The highlight of my winter camp: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

[danitravels]

My middle school 1st graders were phenomenal at winter camp. We did Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger." This took almost the whole 90 minute class. The part that took the longest was making the signs.

First, I showed them the "Daft Hands" video (http://youtu.be/UPq1_9DsLKk).

Then, I showed them a video of another school in Korea doing the same task. (http://youtu.be/O3h8O7hZ_jk)

I mapped out the seats/words, so after they sat according to the seating chart (attached), we read the lyrics off a lyrics site. Everyone read them together, slowly and then sped up while moving their word signs.

Finally, we put it to music with a video of just the lyrics: (http://youtu.be/LFfS4p3Tl0k)

After practicing a few times, we recorded our own video!! Please check it out!
http://youtu.be/DCkBQJQKrEQ

[wango]

BRILLANT. and soo funny hahaha

[jAEded]

yay sweeet thanks dani

[Shanecliff]

great great job

[danitravels]

Somebody shared it on Reddit. We're #3 in videos right now. (http://redd.it/oah9a)

[alwaysgood]

Awesome, very entertaining video. 

[stu_miller]

Fantastic, I'd love to use this with my classes...  sorry for being dumb but how can I download the seating chart? Thanks

[danitravels]

Welcome Stu!

Check the top right regarding downloads. You have to be a bit more active on Waygook before you can download attachments.

[stu_miller]

Welcome Stu!

Check the top right regarding downloads. You have to be a bit more active on Waygook before you can download attachments.

ok, thanks for the heads up!

[lostprofit]

danitravels I've been thinking of doing this lesson for a while but was concerned that the kids wouldnt get into it (High school kids can be such a pain )
It looks awesome, any tips on what you did to make it as inclusive as possible?

[danitravels]

danitravels I've been thinking of doing this lesson for a while but was concerned that the kids wouldnt get into it (High school kids can be such a pain )
It looks awesome, any tips on what you did to make it as inclusive as possible?

I was worried that they wouldn't be into it, either. They got into it though after they saw another Korean school do it. I let them take the reins for the most part and direct it themselves the best they could. I was really impressed with how well they took over and self directed. It made it so much more their own thing, and not just something Dani teacher was making them do.

Autonomy is a wonderful thing.

[jakeyil]

Thanks for sharing.  I am now looking forward to adding this to my next summer camp.   Did you have any other songs in mind also or just this one?

[HikaruClaire]

I got a lot of great ideas from reading this posts, thanks for sharing!

[danitravels]

Thanks for sharing.  I am now looking forward to adding this to my next summer camp.   Did you have any other songs in mind also or just this one?

My friend Robin did this with his camp. I think this is hilarious and this might be fun to do with the inevitable tiny class.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9NT-DYEt_k

[colinbro]

Thanks a lot for this!

I think that showing that another class has done something similar is a key to getting the students to do it.

[mysteryguest]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq4ce27bxIk

Here is one of the 3 videos my high school students did for their camp.