The ease of iMovies....

I was extremely surprised at the lack of complexity to making an iMovie. I think that if we filmed more scenes, we could have even had 3 completely different movies. I wanted to do that but time did not allow. The cameras are pretty easy to use too. The most challenging part of the assignment for me was having the patience to deal with fitting the scenes in order (it's hard dragging scenes while scrolling through other scenes, sideways).

In a classroom I could have the students recreate historical scenes, film, and create their own depiction of event on film. Teaching students to use iMovies would take little or no time, after all they are kids. And I've noticed that people are afraid of delving in and just clicking things. Once I learned about the power of the "Undo" button, I felt a lot more confident about trying something out. I would stress the importance of trying new things, and heaven forbid, having to use the "Undo" button.

There are many useful ways to incorporate iMovies into a history class. They can almost recreate any scene, and I wouldn't grade prop value. They can do historical timelines too, that would be something I would like to see if I were a teacher.

I heard students in a conversation talking about how hard the upcoming week is going to be a rough week of class. I assured them that apple products are easy to worth, I used iTunes as an example. I like that because iMovies are simple to make, you can focus more of the effects and other utilities.