Journal 6-Software Review

I-Movie and Inspiration

I-Movie-
I really liked working with this program. It was very easy to use once you got the hang of it and there were so many different transitions and effects that can be put into video clips to make it look like you know what you're doing! It was simple to add music, voice overs and to edit the clips that we were working with. Sometimes, it was hard to get the music to end or in the right place and you hard to work with it, but it was always workable.

This software could be incorporated into the classroom by using it to post movies of the students so that their parents can see what they are up to. I can make the movie look more appealing and show what I want by editing it and adding transitions and effects to it. Also, this can be incorporated into the classroom by giving the older students a tutorial on how to use this program and they can use it in their class presentations or they can be assigned a project that has them show their proficiency in using I-Movie.

I learned how to use this software by a tutorial given by Professor Jeffery Heil in which he showed us how to edit video clips, add music, add transitions, add effects, do voice overs, make stand still photos and many more things. He made a short movie for fun while giving us this tutorial which helped us to learn the techniques of this program and to make our own movie.

Inspiration-
This program was amazing! It was so easy to organize everything into a flow chart. There were so many pictures to pick from to make your chart look very animated and appealing. It was easy to create one category from another, to change the font and size, and to add the pictures. I wold definitely reccommend this program to any future or current teachers. The chart that I created will be very useful to refer back to when I need to know the different activities and projects that I completed to fulfill the different National Education Standards.

This program can be incorporated into the classroom by using it to organize the students' semester and their work that will be completed throughout their semester. It could also be use to divide the students' work into what is due each day and this would be useful to the parents to be able to keep track what their children needs to complete for homework each night.

I learned how to use this program by a brief tutorial from Professor Jeffery Heil in which he showed us the different ways that we can use Inspiration and the main concepts of how to use it. It was very helpful and I was able to make a chart from this tutorial.