PROEJECT & IDEAS > Digital movies > Karaoke Music Video

DESCRIPTION:

Students love to see themselves perform. By personalizing a song, they will want to hear and see it over and over again. Finished music video can be placed online to share or burned onto a CD to be handed out to students.

  1. Students learn to sing a song in the target language.
  2. Divide class into groups of two to four students
  3. Give groups time to come up with interpretation of song (dance/gestures/motions/etc.)
  4. Record each group singing the entire song
  5. By using movie editing software such as Movie Maker or iMovie clip and rearrange all movie clips into one song.

STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING
  • Standard 1.3:  Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
  • Standard 3.1:  Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
  • Standard 4.2:  Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
NATIONAL ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE STANDARDS
  • Goal 1 Standard 2: Students will interact in, through, and with spoken and written English for personal expression and enjoyment.
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS (NETS) FOR TEACHERS
  • design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners.
  • apply current research on teaching and learning with technology when planning learning environments and experiences.
  • apply technology to develop students' higher order skills and creativity

MATERIALS NEEDED:
  • Digital camera with video capabilities or camcorder
  • Windows Movie Maker (Windows) or iMovie(Mac)

Step by step instructions on how to create the Karaoke Music Video with Windows Movie Maker.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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