Green Screen Magic

Green Screen in the Classroom

How can you make your lessons more meaningful? How can your students use Green Screen to demonstrate their learning? Using Green Screen in the classroom is easy, economical and appropriate for all grade levels and subject areas!

Green Screen allows you to create a video using an image or video for your background. If your students are studying the Pyramids of Egypt, they can create a video report with the Pyramids in the background. What about a weather report from the banks of the Nile River or on top of Mt. Everest? The possibilities are endless, so let's get started!

Remember Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise) in the movie Forrest Gump? How did Hollywood make his legs disappear? Click here for a short video clip explaining the magic.

Classroom Ideas:

Green Screen Fun by Cool Tools for School
Space Saving Green Screen Ideas for the Classroom - includes ideas and tutorials for different apps
Green Screen in the Classroom - includes why you should use Green Screen and ideas for making a Green Screen
Everything Green Screen - includes examples, tutorials, handouts, etc.
Green Screen Videos by Wesley Fryer - Great ideas and resources
Ask The Meteorologist: How Does The Green Screen Work?
Give the Green Light With a Green Screen - several good ideas

Here's what happens when a Meteorologist wears green! Check out the video here.

The Prop Library

One of the new features in the 2019 update is the Prop Library. When you open it up, you will find many objects that you can add to your video and animate. Pair your Green Screen video with a creative writing assignment.

Green Screen with Play-Doh and Green Paint

Green Play-Doh and a creative imagination work well together in green screen projects!

This tweet shows playing with green play-doh, iMotion HD App, iMovie & Googly Eyes.

Another example here.

Check out this tweet to see how to use Play-Doh as a traveling green screen.

Here's an example of a little Phantom fun with Play-Doh and iMovie.

Pumpkin carving at a whole new level with Play-Doh and iMovie.

This Google Drive folder from @lfreegeography has several excellent examples.

Dryden Elementary Art Website

Mrs. Fuglestad, the art teacher at Dryden, has an incredible website that includes tons of ideas for using green screen. Yes, it is an elementary site, but students of all ages would enjoy many of her lessons. She shares the downloads for the lessons, step-by-step directions and student examples. View her STEAM Art Lessons and iPad Ideas for green screen activities.

Examples:

The Snow Globe Effect is a fun way to teach transparency, animation, and layering with green screen. The downloadable file makes this project easy to complete!
First graders made digital snowmen in Keynote then put them into a snow globe. Directions, downloadable files and examples can be found here.
Moving Postcards use a Harry Potter styled effect to create a moving postcard. Check out the post here.
Veggie Tales use the Do Ink Animation app to add eyes and mouths on objects and then make them talk.


Follow These 2 on Twitter Tons of ideas are shared on a daily basis.	DoInk @DoInkTweets	Karen Miller @Kdmiller4 DoInk Co-Founder

Follow These 2 on Twitter

Tons of ideas are shared on a daily basis.

DoInk @DoInkTweets

Karen Miller @Kdmiller4

DoInk Co-Founder

Cue Prompter

CuePrompter is a free online teleprompter. Write or cut and paste your script in the teleprompter window. You can change the font size, colors and prompter window.

Help your students deliver more professional videos.

TouchCast Studio

Create videos on your iPad using TouchCast with a built-in Green Screen, Teleprompter, Whiteboard and vApp (Video Apps).

Tutorials

TouchCast Studio Tutorials

Educator's Guide

Quick Reference Guide

Step-by-Step Handout

Student Examples

Eleanor Roosevelt
Amelia Earhart

Felicitación navideña

TouchCast Info

Schulze ES Newscast

Griffis FOX News Feb 3

WeVideo

WeVideo has a green screen component and it will work on Chromebooks. The cost varies depending on the number of licenses that are needed. Click here to see the pricing structure for education. Click here for a WeVideo green screen tutorial.

