iMovie HD in the classroom
How students are using iMovie HD
To create documentaries, historical reenactments, and news reports on current events
To record science experiments, create environmental documentaries, and present their science projects
To create digital stories and poetry, bring journal writing to life, and produce movie adaptations of literature
To present difficult and abstract math concepts, enabling teachers to more effectively assess their knowledge

Learn more: Explore why iMovie is the easiest way to make movies.

How to get iMovie HD
iMovie HD is part of the iLife ’06 suite which is included on every new Mac. Or you can order the iLife ’06 suite separately.

Apple’s Digital Media Solutions
If you want to create documentaries with your students, our new Classroom Documentary Filmmaking solutions make it easy to get started.

iLife ’06 in the classroom
See how teachers are using iMovie HD to engage students and increase performance. You’ll find lesson plans, student project examples, how to guides, and more.

Digital Students
Explore how today’s students learn, how digital tools impact achievement and 21st century learning, and access the latest research.

In the News

See how Fullerton School District is using iMovie in their mobile ArtsLAB to energize learning, spark collaboration, and help students to acquire high-level thinking skills.

View the Using iMovie to Teach History and the Nature of Scientific Inquiry project on Apple Learning Interchange.

View the Learning From Children’s Voices and Improving Science Education project on Apple Learning Interchange.


With iMovie HD, you can bring your lessons to life through video, sound, and pictures. iMovie HD is a powerful and highly engaging tool for students to share their knowledge and express themselves in the form of digital movies. Your students can create high-quality video reports to demonstrate abstract concepts, or documentaries to increase the relevance of social issues. And you can easily share best classroom practices with your peers. Students can create compelling projects that combine digital video, photos, and music, and even their own voice narration. There’s no limit to what they can create.

“iMovie allows me to have my students focus on content in a way that can be easily shared. It’s a great way to summarize content, learn content, share content.” - Jon Hand, Science Teacher, Mansfield Middle School, Mansfield, Connecticut”



Students share their knowledge in powerful documentaries.


Digital storytelling fosters students’ self-expression.


iMovie HD helps students succeed
iMovie HD provides an opportunity for students with multiple learning styles to succeed and demonstrate their individual strengths.

Students who sometimes struggle with conventional school projects, such as writing research reports or creating outlines, find that moviemaking helps them to overcome these difficulties. Writing scripts, creating storyboards, and expressing opinions are often a breeze when they know that their end project will be a movie to share with a real audience. But most of all, making digital movies is engaging and fun for students and helps to motivate them to do their best work.

“With iMovie projects, we’ve seen lower students really rise to a different level.” - Mary Palmer, English Teacher, Century High School, Bismarck, North Dakota

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