New Phat English Videos

 I finally had a chance to create a few demo videos for Phat English. Although originally, I wanted to do it with a group of students, due to the space constraints of the location I was filming in, (and the difficulty of securing a group of college age kids who actually know the song) the videos turned out to be a one on one treatment, but I was actually fine with that. I think they came out well. In both vids, we worked on the song, Decisions, Decisions.

The first video dealt with the first 4 lines of the song, and the second vid dealt with the next 4. This is generally how the lessons flow. Each song is broken up into 4 or 5 sections with each section consisting of 4 or 5 lines of lyrics. In doing it this way, students can can learn the songs bit by bit which is not only easier for them, it also gives the teacher a much longer run of material and a way to thread previous lessons together.

Now that the videos are completed, the next step will be seeing what I can do to create a regular video series, and also getting started on the ebook, with Apple's textbook publishing system.

At this point, it is really exciting to see how far Phat English has come along, and Im excited to see how things will continue to progress for it in the next year. Yosh!!