Are you wondering if the title of this blog post has a typo in it? If your campus has BrainPOP, you
probably think of it as a tool for finding movies for students to watch as a way to gain knowledge about the topics they are studying. But did you know students can create fun and educational animated movies with BrainPOP? The movies can even incorporate everyone's favorite orange robot, Moby!
probably think of it as a tool for finding movies for students to watch as a way to gain knowledge about the topics they are studying. But did you know students can create fun and educational animated movies with BrainPOP? The movies can even incorporate everyone's favorite orange robot, Moby!
If you've never tried the BrainPOP Make-a-Movie feature, what are you waiting for? As we approach the end of the school year here in Georgetown, now would be a great time to engage your students in the creative process of movie making. Movie creation is great for individual projects but is also a perfect opportunity for collaboration, especially since more than one student's ideas and voices can be incorporated in the final project.
Examples of Student Created Movies
Below are a couple of movies created by students using BrainPOP Make-a-Movie:
Greek Gods
Computer Programming
How to Create the Videos
The folks at BrainPOP have created everything you need to get yourself and your students started creating videos with their Make-a-Movie feature. The first four links below go to their resources. The fourth link is a more in-depth demonstration of the Make-a-Movie tool created by 6th grade students in collaboration with their teacher.
Purposeful Video Creation
Videos can be created for just about any reason. If you have a project which usually culminates in a traditional written report, a poster, or a slide show, consider giving your students the option of creating a movie with BrainPOP instead!
Here are a few more ideas for types of videos your students can create with Make-a-Movie:
- A BrainPOP style report on a topic you've been studying in class
- Book recommendations or book reviews
- How-To Videos
- A news report
- A Year in Review: What's the most fun thing you learned this year? The most interesting? The most challenging? The think you'd still like to know more about
- A video introducing next year's students to the class/grade level the creator is now finishing
Those are just a few ideas. If these do not sound right for you, I hope they will at least spark some creative thinking for how a video assignment could be meaningful in your classroom.
However you decide to use Make-a-Movie in your classroom, you will want to provide clear and compelling product expectations. This sample rubric from BrainPOP can be customized for your students and their products.
Have fun with BrainPOP Make-a-Movie video creation! If you think of another way this tool could be used, or if you'd like to share your experience with this tool, please take time to share below in the comments so we can learn from one another.
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