Windows Movie Maker - A new perspective

After another input on Windows Movie Maker, I feel that I may feel a bit more confident using it as it was finally explained to me properly. Using a series of powerpoints shown in the class, it was broken down step by step. I know see that Windows Movie Maker that would be a useful tool to use within a primary classroom. using this application would only be suitable to use with a primary 6 or primary 7 class as the skills need to be taught to the children and more complex audio files need to be created on another application called Audacity. There are a lot of processes involved with Movie Maker and to avoid frustration and inability to understand how to use the product, upper primary is the place to use it. It can also be used to edit the animated movies by importing the file and following the steps on how to edit the digital movie.
It would take a series of lessoms to teach the skills of using Movie Maker in manageable chunks to make the most effective use of this tool. The use of this tool ties into curriculum for excellence I explore and experiment with the features and functions of computer technology and I can use what I learn to support and enhance my learning in different contexts.TCH 1-04a / TCH 2-04a.
As with creating digital animations there are few issues when creating a digital movie:

• Delegation of tasks - some may do more than others and some may put in minimal effort.
• When the movie is being edited only one person can do this at a time. The other members of the group will have to have other related tasks while this is being done so that the work is not left to one person.
• If the pupils are not told how to save their work properly on this application then all the editing that has been done is lost and the whole lot has to be redone.

Overall I now feel more confident with using Windows Movie Maker and now feel that it might be of more benefit to use within the classroom than I orginally thought.