Using Movie Making to Support
the Writing Process
Max Monroe
Assistant Principal, Pickens High School
Ed Tech 2009
Using Movie Making to
Support the Writing Process
Max Monroe
Assistant Principal, Pickens High School
Date and Time – Friday, 10/16/09 8:30 AM
Ed Tech 2009 Session 140
Issues with Literacy
• Many students are reluctant readers
• More students are reluctant writers
• Most students are visual thinkers and learners
Ways to Make Words Visual
• www.wordle.net
• We the People of the United States, in Order
to form a more perfect Union, establish
Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide
for the common defense, promote the general
Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and
establish this Constitution for the United
States of America.
Wordle
Wordle Uses
• Other than just incredible cool, Wordle can be
used to analyze writing or to act as a prompt.
• Ex. If you are writing a paper on a specific
subject and you create a wordle that shows
the topic words to be small or missing you
have missed the boat
• Ex. Create a wordle and have the students
create a paragraph they think the weight of
the words represents.
Writing Process Resources
• There are numerous online recourses for the
writing process
• Designs of the process can be used in different
settings and grade levels
Resources for the Writing Process
http://library.thinkquest.org/5115/write_process.htm
http://lewis.cpsb.org/faculty_pages/stacey.blanchard/THE FIVE STEPS OF THE
WRITING PROCESS.htm
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/writingprocess/menu.html
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
http://kwcweb.kwc.edu/depts/education/steps.htm
http://www.lexington1.net/technology/instruct/ppts/LAppts/35/writingproce
ss1.ppt
http://johnbowne.enschool.org/ourpages/auto/2009/3/28/53864686/5-Step
Writing Process.doc
http://www.easthampton.k12.ma.us/webpages/lgiuggio/
Writing in the Early Years
• ToonDoo.com
http://storybird.com/
Writing Process and Movie Making Sites
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/filmmakers_tool_kit_creating_a_movie_wit
h_web20.php
http://www.tabletopmedia.org/?page_id=3
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/80337/the_prewriting_process.html
Samples of Different Types of Writing
• PHS Dress Code Movie
• Shuttle Columbia
Going from PowerPoint to Movies
• Create a PPT that has the slides you want with
any pictures you would like to have
• Save the PPT as normal
• Save As the PPT as JPEG under Other Formats
• Slides will become pictures to be placed in
movie making programs
Photostory Tutorials
www.jakesonline.org/photostory.pdf
http://www.digmo.co.uk/tutorials/movie-maker-2-photo-story-tutorials/
http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory.htm
Movie Maker Projects
http://www.bucciteacher.com/MovieMaker/MMWebquest.htm
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001585.shtml
http://www.mandymag.com/2006/04/27/windows-movie-maker-assignment/
Music and Photo Story
• Allows you to create non copyrighted music
• Chose to represent the mood of the movie
• Wide Variety of genres to choose from
Writing Process and Movie Making Sites
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/filmmakers_tool_kit_creating_a_movie_with_
web20.php
http://www.tabletopmedia.org/?page_id=3
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/80337/the_prewriting_process.html
Movie Maker Tutorials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZXK68NS7gU
http://www.mightycoach.com/articles/mm2/index.html
http://www.saskschools.ca/resources/techref/moviemaker/movie.html
http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/moviemaker/a/mov_mak_beg.htm
http://etc.usf.edu/te_win/movies/windowsmm.html
How To Avoid the Red X
www.spx.org/library/documents/avoidtheredXscript_005.pdf
Thanks for you kind attendance!