P-ITEC-0433-10-002+-+Lights,+Camera,+Action!+Using+Discovery+streaming,+Movie+Maker+and+Your+Own+Creativity+to+Enhance+Your+Lessons


 * P-ITEC-0433-10-002 - Lights, Camera, Action! Using Discovery streaming, Movie Maker and Your Own Creativity to Enhance Your Lessons**

Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Presented by Stephen Orr, Computer Resource Specialist, Bettie F. Williams ES

Teachers will learn how to download specific clips from Discovery Education streaming and then compile them and/or combine them with videos they've taken themselves to create a tailored instructional presentaion to assist with instruction. We will use Windows Movie Maker and Windows Movie Maker Live to edit and compile video clips. Copyright issues related to editing Discovery Education videos will also be discussed. Course material will be available online at Stephen’s wiki.

Discovery Streaming is an incredible online video resource that has been provided to all instructional staff in the Virginia Beach City School System. You have the ability to either access and present videos from their library online, or download full videos, clips, and more, and use them in your classroom, embedding them in popular programs like ActivInspire flipcharts, PowerPoint and more.

Login for VBCPS Instructional Staff Username: **vb(WISE)** Password: **vbcps**
 * Discovery Streaming**

Searching for media by keyword Using Advanced Search
 * Helpful how-to links for using Discovery Streaming**:

[|Go to the Curriculum Standards Search Page] Under Services, choose "**DE Streaming**" from the dropdown menu. It may have already set Virginia as your default state/province. Otherwise, select "**Virginia**" from the dropdown menu. From Standards Document, you can select either "**Common Core State Standards**", "**Curriculum Framework**" or "**Standards of Learning**" from the dropdown menu. Under Subjects, choose the area you would like to search. For my purposes, I am choosing "**Science**". Under Grade, select the grade you would like to search. For my purposes, I am choosing "**Fourth Grade**". Under Year, I am selecting **2010**.
 * Using the Curriculum Standards Search **

On the page that comes up, you will notice that it lists the different units that Fourth grade studies throughout the year. Today, I am selecting "Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems. Under this selection, I can see SOL **4.6 - The student will investigate and understand how weather conditions and phenomena occur and can be predicted.** I am going to expand this choice. From the list that comes up here, I am going to choose 4.6.a - weather phenomena.

As you can see, under this subsection of SOL, I have 53 results. To the right, I am going to change my setting to **Sort by Best Match** and my **Results per Page** to **30**. Scrolling down the list, I am going to choose the video title **Earth Science: Weather and Climate**. It is a full video that also has a teacher's guide attached. Notice that to the right, there is the button that says **Curriculum Standards**. Clicking on this allows you to see the different standards this particular video covers for third, fourth, and fifth grade. The button next to it, **Add To My Content**, will allow you to create folders on DE Streaming to save the different videos you find to use in your lessons.

You will see the following items. 1. The embedded player and its controls, plus additional options for full screen, a pop-out window, or closed captioning (if available). 2. On the right, a series of tabs, which include Segments, Related Materials, Citations, and More in this Series. 3. At the bottom of the page, you will see a title description and suggested related videos. 4. Under **Segments**, we have the ability to play or download both the full video and individual clips. You can also group the individual segments to download. Once I have clicked on the title, you will see that I have several options on how to present this video in my classroom. I can play it straight out through the browser by clicking the large PLAY button in the center of the screen. You can play the video in full screen mode by clicking the full screen icon toward the bottom right of the screen. You can return to the web page for the video by hitting the escape button.
 * What you see when your video page comes up**
 * Playing the streaming video through the web browser**

A common problem that you run into when playing the video directly from the internet is buffering. Buffering is when the bandwidth, or available "highway", of the internet is become clogged or slows. The video file, which is being sent in chunks to your computer, must have a certain amount of itself available to your computer to play. As it reaches the end of the available amount of file, the video stops and waits for more of itself to catch up. This is why we will choose the option to download what we need.