Ideas for Green Screen Backgrounds

Inexpensive bright green tablecloths from party or discount stores
Bright green fabric or bulletin board paper

Paint a pizza box bright screen to create a small green screen stage for small toys or puppets. Read more about using a pizza box here.
Green file folder
10 Ideas for Mini Green Screens


Flying an Airplane Flying a cardboard airplane www.pinterest.com/pin/81205599504175461/	Put Your Face on Anything! Cut out an oval from green cardstock and use it when you are filming. Now you can place your head on an astronaut's body, become an animal, etc. Let your imagination run wild! twitter.com/mrsleban/status/862329361751576580	Riding a Camel MT @Whitwood2WEDG: What are we doing? Riding a camel through the Egyptian desert of course! @DoInkTweets pic.twitter.com/RLSnLDFrTe #doink

Flying an Airplane

Flying a cardboard airplane

www.pinterest.com/pin/81205599504175461/

Put Your Face on Anything!

Cut out an oval from green cardstock and use it when you are filming. Now you can place your head on an astronaut's body, become an animal, etc. Let your imagination run wild!

twitter.com/mrsleban/status/862329361751576580

Riding a Camel

MT @Whitwood2WEDG: What are we doing? Riding a camel through the Egyptian desert of course! @DoInkTweets pic.twitter.com/RLSnLDFrTe #doink


Pizza Box Green Screen Use the green stir sticks from Starbucks or green straws for your props. The box also works as a great storage box for your small green screen props. www.pinterest.com/pin/420875527660084718/	Pocket Green Screen Use a mint tin box as your green screen. www.instructables.com/id/Pocket-Green-Screen/	Diorama/Fairy Garden for Background Use a student-created diorama or fairy garden as the background image. twitter.com/Kdmiller4/status/861373859743899650

Pizza Box Green Screen

Use the green stir sticks from Starbucks or green straws for your props.

The box also works as a great storage box for your small green screen props.

www.pinterest.com/pin/420875527660084718/

Pocket Green Screen

Use a mint tin box as your green screen.

www.instructables.com/id/Pocket-Green-Screen/

Diorama/Fairy Garden for Background

Use a student-created diorama or fairy garden as the background image.

twitter.com/Kdmiller4/status/861373859743899650


QR Codes for Library Books RT @smalchow: 3rd graders @PCSD_HC used @DoInkTweets to do book recommendations. We posted to @Seesaw, printed QR codes and are displaying QRs in the library for peers. #WantToReadAGoodBook #RaiderStrong #doink #greenscreen	Change the Ultra Key Settings If your character has the same color of clothes as your background, change the Ultra Key (green screen) options. Check out this tweet from @PJigles for directions.	Recreating Civil War Photographs DoInk Tweets‏ @DoInkTweets Jan 14 RT @ed_schreiber: 8th graders in Mr. Curcurio’s class using the green screen and @DoInkTweets to recreate civil war photographs. @fdlschools #doink #greenscreen

QR Codes for Library Books

RT @smalchow: 3rd graders @PCSD_HC used @DoInkTweets to do book recommendations. We posted to @Seesaw, printed QR codes and are displaying QRs in the library for peers. #WantToReadAGoodBook #RaiderStrong #doink #greenscreen

Change the Ultra Key Settings

If your character has the same color of clothes as your background, change the Ultra Key (green screen) options. Check out this tweet from @PJigles for directions.

Recreating Civil War Photographs

DoInk Tweets‏ @DoInkTweets Jan 14

RT @ed_schreiber: 8th graders in Mr. Curcurio’s class using the green screen and @DoInkTweets to recreate civil war photographs. @fdlschools #doink #greenscreen


Make Yourself into an Ordered Pair (Graphing) 5 Quick Projects That Make Use of Green Screen From Education Rickshaw	Signing the Weather Report Used the Green Screen to deliver a signed weather report! @DoInkTweets I created Weather & Family BSL Task Cards using iPhone weather screenshots and QR Codes that link to tutorial videos!	Pizza Box Creations Getting creative with our green screen pizza box

Make Yourself into an Ordered Pair (Graphing)

5 Quick Projects That Make Use of Green Screen From Education Rickshaw

Signing the Weather Report

Used the Green Screen to deliver a signed weather report! @DoInkTweets I created Weather & Family BSL Task Cards using iPhone weather screenshots and QR Codes that link to tutorial videos!

