Making Movies

Using iMovie we were to create a digital story that we could use in our classroom. My digital story is about World War II. The story is a journey through World War II from how the war started up until the time the war ends. I think that overall this project went well but it was also very frustrating. The main thing I was frustrated with was the fact that we could not work on the project at home. We were only able to use iMovie in the classroom. I had also never worked with iMovie so I did not exactly know how to use the program. I also had some frustration with my pictures not showing up the first time I created the movie. I did not pick the best topic to take my own pictures so I had to get all of the pictures from the Internet. Most pictures on the Internet are small and very blurry so I was not able to use those pictures and if I did the were not very clear in my movie. I think that the end product was well worth the time that was put into making the movie. I think that this is a program that I will use again in the classroom to help explain certain topics discussed in class. I think that the next time I use this program I will start the project on my computer and finish it on my computer so that I am able to work on it at home. I learned a lot while working on this project. I had never made a digital story before so by using iMovie I learned how to create this story and I also learned how to use all of the tools that are on iMovie. Overall, I think that I will use this program again, maybe not very often but it is definitely something I will use in my professional career.