Video editing in Microsoft Photos - the new Windows Movie Maker, perhaps?

I am so pleased to know about the Windows 10 Microsoft Photos app. I am hoping it is the replacement for Windows Movie Maker (How I loved that program and have missed it immensely). Tonight I am getting myself knowledgeable about the program.

How do you open Microsoft Photos?

First, download Microsoft Photos from the Microsoft Store (http://bit.ly/2ED4dr1) . It is free. Then go to the Start button (the Windows icon in the left corner) and download the app.  After that look in the alphabetical list of apps on your computer, find Microsoft Photos and open it.

Import photos and videos
The app gathers photos from your PC, phone, and other devices, and puts them in one place, where you can more easily find what you’re looking for.

Here is a good tip. One of the simplest ways to copy all your photos and videos to one place in the Photos app is to set up automatic upload to OneDrive from your mobile device. (Install the OneDrive app on your iOS or Android device, and turn on Camera Upload in the settings. The latest photos and videos that you take will automatically start uploading. Once uploaded, they’ll automatically appear in the Photos app on your PC.)

You can import photos and videos you have stored on a camera’s SD card, a USB drive, or on another device.
a) Use a USB cable to connect your device to the PC.
b) Select the Start button, then select Photos.
c) Select Import and follow the instructions. The app automatically selects items you haven't imported before, or you can choose what to import.

Then start editing.

Here are some videos on the process.

1. The Overview
Microsoft Photos brings together photos and videos taken with your phone into a video with a soundtrack, theme, and cinematic transitions.You can then enjoy and share as-is, remix it with just a click, or edit it yourself, adding 3D objects, drawing with Windows Ink, and choosing a hero for your story.
 

2. Importing Footage and Starting a New Project
Learn how to import photos and videos from a phone or camera and start a new video project. Microsoft Photos is designed to inspire educators and students to easily create and tell stories using photos, videos, music, and 3D effects.



3. Sequencing and Trimming
Learn how to do basic edits like sequencing content and trimming video clips to build the narrative of your project.




4. Narration and Music
Learn how to add music and narration to your video project to tie everything together. Microsoft Photos is designed to inspire educators and students to easily create and tell stories using photos, videos, music, and 3D effects.




5. Titles and Text
Learn how to add titles, captions, and credits to your video project.



6. Add 3D objects and effects
Learn how to add 3D objects and special effects to unleash your students' creativity and capture their imagination.



Now to get started with this program. It looks amazing!

Selected as a Microsoft Innovative Educator expert for 2020-2021

I was really excited to receive this badge today as a result of applying to become a Microsoft innovative educator Expert for the 2020-2021 cohort. I have been participating in this program since 2008, and I deem it a great honour to have been selected. Thank you Microsoft!

Learners of this badge are educators who have been selected as Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Experts for 2020-2021. They are self-driven educators who are passionate about teaching and learning. They inspire students with creative thinking, and work in a collaborative spirit to share their learning with the world. Resourceful and entrepreneurial, they relish the role of change agent, and work to achieve excellence in education using Microsoft technologies paired with innovative teaching.

 

Earners of this badge are educators who have been selected as Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Experts for 2020-2021. They are self-driven educators who are passionate about teaching and learning. They inspire students with creative thinking, and work in a collaborative spirit to share their learning with the world. Resourceful and entrepreneurial, they relish the role of change agent, and work to achieve excellence in education using Microsoft technologies paired with innovative teaching.

Microsoft honours teachers

Microsoft really honours and celebrates teachers. The organisation has done a lot for me.

• In 2008 I was chosen as one of 10 South African finalists in the Microsoft competition which was then called 'Partners in Learning'. My project-based project was called 'Leaders are readers'.
• In 2009 I was chosen as one of ten finalists again, and this time I became a winner in the collaboration section with a project called 'Bonding through Blogging'. This win took me to the Paun African finals in Mauritius where I achieved second place, and to the World Finals in Brazil. All that happened in 2009.
• In 2010 I was once again one of ten finalusts in the Microsoft Innovative Teacher competition as it was now called with a roect where I got every class in the school partnered with an overseas class (in a number of countries0 in a project-based learning project.
• In 2011 I was selected along with 50 other teachers world-wide to attend a week long inaugural 'Microsoft Learning Academy' in Seattle.

All these events were amazing confidence-builders for me. Thereafter Microsoft intorduced the MIEExpert concept where you had to fulfill certain obligations to become a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. For example, for this badge you had to fulfill the following obligations.

Skills

• 21st Century Teaching Practices
• Change Agent
• Education Technology
• Global Learning And Teaching

 

Earning Criteria

• Joined the Microsoft Educator Community.
• Successfully passed 2 hours of courses on MEC (or from a trainer and redeemed the corresponding code) and earned the Certified MIE badge.
• Created a video or Sway that demonstrates evidence of incorporating Microsoft technologies into teaching and learning in innovative ways.
• Completed and submitted an MIE Expert self-nomination form that includes MEC transcript and video/Sway and was accepted by Microsoft into the program.

 

A digital story - The happy girl (by one of my Grade 6 students)

This post was written by one of my Grade 6 students, Onodon.

"This story is part of Challenge #2 in the Blogging Challenge: 'Become a STORY WHIZZ KID'. We used stories from the African Storybook website (https://www.africanstorybook.org/) that are free to reuse and change completely, and we recreated them. We kept the art. We did these in Google Slides. Here is mine...by Onodon"