Monday, 16 September 2013
Google Chromebooks and the WeVideo app
Last year I evaluated Chromebooks and the impact on learning http://helenselearningjourney.blogspot.co.nz/2012/12/chromebooksgoogleappsoffice-365.html
I have had the privilege of having a Samsung Chromebook on loan for a couple of months now which I've put into classrooms to try out. We did a collaborative project around persuasive writing using WeVideo which is a Google Drive video editing app that allows you to record voice, upload photos, video, sounds etc. (Create, Connect App, WeVideo, then use by Create, WeVideo).
I tried out the 30 day trial collaborative Education version of WeVideo whereby users can collaborate on the same video at the same time. What was interesting was that I was on my MacBook Pro and other students were on the Samsung Chromebook. I had do download updates to Flash etc to get WeVideo to work on my MAC, however the Chromebook had no issues whatsoever. Very impressed!
Here's a a draft version of the video we created. Interestingly, you have to pay for the collaborative version of WeVideo ($200/year for 50 users), however you can just use the free version of WeVideo, which is a watered down version. Not as many transitions and effects. I am definitely sold on WeVideo as an effective and simple tool to use across the curriculum. I love how it ties in so nicely with Google Apps too.
http://youtu.be/39dLAaGlQiM
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Love it! It's so good to see the finished product as I remember on my visit to your school that the students were only just beginning. I can hear the persuasive language coming through and I like the way that the students have recorded it through the voice of the takahe. Awesome job!
ReplyDeleteThanks Megan. The students certainly had a lot of fun doing this and I was pleased with the result.
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