6+Production

Learn to use Audacity, Frames to allow you to do Music, audio and stop motion animation.

Producing a digital story requires a lot of thought. Students need to first decide what media they would like to use in their story. They can take digital pictures, create their own graphics in a software program, and even create their own music in a program called GarageBand. It is better for students to create their own media because they become more engaged in the project when they are allowed to use their creativity.

There are several programs that will allow you to produce a movie that combines all of those media elements. iMovie is a program that comes with Mac computers and it is very easy to use. iMovie allows you to do titles, voiceovers, and even storyboards. You can adjust the amount of time for each clip in the movie and put music behind the images on the video. Once the video is made, you can burn it onto a CD so others can watch your movie.

Movie Maker is similar to iMovie, but it comes on Microsoft computers. You can include video, music, still images, and other media elements in Movie Maker. Just like iMovie, students have a lot of control over their production by using this program.

Photostory is a program from Microsoft that will allows you to make a movie from still pictures. You can add titles, voiceovers, transitions, and music to this movie, but you cannot add insert a lengthy video. All of it has to be done with still pictures. It is a simpler program to learn than iMovie or Movie Maker.