The students in the evening ESL Listening and Speaking class, levels 5 and 6, prepared movies to share as part of Leadership Week, spring quarter 2014. Each student developed a plan, made video clips and selected photos to mix an original movie. The digital stories are based something that they are proud of learning. The students learned to use a new online tool, Animoto. Many used their iPhones and iPads to create their movies.
Special thanks are in order to the volunteers who made this project possible. Rose Zhang worked magic with her computer skills. She helped to organize the project. The beautiful DVD that she created is an example of the expertise she brought to the project. Ting Chen helped shoot some of the video clips and took many excellent photographs. EK helped students develop their scripts and supported them through the movie-making process.
Thank you for coming to movie night. Enjoy the strong and confident voices of these students and as you do remember this quote from an Indian proverb.
Tell me a fact and I’ll learn. Tell me a truth, and I’ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.