Project Includes

  • Teacher Guide
  • Student Workbook
  • Customizable Resources
  • Assessment Tools
  • Extension Activities
  • Sample Files
  • Templates
  • Parent Letters
  • Certificates

TechnoDrama

Item Number: JNR-DRAMA
Technology Integration: Drama, Language Arts, Visual Arts
Technology Skill: Video Production
Program: Movie Maker
Includes: Digital Storytelling Lesson Plans – Teacher Guide, Printable Student Workbook, Paperless Worksheets, Review Questions, Extension Activities, TechnoDrama Parent Letter, TechnoDrama Certificate, Summary of Skills Checklist, TechnoDrama Rubric, Storyboard Planner, Video Clips for Editing, Sample Videos, Sound Clip Folder

Session 1: Introduction to Movie Maker
Edit a video and learn how to use Windows Movie Maker.
Session 2: Introduction to the Camera
Prepare for filming by learning about recording equipment and camera angles.
Session 3: Plan and Organize Ideas
Cooperative learning allows students to storyboard their ideas.
Session 4: Capture Video
Begin filming. Record action sequences for each shot in the story.
Session 5: Edit the Story
Delete frames, add transitions, effects, overlays and narration in Movie Maker.
Session 6: Digital Storytellers
It’s a wrap! Complete video production and share it with others.

Optional Digital Storytelling Lesson Plans

  • One Picture Tells a Story: Digital story from a picture.
  • Modernize Nursery Rhymes: Fill in the blanks for fun.
  • Set Design: Explore easy ideas to design backdrops.
  • About Nursery Rhymes: Question the ‘plot’.
  • Happy Ending: Rewrite traditional nursery rhymes.

Integrate Technology into Drama or Language Arts

From storyboards to the cutting room floor, teach digital storytelling with TechnoDrama lesson plans. Plan, record, and edit video to put a new spin on a nursery rhyme.

  • Analyze the content and production of a digital story
  • Plan and organize ideas using a storyboard
  • Build essential cooperative group learning skills
  • Use technology to create a nursery rhyme
  • Adjust camera settings to capture video
  • Position the camera to take different types of shots
  • Edit a video using Movie Maker to tell a digital story
  • Delete frames and split a clip into two pieces
  • Edit transitions, effects, and text overlays
  • Add background music or narration

TechnoKids was the best investment I could have ever made for my Computer Applications’ Classes. These units provide instruction for all of the software programs that students need to be successful in junior high, high school, and beginning of college. The instructions are well-stated and the examples given are extremely helpful in carrying out the projects. The students can work ahead on their own or if out for an absence, they can easily follow directions on their own to proceed.

C. Andrews,
Starkville Academy,
MS, USA

Customer Reviews

Using Movie Maker, elementary students plan, record, and edit video to become digital storytellers. NOTE: Movie Maker 2012 is a free download for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users.

TechnoKids was the best investment I could have ever made for my Computer Applications’ Classes. These units provide instruction for all of the software programs that students need to be successful in junior high, high school, and beginning of college. The instructions are well-stated and the examples given are extremely helpful in carrying out the projects. The students can work ahead on their own or if out for an absence, they can easily follow directions on their own to proceed.

C. Andrews,
Starkville Academy,
MS, USA