Session 504:Transparent Biology: The Use of iMovie Trailers to Engage Students

Date: Friday, January 10

Time: 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Location: Hall of Science 103

Presenter: Holly Swanson (Professorial Lecturer and Director of Biology Laboratories, CAS | Biology)

Session Description:

Looking for an innovative way to hook your audience for a class, administrative meeting, or presentation? Or an engaging way to concisely situate a course concept within a larger framework? In this workshop, we will present the use of iMovie trailers to engage biology students this past semester. You will then have an opportunity to create your own bite-sized video!

Required:

(1) MacBook with iMovie or Windows with Microsoft ClipChamp (both come installed with the operating system) and

(2) the ability to take and transfer photos to laptop.

Learning Outcomes:

• Recognize the impact of incorporating lesson hooks via movie trailers
• Create a bite-sized video for a lesson hook using iMovie/ClipChamp and provided supplies