Pizza Box Creations

Getting creative with our green screen pizza box


Convert Older Tripods @jdgreen475: Perfect Recycling! Older unused tripods bought for VHS cameras, now repurposed with a $7.99 Amazon I-Pad Tripod Mount. Finally better recording by 2nd Graders. No bouncy people in videos.	"Carried Away" Learning About Butterflies @bhopteacher: Learning about butterflies in first grade!	A Different Type of Green Screen Your Green Screen doesn't need to be vertical and against a wall by Jonathan Wylie (@jonathanwylie)

Convert Older Tripods

@jdgreen475: Perfect Recycling! Older unused tripods bought for VHS cameras, now repurposed with a $7.99 Amazon I-Pad Tripod Mount. Finally better recording by 2nd Graders. No bouncy people in videos.

"Carried Away" Learning About Butterflies

@bhopteacher: Learning about butterflies in first grade!

A Different Type of Green Screen

Your Green Screen doesn't need to be vertical and against a wall by Jonathan Wylie (@jonathanwylie)


Students "Riding" a Horse Click here to view the video.	Book Review Click here to watch the video.	Green Screen with Green Paint Take a video of students painting with green paint and use a green screen app to make it look like they were painting a picture! See it in action here.

Students "Riding" a Horse

Click here to view the video.

Book Review

Click here to watch the video.

Green Screen with Green Paint

Take a video of students painting with green paint and use a green screen app to make it look like they were painting a picture! See it in action here.


Life is Like a Box of Chocolates What a fun project for Valentine's Day from @jessmsherman!	Pete the Cat from @kkwick https://twitter.com/DoInkTweets/status/1052243274713436160	Green Cubes from Dollar Tree We love Dollar Tree! This post from goodwinnovate on Instagram shows how she uses the cubes for portable green screens.

Life is Like a Box of Chocolates

What a fun project for Valentine's Day from @jessmsherman!

Pete the Cat

from @kkwick

https://twitter.com/DoInkTweets/status/1052243274713436160

Green Cubes from Dollar Tree

We love Dollar Tree! This post from

goodwinnovate on Instagram shows how she uses the cubes for portable green screens.


Shoebox Diorama Use a shoebox for your diorama scene. See the video on this tweet.	Another Play Doh Example See the tweet here!	10 ways to get started with Green Screen for under $5 Check out this tweet by Todd Burleson for some great ideas!

Shoebox Diorama

Use a shoebox for your diorama scene. See the video on this tweet.

Another Play Doh Example

See the tweet here!

10 ways to get started with Green Screen for under $5

Check out this tweet by Todd Burleson for some great ideas!

The Green Screen Maker Space Project Book

This book by Todd Burleson is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other retailers. It gives step-by-step directions for creating green screen projects as well as tons of ideas for you and your students.

Where We Shop

Disposable Green Plastic Tablecloths - Don't pay more than $1.00 for them! Available at many different stores in the party section.

Green Screen Backdrop - The bigger the better! Amazon

Green Fabric by the Yard - Walmart seems to have the best price

Green Leggings - Cut in half to cover your arms to use with puppets - Walmart in the ladies department

Green Straws - Starbucks

Green Garden Gloves - Dollar Tree, Walmart, etc.

Maskimals - available at Walmart for $19.98

Belkin Portable Tablet Stand - Amazon

xtreme universal tablet stand - Amazon or even better...$4.00 at Five Below

Image and Video Resources

Pixabay - Find free images and videos that do not require attribution. They are also free for commercial use.

Pexals - Find free images that do not require attribution. They are also free for commercial use.

