WeVideo in the Rain Forest

Our second graders are creating their own rainforest in their hallway.  It's a sight to behold to watch the trees and foliage spring up from linoleum floors.  And mixed into the canopy and forest floor are animals peeking out with -- what's that?!? -- paragraphs written about those animals too!

I worked alongside Mrs. Zuerick, one of our second grade teachers, to help students create videos about their chosen rainforest animals.  

We selected WeVideo as our video creation tool, which was is an amazingly simple editing tool.  I worked with small groups of students at a time in my lab. Students had to select three pictures of their animal, record an intro with the webcam, insert transitions between visual elements, and their voice reading the paragraph, and wrap it up with background music.  Believe it or not, we were able to get 3-5 videos done in about 40 minutes.  When all the videos were completed, I created QR Codes for each, and those will be added to the paragraphs.  

Enjoy some of my favorite videos...

Thanks for watching! How have you used WeVideo in the past?