{"id":5482,"date":"2018-03-06T09:34:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T09:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/ICTFalkirkPrimaries\/?p=5482"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:06:55","slug":"imovie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/digilearnfalk\/2018\/03\/06\/imovie\/","title":{"rendered":"iMovie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With iMovie<\/a>, create professional\u2011looking videos without an editing degree. Easily add photos and videos to projects, trim clips with your finger, add seamless transitions, and fade audio like a pro.<\/p>\n

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What does it do?<\/h2>\n

Creating and editing a film in the classroom with an iPad is easy with the built in core app\u00a0iMovie<\/a>. This is a type of editor that you can use to cut and edit videos, music, and graphics. Professional-grade editors cost a lot and can be complex to use and because iMovie is free, it\u2019s a great place for beginners to start.\u00a0iMovie is intuitive and keeps the average user at it’s heart. Anyone can create high quality moving image projects in iMovie\u2014all it takes is a little practice.<\/p>\n

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Why is it useful?<\/h2>\n

Film and moving image is one of the most dominant forms of storytelling in modern society. From feature length Hollywood blockbusters to twenty second Tik Tok’s, moving image is used to communicate information and ideas on all kinds of subjects. In the classroom the process of creating a moving image text not only develops practical digital skills and encourages collaboration, but it can also benefit retention of information and allow students new avenues to demonstrate their learning in engaging and exciting ways. It also happens to be a brilliant vehicle for showcasing learning to a real world audience.<\/p>\n

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How does it work?<\/h2>\n

The YouTube video<\/a> below from Apple Distinguished Educator Mat Pullen provides a tutorial on how to get started with iMovie. If you want to learn more, his iMovie playlist<\/a> has loads of advanced and specific feature tutorials.<\/p>\n

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