10 Ten Tips for Using Videos/Movie Maker in the Classroom

1.       Having students use Windows Movie Maker is an alternative way to motivate students to learn.
2.       Videos can help foster creativity for student and teach in the classroom
3.       Using Movie Maker and other similar software can help develop students’ computer skills.
4.       Using Movie Maker in the classroom can be shared and edited; this can get students to have those discussions about different perspectives and have students think about who is the audience that a video is trying to reach.
5.       Movie Maker and other software can be used as assignment ideas for students. For example, students can create movie trailers for books they are reading in class.
6.       Videos can help students express their knowledge in a creative way based on the content information.
7.       Movie Makers and other software is easy to use and accessible to many.
8.       Videos can be away to create discussions in the classroom and prompt new ideas and critical thinking.  
9.       There are many elements involved in creating a movie (sound, scripts, scene) and it can be away to cover a cross-content information.
10.   Movie maker and videos provide information in an interesting way that students can share with each other, locally, and globally.