1. Qatar UniversityFoundation Program Department of EnglishFall 2010 Video Production and Editing for ELT Teachers Ismail Fayed & Nicolas Gromik Dec. 29, 2010 Internal PD Event
2. Workshop Objectives: By the end of the workshop participants will be able to: identify some of the potentials of using Movie maker or other video production and editing programs for teaching create their first videoproject edit their video project and add media content add transitions and visual effects add credits and finalize their project render and save their final video file
3. Videos in ESL Contexts* 1. Focus on theme or content area. 2. Pair and group work. 3. Enthusiasm. 4. Students out of their seats. 5. Students out of control. 6. Different learning styles overlooked. 7. Learner choices. 8. Students memorizing lists of vocabulary. 9. Integrated skills. 10. Role play. *L. Opp-Beckman & K. Westerfield,(2006). Shaping the way we teach English. University of Oregon
4. STEP 1 Save all your images, video clips and audio files in one main folder in your hard drive or desktop. DON’T remove or rename that folder for any reason until you are done with the whole project.
11. STEP 8 Add transitions to your images and/ or clips.
12. STEP 9 Click on “Make Title or Credits” from the Tools menu.
13. STEP 10 Add sound/ music background(s). Change the position of the audio/ sound files as required for each image or clip. You may like to record your own narration instead using the Mic icon. Click ‘done’ when finished.
14. STEP 11 To save your project as a “video” In the movie task pane, click FINISH movie, save to my computer Click browse and choose folder or destination Type the new file name and click OK. Choose the movie quality setting as you plan to use it (i.e. best quality is for local playback in your computer, less quality can be used for online broadcasting or uploading purposes).
15. STEP 12 Upload your video online: www.youtube.com www.teachertube.com http://blip.tv/
16. More Resources: Free Images to download: http://www.bigfoto.com/ Free video clips: http://www.mp4point.com Free sound effects to download: http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com Video storyboard template: http://schools.shorelineschools.org/home_education/Forms/Video%20Storyboard.pdf Movie Maker 2 Free tips and tricks:http://www.mightycoach.com/articles/mm2/index.html Microsoft Windows Movie Maker: http://juliazanglcolby.wikispaces.com/file/view/JZC+MovieMaker+Handout.pdf Atomic Learning Free Tutorial on Movie Maker: http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/moviemaker2