You now have a new blog assignment. I want you to click on the video below and watch your classmates' movies about Furness High School. Then, I want you to write one detail that you think the director could have done better, and one characteristic that you think they did very well. Use Gmail to record your answers and share them with me.
We have practiced editing videos and learning vocabulary together. Now, it is your turn to make a video!
I have shared raw video clips and pictures with you as well as some songs. Use them to make a promotional video of the Furness High School ESOL department. Why should new ESOL students choose Furness?
Please visit this website. Then, tell me which 3 problems in our environment you think are the most important. Why did you choose those three? Do you think it is important to celebrate Earth Day? Why yes, or why no? For a good grade, completely answer the question with details. Give examples and use capitalization and correct punctuation.
Please write a blog post today and Monday answering the following question:
How do you feel about our current project? (Flash mob, viral video) What parts have been easy to complete? What has been difficult for you?
What purpose do you think we should have in making our own video?
When you complete your answer, please EDIT your work! Check for capital letters, punctuation and that your verbs have Ss if they are third-person present tense. (he walkS, she listenS, it needS) Do your best work, then publish it!
Please watch these videos. Then COMMENT on the videos you think are best. Tell us which move, and how long you want us to use which part. Look and see how long the song is, then figure out which moves you like!
Look on youtube.com for "simple dance moves", "simple choreography", or "beginner group dance."
Find at least 6 videos to share with me at misstlorch@gmail.com
In order to share the videos, do the following:
click the plus sign under the video you like +
create a playlist
click on the playlist
share the link with me
Have fun! Remember to choose moves you think WE ALL can do :-)
To help you choose moves that will match the song, listen again to the song for yourself!
Monday, March 28, 2016
Flash Mob Song - Beginning Plans
Hello All! Good job choosing the song today!
Now! It's tim e to find some choreography! Search Youtube for some SIMPLE steps that we can practice as a group! We don't have much time, so choose wisely! (Extra credit if you film yourself doing your own choreography!)
Ever since YouTube became such a popular website, people have been sharing videos. When one is especially popular, and gets shared many times, by all different kinds of people, it's called a viral video.
It comes from the idea of a virus which spreads like a disease, and people can catch the sickness. It starts small, but as more people share, and their friends share, etc. the idea explodes.
A Flash Mob is a special kind of thing that happens when many people plan to look like strangers in a public place, but really they have planned a dance or activity which is planned together. They come together, do the dance, and then quickly return to life as usual. These are often recorded. Sometimes they are done to bring attention to a problem.
There are many examples of viral videos offlash mobs, even!
Check out these examples:
After watching the videos, and thinking about the definitions, please answer the following questions with a partner. I want you to work together on one Google Doc, share the document with each other and with me.
1. What is the difference between a viral video and a flash mob?
2. Explain what you think the purpose was of each of these videos.
3. How did the purposes of the 3 videos differ?
4. How is the purpose of the 3 videos similar.
5. Have you ever seen a viral video from your native country?
6. Please research viral videos from your native country on YouTube and copy three links in your document for me to see. One of them should be a viral video AND a flash mob in the same video.
Please click here to see your classmates presentations. Then, open a new Google Doc and share it with me, misstlorch@gmail.com. I want you to tell me what you liked about each project, and one thing that they can do better next time. Make sure to include each person's name. The evaluations are due at the end of class today.
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