Laurel School Class Trip Video

I have chosen not to post this video to protect the privacy of my students
 
This video will serve as an example from which future classes can create their own trip videos. The students could be grouped by district (Theater, Gateway, North Coast, Government) and a series of videos could be produced. Our class trip serves as a springboard from which students learn about the past, present and future of Cleveland. The curriculum aligns with grades 6-8 social studies benchmarks (economics, citizenship, rights, responsibilities) and grade 7 content standards in geography (location, places and regions, human environmental interaction and movement). 

The making of this video was challenging. I scrapped the tripod five minutes into the trip because I needed to attend to students; consequently, some frames are a bit shaky. I used a Flip video recorder which was easy. The challenge came when trying to get windows movie maker to recognize the flip files (MP4). Ultimately I found a free converter to solve the problem. The Flip video movie maker is not as versatile as windows movie maker so I really had to do that. Much of my storyboard went out the window too. What was I thinking with all that narrative? The sound recorded while taking the video sometimes competes with my narration. I played with the volume of the narration but that did not solve the problem completely. Making this video has given me the confidence to teach my students how to do it but I think I need to learn some Mac software as well.