Henrico Staff Development

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The Sixth Grade teachers at L. Douglas Wilder used Animoto to inspire their students to stay out of trouble and sign up for a very exciting field trip to Natural Bridge on June 16th.  This video is a great communication tool to motivate the kids to sign up for what appears to be a fun, enjoyable, learning experience!

In Mrs. Murphy’s Computer Art class, students were to use stop frame animation to create a movie.  Two 8th grade students spent countless hours preparing this one of a kind movie about taking care of a dog.  They used many programs to create the final product including Photoshop and iMovie.  Students were able to select the topic and collaborated with a partner.  Students first brainstormed the script and story.  They then began to develop the plot and the characters in the movie.  Much attention was given to color and aesthetic appeal of the movie.  This creative project took on a life of its own when students spent much of the time outside of class and school working on the movies.  These students were selected to showcase the movie at TMS Apple School Night in the Apple Store at Short Pump TownCenter.  Click here to view the movie.

A group of 7th grade social studies students at SPMS created a movie on World War 1.  They were told that a new online museum was being created that needed a video to feature on their home page.  Their video needed to include all of the major aspects of World War 1 (according to SOL USII.5)  Here’s an example of one of the movies:

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