Take a few minutes now and search for a video clip in a subject area that you are interested in presenting. Once you have found the video you want to work with, save it to the Video Library folder on your computer.
 * BREAK**

There are currently two flavors of Windows Movie Maker available – which one you will use will depend on what is loaded on the computers at your school. It is likely your school may still be using the older version, Windows Movie Maker 2.6, which has been in use since Windows XP. If your school has updated to Windows 7, then you may have access to Windows Movie Maker Live., if your CRS has loaded it.
 * Windows Movie Maker **

First, click on the Windows button in the bottom left of your screen and select ALL PROGRAMS. From there, scroll through the list of programs to Windows Movie Maker 2.6, then click to open.
 * IMPORTING YOUR VIDEO INTO WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER 2.6 **

On the workspace, look to the upper left and Capture Video. Select Import video, and navigate to where your clip was saved. **BEFORE YOU IMPORT**, notice that there is a little option at the bottom that says Create clips for video file. UNCLICK this box before selecting Import.

Once the video file is imported into the workspace, go to the bottom section of the space and select Show Timeline. This allows you finer control on selecting where you want to split or cut your video.

Drag your video into the timeline. You will notice that the video now shows up in the display box to the right. In the timeline, you can drag the blue progress line across the video to select where you want to cut the video file. Let me demonstrate.

When I find the spot where I want to split the video, I go up to the display box and click on the split tool. The video is now cut at the spot I have selected. I will now move through my video and find the next spot where I want to split the clip.

To move and place the clip to another location inside the video, I can select another spot to cut, then go back and drag the clip to the split/cut I just made. To remove the clip I just created, all I need to do is highlight and delete it.

Adding a simple transition – go to **TOOLS, VIDEOS TRANSITIONS** and select the transition you would like to use. I am partial to the **FADE** transition.

To save a video, go to **FINISH MOVIE** in the left hand menu. Click **Save to My Computer**. Give your video a name, and select the location where you want to save it. Your H Drive would be a good place.

For most people, leaving the default **Movie Setting** to **Best Quality Playback on My Computer** is best. You do have the option, however, to save in different sizes and qualities. Click Next to begin processing your video file.

First, click on the Windows button in the bottom left of your screen and select **ALL PROGRAMS**. From there, scroll through the list of programs to Windows Movie Maker Live, then click to open.
 * IMPORTING YOUR VIDEO INTO WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER LIVE **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the workspace, click **Home** tab and **Add Videos and Photos**. Navigate to where your clip was saved.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once the video file is opened, you will see that it is automatically set up as a type of timeline on the right hand side to the workspace, while the video is displayed to the left. This allows you finer control on selecting where you want to split or cut your video.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the timeline, you can drag the progress line across the video to select where you want to cut the video file. Let me demonstrate. To put things into edit mode, click the **EDIT** tab. You can now see the split tool, and options to have your video selection fade in an out at the cuts.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the timeline view, you can see that the video is now broken up on several lines or levels. This does not mean that the video is already edited, but you move the progress bar in the display box to move the progress line to the next level.

When I find the spot where I want to split the video, I go up and click on the **split tool**. The video is now cut at the spot I have selected. I will now move through my video and find the next spot where I want to split the clip.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To move and place the clip to another location inside the video, I can select another spot to cut, then go back and drag the clip to the split/cut I just made. To remove the clip I just created, all I need to do is highlight and delete it.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**TRANSITIONS** – The times I have tried to apply transitions in Windows Movie Maker Live, I have been unsuccessful. I am still trying to learn this technique myself.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To save a video, go to **Home** tab, and click **Save Movie**, all the way to the right. You are given a list of options, to choose from. I suggest selecting **For Computer**. Give your video a name, and select the location where you want to save it. Your H Drive would be a good place. Once you click **Save**, the file will begin automatically processing.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take a few minutes now to experiment with importing and editing the video you downloaded from Discovery Streaming.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How you embed your media will be determined by what presentation software you are using. (Live demonstration of Powerpoint and ActivInspire)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Embedding in your presentation software **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**DISCOVERY STREAMING TERMS OF USE – Important highlights** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use for Educational, Non-Commercial Purposes Only. Subscriber and its Users may use the Website and the Content for bona fide educational and research purposes only, and may not use them in any commercial or for-profit manner.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Users may download, for noncommercial instructional use, including for lesson plans, copies of (i) images and (ii) videos and video clips designated on the website as downloadable.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Users may edit videos and video clips designated on the Website as editable, solely in connection with classroom or other school-related projects.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any content downloaded and edited must remain secured (i.e, school networks, computers, portable storage), and must not be redistributed.


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