A Modification to Book Trailer Projects
Over the years I’ve written plenty about book trailer videos and the tools that students need for making book trailer videos. For the most part, the book trailers that I’ve made and those that I’ve seen have been designed to entice the viewer to read the book featured in the video. This week I read […]
Three Ideas for Green Screen Video Projects
Making green screen videos can be a good way to engage students in researching and planning. That research and planning is fundamental to making a good video. The video is the reward at the end of the process. There are many things that students can do with green screen video production tools. Here are three […]
Two Ways to Create Book Trailers on Chromebooks – Video Demonstration
A book trailer is a short video designed to entice someone else to read a book that you enjoyed. Having your students create book trailer videos is a nice alternative to the typical book report assignment. I’ve previously shared an outline of the elements needed to create a book trailer video. Earlier this week someone […]
The Four Things Students Need to Create Good Book Trailers
Creating book trailer videos is a great alternative to a traditional written book report assignment. In a book trailer video students highlight their favorite elements of a story and try to entice viewers to read the book themselves. Much like a movie trailer that tries to get viewers to watch the full movie, a book […]
How to Create a Book Trailer Video
Creating a book trailer video can be a great alternative to writing a book report. To create a good book trailer video students will have to make a list of highlights of a book and arrange them into proper sequence. Students should also include commentary on why they liked a book and why someone else […]