Movie Making with Photoshop Premiere Elements
Thursday, October 16, 2008
8:00am - 2:30pm

Sara Martin, Adobe Education Leader
and Technology Coordinator and Instructor
Hart-Ransom School
Modesto, California

Class Description

With today's economical camcorders and digital cameras, video editing is a strategy that can be used in all of today's classrooms. Students today are easily hooked into the curriculum when video is involved but teachers who are thinking about integrating video into their curriuclum may not be sure where to begin. This session will introduce you to video production strategies using Adobe's versatile and affordable Premiere Elements.

Presentation PowerPoint

Topics Covered:

  • Video as an Educational Tool
  • Integrated Lesson Ideas
  • Features of the program
  • Steps to teach the program
  • Tutorial sources

Tutorials and Resources:
Workshop Notes
Premiere Elements Shortcuts
Adobe Premiere Elements, by Linda Dickeson-LIncoln Public Schools
Create an Adobe Premier Elements Movie
Digital Video Tips and Techniques for the Classroom
Digital Video Production
Digital Video Tips for the Classroom
Resources for Video Production
Cinematography Guide

Learning Premier Elements:

  • Starting new projects
  • Importing files
  • Creating a Slide Show
  • Title Screens
  • Video Effects
  • Animations
  • Transistions
  • Narrations
  • Background Music
  • Creating DVDs. QuickTime Movies, and Windows Media Videos (WMV)

Sara's Links
Photoshop Elements Tutorials
 Adobe Education Leader Profile
Adobe Digital Kids Club-Lessons and Activities
Master's Portfolio-Sacramento State University Master's Program
Integrating Technology in the Sixth Grade Curriculum-Website developed in Educational Technology Masters Program
Sara's Articles
 Creating a Community Based-School Website
Putting Visual Communicator 3 to work!
Hart-Ranson Middle School Profile
Contact Sara Martin Sara's Homepage