This app is a REAL DEAL for students to learn the REAL movie making!

I liked this tool but once again I stress that the pedagogy has to be there first. It's very easy to have students fall into the trap of the tech first because of all this app's bells and whistles but if executed correctly, this app can really up the engagement factor in the classroom. While my students were using the app there was a buzz in the classroom!!! I saw them applying what they had learned and talking through their scripts to make sure the information they were giving was valid.

After seeing how engaged the students were using this app my mind began to spin with new ideas on how to integrate it into the classroom. I can see this app being used to help the students apply what they have learned in the classroom and reteach it to another group of students. I like the ease of the application. It was so easy for the students to use and they did not get frustrated using it. If used right you can increase the rigor of a lesson, by having a green screen center. The students could create their own green screen on any topic they are learning to show you that they understand.

This is a must-have app to add to your creativity tool box. In any subject area there is a great application for its use. It is extremely easy to use for kindergarten students and up. Because they can use this app independently, the technology does not get in the way of the content, which is important, especially in an elementary classroom. There are some limitations the app has that using green screen in iMovie on the computer does not. For instance, you can add more than one picture or video as the background, but you cannot add it after you record, so you have to guess at the timing of the pictures in the background. There are some more robust and advanced settings in iMovie (on a computer only), but in the elementary classroom, we have found the advanced features are not worth trading the simplicity of using this app. Even if you have computers with iMovie, this app is still worth purchasing and using. There are far less steps needed to create a great movie with any background that you can imagine!