iMovie is a video editing software application created by Apple and comes pre-installed on Mac computers and iOS devices.
It is an incredible application, which provides basic, ‘no-frills’ editing tools to put together a movie from a set of video clips. You are able to import video footage using either the FireWire interface on most MiniDV format digital video cameras or the computers USB port. iMovie can also import video and photo files from a hard drive. You are able to edit the photos and video clips and add titles, themes, music and effects, including basic colour correction and video enhancement tools and transitions such as fades and slides.
Students can share and publish finished iMovie projects as movies to any number of social media platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, or through iTunes.
Subject: Technologies
Strand: Digital Technologies – Processes and Production Skills
Sub-Strand:
- Collecting, managing and analysing data
- Digital implementation
- Designing
- Producing and implementing
- Collaborating and managing
Year level: Year one to Year six
Cross-curriculum priorities and General Capabilities:
- Literacy;
- Information and Communication Technology;
- Critical and Creative Thinking;
- Personal and Social Capability;
- Ethical understanding; and
- Intercultural understanding.
Links to other learning areas:
- English;
- Science;
- The Arts;
- Humanities and Social Sciences;
- Health and Physical Education; and
- Mathematics.
How to use this resource:
For a great iMovie tutorial, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbzDXk4vKk
Another fantastic way to use iMovie, is to record yourself reading a text and then insert your recording into iMovie. If you have students with hearing difficulties, you can import a video of yourself (or someone else) signing! A great YouTube demonstration on how to do this can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60RqTYp4xhQ&feature=youtu.be
References:
ACARA. (2015). Australian Curriculum. Retrieved from http://v7-5.australiancurriculum.edu.au
Apple Inc. (2015). iMovie for iOS – Apple (AU). Retrieved from http://www.apple.com/au/ios/imovie/
Bove, T., & Rhodes, C. (n.d.). Knowing What You Can Do with iMovie – For Dummies. Retrieved from http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/knowing-what-you-can-do-with-imovie.html
IPad Teachers. (2015). Add Sign Language Videos using iMovie on iPad. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60RqTYp4xhQ&feature=youtu.be
SCSA. (2014). Digital Technologies. Retrieved from http://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum- browser/technologies/digital-technologies2
Ultimate YouTube Resource. (2013). iMovie: Tutorial For Beginners. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbzDXk4vKk