Digital Story

I created my digital story using iMovie and chose to make the video into a virtual field trip to the post office.



What went well:

• I liked the click and drag features built into iMovie that made many components easy to complete.  
• I created the movie ahead of time with little instruction, and I am very satisfied with the final product.
• I am glad that we learned about copyright laws because it is something that I did not know specifics about before and may not have complied with.
• I enjoyed choosing the topic, getting to go take pictures, and completing the creative project.

And not so well:

• Finding free, copyright free music that complimented the video was very difficult.
• Perfecting the zoom feature and timing on each photo was also tricky and more time consuming than many of the other steps.  

Potential uses in my future classroom:

• More virtual field trips
• Biographies
• Covering historical events
• Having the students create autobiographies to get to know each other

Overall, this project turned out better than I thought.  It was difficult selecting a topic, but once I decided it went pretty quick. The program itself was very user friendly and I enjoyed completing the movie.