I love using YouTube videos in my lessons. As we have SMARTBoards (IWBs) in our classrooms, it is easy to share them with the class. With the K-2 students, I often end the session with a short (2-3 mins) video clip from Japanese TV. The children love it! We talk about how TV shows in Japan are the same as or different from the ones we watch. One of our favourite shows is "Anpanman", a cartoon series that was first created in 1968 and has been on TV continuously since 1988. Over 50 million Anpanman books have been sold in Japan - it is an institution!
The video I have embedded here is from another TV series about a dog called Shibawanko. This series is designed to teach Japanese children about Japanese culture and traditions. Although all in Japanese and quite difficult for young students to understand, it is interesting just to look at the pictures and discuss things such as Japanese traditinal housing and gardens. After participating in PD related to Intercultural Language Learning, I encourage my students to notice things, rather than telling them what life is like in Japan. Watching authentic Japanese videos is great for this.
This particular episode explains the origins of Children's Day (Tango no Sekku). I will show it to my Year 3 and 4 students in May.
The video I have embedded here is from another TV series about a dog called Shibawanko. This series is designed to teach Japanese children about Japanese culture and traditions. Although all in Japanese and quite difficult for young students to understand, it is interesting just to look at the pictures and discuss things such as Japanese traditinal housing and gardens. After participating in PD related to Intercultural Language Learning, I encourage my students to notice things, rather than telling them what life is like in Japan. Watching authentic Japanese videos is great for this.
This particular episode explains the origins of Children's Day (Tango no Sekku). I will show it to my Year 3 and 4 students in May.
What a great video!!
返信削除If you like using digital storytelling with your students, I recommend VoiceThread - it's well worth checking out (don't know if I've told you about it already!)
http://www.voicethread.com
Oh! And this is a great presentation with loads of ideas for IWBs as well:
返信削除http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_106c9fm8j