Pics 4 Learning - Pics4Learning is a user-supported image library that is safe and free for education.

14 Fantastically Free Sources For Stock Video Footage [Updated 2019] - Great list of FREE footage backgrounds

Photos for Class - Photos for Class allows users to search for creative commons photos for school with automatic citation.

Remove the Background from an Image

Do you need to remove the background on your latest selfie? Remove.bg does the trick! It currently only works with pictures that have people in them. Photo Scissors is another site that also removes the background from photos.

Pixabay and Unsplash are great websites to find free pictures from anywhere in the world.

Free & Easy Green Screen Editing – How to Make Transparent Backgrounds by Larissa ARadj

How to Find Free Images and Stock Videos for Classroom Projects

The sites listed in this blog post from the Techie Teacher include many of our favorites!

J2 Training

Janet Corder & Joan Gore
www.j2training.org
j2training@yahoo.com

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@corderj
@joangore


Historical Witness DoInk Tweets‏ @DoInkTweets Jul 12 MT @almeridoremi: Green screen idea: historical witness. "As a Loyalist, I was shook by Boston Tea Party" #merit17	Taking a Field Trip to the Blood Stream Karen Miller‏ @Kdmiller4 MT @MistyKluesner: #MERITcon17 taking a field trip to the blood stream! #merit17	Taking a Field Trip to the Blood Stream Shayna Peeff‏ @shaynapeeff Stories with tech...taking green screen to the next level @creativeedtech @MistyKluesner #merit17

Accessibility

Janet Joan

Green Screen Magic

Janet Corder and Joan Gore

Green Screen Magic

Janet Corder and Joan Gore

What Do You Know About Green Screen?

Green Screen in the Classroom

What Happens When You Wear Green

Green Screen App by DoInk - $4.99

DoInk Student & Teacher Examples

The Prop Library

Green Screen with Play-Doh and Green Paint

Dryden Elementary Art Website

More Great Ideas!

Green Screen Animation & Drawing App by DoInk

Animation & Drawing by DoInk

Follow These 2 on Twitter

DoInk @DoInkTweets

Karen Miller @Kdmiller4

Follow These 2 on Twitter

DoInk @DoInkTweets

Karen Miller @Kdmiller4

Cue Prompter

TouchCast Studio

Veescope Live

Green Screen in iMovie

WeVideo

Ideas for Green Screen Backgrounds

Ideas to try

Flying an Airplane

Put Your Face on Anything!

Riding a Camel

Flying an Airplane

Put Your Face on Anything!

Riding a Camel

Pizza Box Green Screen

Pocket Green Screen

Diorama/Fairy Garden for Background

Pizza Box Green Screen

Pocket Green Screen

Diorama/Fairy Garden for Background

Historical Witness

Taking a Field Trip to the Blood Stream

Taking a Field Trip to the Blood Stream

Historical Witness

Taking a Field Trip to the Blood Stream

Taking a Field Trip to the Blood Stream

QR Codes for Library Books

Change the Ultra Key Settings

Recreating Civil War Photographs

QR Codes for Library Books

Change the Ultra Key Settings

Recreating Civil War Photographs

Make Yourself into an Ordered Pair (Graphing)

Signing the Weather Report

Pizza Box Creations

Make Yourself into an Ordered Pair (Graphing)

Signing the Weather Report

Pizza Box Creations

Convert Older Tripods

"Carried Away" Learning About Butterflies

A Different Type of Green Screen

Convert Older Tripods

"Carried Away" Learning About Butterflies

A Different Type of Green Screen

Students "Riding" a Horse

Book Review

Green Screen with Green Paint

Students "Riding" a Horse

Book Review

Green Screen with Green Paint

Life is Like a Box of Chocolates

Pete the Cat

Green Cubes from Dollar Tree

Life is Like a Box of Chocolates

Pete the Cat

Green Cubes from Dollar Tree

Shoebox Diorama

Another Play Doh Example