I have moments as a teacher when I think “this is the way it should be!” The students are engaged, excited, and working collaboratively on something meaningful. In those moments I truly realize the power of teaching.
Today I had a moment like that with one of my first grade classes. The first graders have a number of pics that they took on their last two field trips. They had previously used PPT to create a book of a previous field trip. This time I knew I wanted to do something a little more challenging.
So, working in pairs, the students chose pictures from a shared Dropbox photo gallery. They imported the pictures into iMovie and got creative! I wish you all could have felt the excitement in the room as the students played with the different titles, transitions, music, and sound effects. They were having fun, I was having fun, they were learning, and I was learning.
I was so proud of them. It was a GREAT day!
I cant wait to post their completed movies on my blog. In the meantime take a look at a few pics from today’s class.
