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After rummaging through various video editing software I was pleased to discover a little gem called Atomic Learning's FREE Video StoryBoard Pro. It is designed to give teachers, students, and home movie makers a tool to plan ahead when creating video projects. As educators we highly value the process of planning. This would be our answer to storyboarding videos with pen and paper. I found it to be ideal for student collaboration on projects. With StoryBoard Pro you are able to enter shot titles and descriptions, complete with planned lengths and edited order. You may also choose your shot types: video, still, audio, music, or titles. It also the feature of entering film tips for your camera person when videotaping the shot and editing tips to be used when editing. Premeire, or any other editor of your choice. You can import existing video clips, still pictures, and sounds to better illustrate each shot. It allows you to create, save, and import templates for video projects. What I was most excited about was that you could print copies of your storyboard for use while filming or editing as well as print blank storyboard worksheets for brainstorming new ideas. I love this feature because it is great for visual planning! On the flip side Storyboard Pro is currently offered "as is" without support. It does offer tutorial videos though. The program is lacking a bit in the illustration features but if you don’t have the means for other costly programs, consider Storyboard Pro for storyboarding a future project. Windows Movie Maker is also my friend as an educator. It’s free and I was able to teach myself how to use it. The very first time I used Movie Maker was a funny but exciting experience. Each week teachers had to appear on morning broadcasting to review some content. I wanted to avoid talking in front of the whole school so I forced myself to quickly learn Movie Maker so I could teach my concept and hide behind a movie. I used the students instead of myself to explain the concept. I turned it in and our ITS aired my movie instead of broadcasting me live talking. It was an absolute hit and others were very impressed. The students that acted in the video felt like the stars of the school. Thanks Movie Maker! After this event I was looking for any excuse to make another movie. My kids would ask every time I took their picture, “Is this going to be in a movie?”. I’m a huge fan of this wonderful tool and will continue to use it. Movie Maker has continued to evolve but remains user friendly and basic video editing software. The drag and drop storyboard, the editing features and the fact that you don’t have to be a computer guru to use it makes this one of my top choices for video editing. After evaluating these two video editing software programs, I realized that sometimes it’s best to perfect what you know rather than jumping on the next bandwagon. There is no need to complicate things if I have something that works. I will explore Atomic Learning's Storyboard Pro as I continue to flourish with Window’s Movie Maker.

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