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Math Writing Prompt Leads to iMotion Video

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How to make an iMotion video (With iMotion)…

  1. The first step to create your project is Download the free app iMotion.
  2. Open iMotion and select the button labeled “new movie”. (You will see two buttons underneath labeled “help” and “iMotion gallery”. The button “help” contains help and tips, while “iMotion gallery” contains videos and movies from others.)
  3. After clicking on the “new movie” button, then select “manual”, and then “start”.
  4. Please Note: iMotioncan also be used to make voice notes, remote videos, and time-lapse projects.
  5. Once you have selected the “start” button, choose your topic/theme. For my project, it was a Super Mario BrosTM -like setting.
  6. Get your props ready. For me, it was paper and a utensil to draw with.  Also, scissors to cut the designs and something to prop up the camera.
  7. Please Note: You will want a substantially sturdy object to hold it. This can include a custom case, stand, or even just a stack of thick books. However, make certain your holder doesn’t cover or block your main camera.
  8. Position your camera in a way so it will not move. Or in a way so it is easy to move.
  9. The following video shown above uses movement intentionallyto mimic the movement of the Super Mario BrosTM Game. However, this example project requires a still camera.
  • Near the top rightmost corner, there is a “capture” button. Once you have positioned your props, press this to take your first video. Move your props about a quarter-centimeter, and then take the second “capture”.
  • Please Note: The span of your screen for the normal model iPad Miniis a 720×720 base. This may vary in devices updates, and otherwise development. Also, you can see the total number of “captures” you have taken by looking at the total middle label titled “Images”.
  • If you have finished your video, select the “display button at the bottom leftmost corner. Then the “stop capture” one.
  • Move your object a half-centimeter in between every “stop capture”.
  • Please Note: When you hit the “stop capture” button, you will see several options. One of these, “onion skin” will allow you to see the previous screen overlaying the new one. I would recommend using this for the smoothest possible transitions.
  • When you are finished with your section, hit the “stop capture” button. It will ask you to confirm, so simply tap the screen to continue.
  • Once you are at this point, the lower scroll bar will allow you to change your FPS, or Frames per Second.
  • To delete a frame, simply slow your FPS down and pause on the frame you’d like to delete.
  • Save your project.
  • You’re done!

Janice Conboy @Mrs_Conboy

and Whitney Cavanagh @WhitneyCavanagh

6th Grade Teachers

Guest Blogger: Clarissa, 6th Grade Student

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Digestive System Choice Project

After learning about the digestive system, students created a project to show their understanding of the path that food takes throughout the digestive process. Students were to pretend that they were a piece of food and write or speak their journey in the first person. The project was a student choice project meaning students were able to pick how they were going to show their learning. Many students chose to use their ipads and used iMovie, Keynote, Strip Design and many more apps.

This video made with iMovie.

Whitney Cavanagh @Mrs_Conboy

and Janice Conboy @WhitneyCavanagh

6th Grade Teachers

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Conversations With Socrates

In social studies, students were able to have a “conversation with Socrates” through the use of a prerecorded voice recording of Socrates.  The voice recording was put into their social studies folder in Showbie*.  All the 6th graders were able to access the voice recording through Showbie.  Students were then able to create their own responses to the thought-provoking questions from Socrates.  The next step was to record their answers to make a conversation.

Step 1 – Listen to the Socrates recording located in Showbie

Step 2 – Record your responses in Garage Band, iMovie, or QuickVoice

Step 3 – Import recordings into Garage Band or iMovie

Step 4 – Create a new project, splice, and combine the recordings to make a conversation

Step 5 – Be sure to save your project

*Showbie is a wonderful tool to help make your classroom paperless.  It can help to get materials to all students, groups of students, or even individuals.

Janice Conboy @Mrs_Conboy

& Whitney Cavanagh @WhitneyCavanagh

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Voice and Choice in Math Assessment

Our class took a geometry assessment today on 3D shapes. Students demonstrated their knowledge on the app called Educreation. In the assessment they were able to choose the shapes they were working with and then they had to record their understanding. This aligns to the standard 7G.A.2

To Get Started Open EduCreations App on your iPad. Hit record.

  1. Drawone of the following shapes and explain verbally (with your speech) the number of vertices the shape has. Then draw a line of symmetry through the shape.
  • Cylinder
  • Cube
  • Rectangular Prism
  • Sphere
  1. Drawanother shape from the list and explain verbally (with your speech) the number of vertices the shape has. Then draw a line of symmetry through the shape.
  2. Describe verbally the relationship between the two figures you have chosen.

Stop recording and save your video.

Educreation offers a free “classroom” to share and organize projects.

Janice Conboy & Whitney Cavanagh sixth grade teachers