Today I made a movie!!!!!! It's a masterpiece...in my mind. ha! I thought it was so fun! I have never used iMovie before, and it is so simple and fun. To think that "I" could create something that resembles a film is remarkable. But it was an interesting project. I kind of went back to my South African roots for this assignment. I did a biography on Miriam Makeba, she was an international singer from South Africa who was exiled for her outspoken involvement in the anti-Apartheid movement. She made Xhosa songs such as "Pata Pata" and "The Click Song" (because no-one knows how to spell how it sounds in English) famous around the world. I organized a "South African Tea" at the Baptist Collegiate Ministries earlier in the Fall Semester, and had downloaded all of Makeba's songs to play as background music as the ladies and I drank tea and played South African trivia games. So since I already had the "Pata Pata" song, it added a nice touch to my movie slideshow.
I definitely will utilize this in my future classroom. What a great way to get the students to feel like a community than to make a movie out of a field trip or class project. There are also endless possibilities with regards to how you can apply this system to curriculum content.
I hope you enjoy looking and listening to "Mama Africa!"
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