I showed them how to use the movie maker in the classroom and off we went to the computer lab.
Did they enjoy making their own movies? Absolutely!
I could wait for some time and show you polished and corrected versions of what they came up with. But how authentic would that be?
So here we are - below you can watch three movies created by my nine-year-old students without any help. They were allowed to use online dictionaries if necessary but I stayed away and observed.
Enjoy!
(All the movies will probably start at the same time, so you might want to wait a minute and then choose the 'play again' option to watch them separately)
Movie 1:
Movie 2:
Movie 3:
Shall we continue making more movies?
Which one did you like best?
Which one did you like best?
Thank you Nicky!
Hi Anita,
ReplyDeleteGreat movies well done you and your students! I think these kinds of activties are a great way of motivating children. Often children can loose interest in English but if they have a positive experience as younger children learning a language they will hopefully go on to secondary education with a positive attitude towards language learning.
A great way to help them with their English and to get them collaborating in pairs to produce a piece of written work. Much of primary teaching is concerned with teaching life skills as well as English.
I'm going to give it a try with my kids and see what they can come up with.
Hi Leahn,
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you here and thanks for the comment :)
Dvolver is amazing and so simple to use! Do give it a try and let us know how it all went!