Ready for that Video Project? Easy Instructions for Windows Movie Maker

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A fun screenshot from an article
I wrote that you should check out.

Some years ago I wrote an article on the super basics of Windows Movie Maker (pictured on left) for use in the English classroom. The article is filled with easy instructions and fun screen shots. 


I've always loved Windows Movie Maker:
1. It's easy to use and easy to teach.
2. It's free.
3. At most schools, it's already available.

Thanks to Donors Choose I will be doing a project this year wherein my students will write, produce, and share original movie trailers based on given texts. The students will use Flip Video cameras (pictured on right) to film their projects and Windows Movie Maker (pictured above) to turn their work into award winning short videos. 


By doing this, students are engaged in an awesome act of creativity while at the same time invisibly practicing differing levels of reading comprehension and synthesis that they may never have accessed before. Exciting, right?


To see the "Hamlet" movie trailer that inspires projects like this, take a peek:







To see the "Apt. J Sing-A-Long" featured in the screenshot above, take a look at the video below: