A couple of weeks ago I had the awesome opportunity to attend the ASB Unplugged tech conference at the American School of Bombay. One of my favorite sessions was run by the kindergarten teachers there who showed us how they use a green screen to make videos with their classes. If you aren't familiar with what a green screen is, check out this video to get a better idea:
Obviously I am not yet making Hollywood quality movies with my four year old students, but we have been having some fun with this technology. Here are a couple of the videos we made:
The first thing you need to do to be ready to make your own green screen videos is to go download an app. I used Green Screen Mobile Effects from the iTunes store (it's an iPhone app, not an iPad app, so if you're searching for it on your ipad just make sure you click the iphone apps tab. It's a free app, but I would suggest paying the money to upgrade to be able to use your own backgrounds. http://bit.ly/1ezji83
Then, you need to set up a green screen in your classroom. I just used some green bulletin board paper, but you could paint cardboard or buy a big piece of green fabric too.
Now you're ready! Just open the app, choose video then select a picture from your ipad that you want for your background. Have students stand in front of the green screen and record.
You can export the videos into your photo folder on your ipad and then transfer them to your computer so you can edit several videos together using a program like Windows Movie Maker, imovie or Animoto.
If you have any fun ideas for how you can use a green screen video with your class please comment!
Obviously I am not yet making Hollywood quality movies with my four year old students, but we have been having some fun with this technology. Here are a couple of the videos we made:
The first thing you need to do to be ready to make your own green screen videos is to go download an app. I used Green Screen Mobile Effects from the iTunes store (it's an iPhone app, not an iPad app, so if you're searching for it on your ipad just make sure you click the iphone apps tab. It's a free app, but I would suggest paying the money to upgrade to be able to use your own backgrounds. http://bit.ly/1ezji83
Then, you need to set up a green screen in your classroom. I just used some green bulletin board paper, but you could paint cardboard or buy a big piece of green fabric too.
Now you're ready! Just open the app, choose video then select a picture from your ipad that you want for your background. Have students stand in front of the green screen and record.
You can export the videos into your photo folder on your ipad and then transfer them to your computer so you can edit several videos together using a program like Windows Movie Maker, imovie or Animoto.
If you have any fun ideas for how you can use a green screen video with your class please comment!
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys travelling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Bahrain? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Bahrain in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez