Working in pairs, the 4/5 class were given the phrases of the song “Di sini senang” and were asked to put the song together as they listened to the popular children’s song. By the third listen, all pairs had the song in the correct order. We then looked at lots of different versions of the song from youtube.
Our next challenge was to create a film clip for the song that depicted what the song was about. Some went to the bilingual dictionaries to check out the meaning of one or two words – although we knew most of them!
Pairs were able to choose any apps on the ipad to create their musical clips. There was a great deal of experimenting with drawing and puppet apps, the cameras were snapping and there was lots of discussion about which apps could and couldn’t be used. Most pairs discovered they needed to use at least 2 apps to create their clips.
Some of the apps that we used:
and some pairs used powerpoints (taking and editing photos on the ipads)
After 3 lessons, we shared our clips – and we had some very proud filmmakers. Pairs had used a variety of different apps to create their end product and made lots of discoveries about what apps could and couldn’t do. In our evaluations, we thought the hardest part of the task was syncing the music and the picture on screen, but with perseverance..we did it.
Some pairs then used comic makers to create a cartoon strip of the song making up their own verses. Pandai sekali!
We really know the song now! Luar biasa!