Learning with Movies

I have recently discovered some amazing tools to help me teach and organize my unit plan. One of the tools I have discovered to help in the classroom is how to make a movie. I have never actually made a movie before this time in my life. It was a very interesting process and I learned a lot about technology. I am very happy that I have experienced how to make a movie because next time I will know what to expect and what to look for. I never knew how easy it actually is to edit your videos and put them together as you need. Once I finally got my movie made I uploaded it to teacher tube so I could share it with the world.
There were of course some problems that I encountered when trying to upload my video to teacher tube. I have a Mac so I found that it is important to make sure your file matches one of the files that teacher tube accepts. You will know if your file is appropriate when you browse for your file and see if any of them match the valid teacher tube files. But, all in all my experience with making a movie and uploading it into teacher tube taught me a lot about technology and how I can do this much more in the future.
My video is about a elementary science experiment on volcanic eruption. I believe this experiment appropriate for third graders. My science teacher in college taught me this experiment and how to teach it to the students in my classroom. After students learn why we have volcanoes and how they erupt they can do this experiment and have a little fun with it. Then when they have completed the experiment the students can write in their science journal what they have done and what they have learned.

My Teacher Tube Video: