Getting started with imovie
Before the iMovie for iPad Starter Guide and the Apple Education quiz, iMovie scared me! I had tried to use it before to edit simple videos for school or for friends, and after 10 minutes or so, I always gave up. It was all too confusing and I didn’t have the patience to figure it out. Now I may actually have a handle on iMovie, thanks to the Starter Guide and the Apple Teacher site.
In Chapter 2, Getting to Know iMovie, the very first page already cleared up past confusion for me. The difference between the Video, Projects, and Theater pages will help me tremendously going forward. In the Editing in iMovie section, the most useful thing I will use will probably be the Undo and Redo features. By the little arrow icon, I gathered that that was the undo button. But, the life saving tip on this page is that you can hold down the undo button and actually redo what you just undid. That’s probably going to save me lots of time when working on movies or trailers.
In Chapter 3, Creating Your Movie, the most helpful thing for me was the step by step instructions for every feature in iMovie. In this chapter, we get a movie to practice editing and adjusting. Each page is a different “how to” with step by step instructions. After following each of the steps in each of the chapters, I feel much more comfortable with iMovie. It’s one thing to read a book about how to use a program, but by downloading a movie and being able to practice along with the book was so helpful to me! Being able to actually DO what I was reading about will help me when making my own movies.
In Chapter 4, Watching and Sharing Your Movie, my favorite tip was how to get the finished movie onto my computer without having to email it or send it as a text message. I had never heard of iTunes File Sharing before, but that tip is one that will go beyond my use of iMovie. I think I’ll begin to use iTunes File Sharing for all of my other projects!
In Chapter 5, Going Further, I loved the link at the bottom of page 42. The link is for a collection called “For Educators” that is a collection of ideas and inspiration for educators of all content areas. Again, this will not only help me in making iMovies, but also as I go further in my teaching journey.
Thank goodness for this iMovie tutorial. I’m no longer scared of the program and am actually excited to start experimenting and making my own movies and trailers!
In Chapter 2, Getting to Know iMovie, the very first page already cleared up past confusion for me. The difference between the Video, Projects, and Theater pages will help me tremendously going forward. In the Editing in iMovie section, the most useful thing I will use will probably be the Undo and Redo features. By the little arrow icon, I gathered that that was the undo button. But, the life saving tip on this page is that you can hold down the undo button and actually redo what you just undid. That’s probably going to save me lots of time when working on movies or trailers.
In Chapter 3, Creating Your Movie, the most helpful thing for me was the step by step instructions for every feature in iMovie. In this chapter, we get a movie to practice editing and adjusting. Each page is a different “how to” with step by step instructions. After following each of the steps in each of the chapters, I feel much more comfortable with iMovie. It’s one thing to read a book about how to use a program, but by downloading a movie and being able to practice along with the book was so helpful to me! Being able to actually DO what I was reading about will help me when making my own movies.
In Chapter 4, Watching and Sharing Your Movie, my favorite tip was how to get the finished movie onto my computer without having to email it or send it as a text message. I had never heard of iTunes File Sharing before, but that tip is one that will go beyond my use of iMovie. I think I’ll begin to use iTunes File Sharing for all of my other projects!
In Chapter 5, Going Further, I loved the link at the bottom of page 42. The link is for a collection called “For Educators” that is a collection of ideas and inspiration for educators of all content areas. Again, this will not only help me in making iMovies, but also as I go further in my teaching journey.
Thank goodness for this iMovie tutorial. I’m no longer scared of the program and am actually excited to start experimenting and making my own movies and trailers!