up right away. I feel that the kids now are way to advanced - my presentation only covered the basics of imovie such as : starting a new project, choosing a design, adding images and text. The students played with the application for a few minutes then after a while they were already asking me about transitions, text editing, adding music and working on frames. I was really taken aback by their curiosity and genuine interest in using iMovie. Before I knew it, an hour has passed and it was time to go home. You can just imagine how sad the kids were - they all wanted to still work on their projects! I assured them that they will be able to finish their book trailers next week. What a great way to end my week!
POINTS FOR IMPROVEMENT:
1. When I made my slide show presentation , I assumed that the students will be using the same iMovie version as my Macbook Pro's. However, this was not the case. The iMovie in the computer lab's iMacs was a later version so I had to make adjustments on the spot. At one point, I just had to demonstrate some functions using one of the iMacs. Next time I will do a test run before the session and check on compatible versions as well.
2. My students pick up applications pretty fast. I need to be more prepared with their questions next time.
POINTS FOR IMPROVEMENT:
1. When I made my slide show presentation , I assumed that the students will be using the same iMovie version as my Macbook Pro's. However, this was not the case. The iMovie in the computer lab's iMacs was a later version so I had to make adjustments on the spot. At one point, I just had to demonstrate some functions using one of the iMacs. Next time I will do a test run before the session and check on compatible versions as well.
2. My students pick up applications pretty fast. I need to be more prepared with their questions next time.