Liz, the awesome fifth grade teacher, and I collaborated on another really fun project. Her class just finished a poetry unit and we decided to have them create poetry videos using Animoto.com. They turned out really well. The students did a great job of choosing music to fit the mood of their poems. I’m posting a couple below. You can see the rest here: Fifth Grade Poetry Videos
The latest installment of my videography commercial project is here. My students were asked to find a commercial on Youtube and use it as a template for their own commercial.
Below is the original commercial followed by the student’s version:
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If you missed the first project of this type that I posted, check it out here:
For more videography fun, check out our blip.tv channel.
Each year the entire elementary school goes ice skating one day a week for about a month as part of their PE curriculum. It really is such a fun time. There are a lot of pictures of this here: Ice Skating Photos
This year I captured a few videos for you to enjoy.
Diana demonstrates skating grace:
Oenjdipa demonstrates skating rhythm (off the ice!):
and Miss Stevens, well Miss Stevens demonstrates some serious dancing skills:
This post is about a month overdue as Family Fun Night was February 20th. However, seeing as it is one of my favorite school events, it’s worth telling you about – even if it’s belated. 🙂
Family Fun Night is an annual event at VCS. Different families sign-up to host rooms that represent their country or continent. Each room has different activities meant to teach the visitors a little something about that country. This year we had Czech Republic, South America, Africa, Switzerland, and France. I was adopted by my friend Petra and her mother to be part of the Swiss contingent. (That’s why I have braids like Heidi!)
During the first half of the evening, families visit the various rooms and complete activities for a stamp in their passports. If they get all the stamps, they get a free book from the booksale. During the second half of the evening, different families perform with a variety of talents. This year we had poetry, singing, dancing, and a great skit about the saving grace of Jesus.
I love this night not only because of the cultural richness, but because it is one of the opportunities we have to spend extra time with the parents of our students. There are lots of pictures of this event here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gidgetz/sets
Here’s a video of the Africa club singing “Soon and Very Soon.” Enjoy!
I’ve already shared Episodes 1, 2 and 3 with you. There are two more that have not yet been released because they exceeded the 10 minute Youtube threshold. We’re now set up on blip.tv at http://vcsvids.blip.tv/. You can go there to watch all of our past videos and check back for videos soon to come.
If you’d like to sign up for the rss feed, the url is here: http://vcsvids.blip.tv/rss
Without further ado: VCSNN episode 4!
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