Happiness in the hand of Windows Movie Maker!

I made an approximately 4-minute video by Windows Movie Maker for my future students to see it when they feel gloomy.

Throughout making this short video, I was thinking about feasibility in an actual classroom setting and educational benefits which can contribute to L2 learning and instruction. I came to a conclusion that making a storytelling video would be a quite challenging but instructive task for the students. 

Using Window Movie Maker, the students will import and edit photos, videos, and music easily the way they want. They can print captions with which they deliver what they want to say. When their work is done, they can save the final work for computer, YouTube, and other social networking sites with just one click. It is very easy and simple. 

I as a teacher believe that I will be able to employ this digital storytelling activity in a real L2 classroom lesson, which will have a positive effect on the students' language learning and development. More than that, this task of making their own movie may have advantages of helping students create more sophisticated presentation and showcase it online with the worldwide academic community. In addition, videos made by a teacher would be great supplement materials full of high-tech visual aids and music, which enrich the lesson. Consequently, it could foster student creativity and collaboration.