Dvolver Movie Maker is a creative website where you can produce your own movie and share it with other people.
This interesting tool is very suitable to be used by children as a tool for them to learn.
It is very colourful and attractive tool also as it provides background music and conversation between the character in make it more interesting and useful for teachers and students in providing a warm learning environment.
How To Use It?
Below is the example the one that i made. Well, have a try! goodluck! :D
How can teachers use it in teaching?
Dvolver movie maker can be used in many ways in a lesson, as the content can be controlled by teachers and furthermore it is attractive and interesting might motivate the students to learn.
Pre-Reading/Pre-Writing
Teacher can use Dvolver to spark on the topic that will be discussed. Teachers create one their own movie about the topic and present it to students and ask students to discuss about it. As the content can be controlled, teacher may want to put some jokes inside the movie.
Post-Reading/Post-Writing
As the extension from the pre activities, students may experience themselves to create their own movie. Teacher can provide a topic/title or they may choose their own topic which they think is interesting, they may be asked to discuss it in groups and come out with an idea. From the activity, students may learn on how to construct sentences, vocabulary and grammar. As a result, they have their own movie on the internet and they can refer to it anytime.
Advantages
1. It is free.
2. User friendly, anyone can use and create one, even for a beginner user.
3. Enhances student's creativity while learning.
4. Teacher can easily control the content and students can expand the idea according to their like.
4. It motivates students as it easy task for them.
Disadvantages
2. User friendly, anyone can use and create one, even for a beginner user.
3. Enhances student's creativity while learning.
4. Teacher can easily control the content and students can expand the idea according to their like.
4. It motivates students as it easy task for them.
Disadvantages
1. Teacher do not have the control towards the language used in the movie.
2. Not every school have the facilities needed, internet for example.
3. Characters/Scene in the movie are limited, the character/scene might not suit students imagination. These problems may cause students to have limited story in their mind.
2. Not every school have the facilities needed, internet for example.
3. Characters/Scene in the movie are limited, the character/scene might not suit students imagination. These problems may cause students to have limited story in their mind.
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