Haddonfield Elementary students conquer foreign language video contest
Se habla espanol!
The Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey (FLENJ) asked world language teachers in New Jersey to submit a one-minute video of their students speaking in a foreign language to share the value and joy of learning a world language.
The first place winners in New Jersey are Elizabeth Haddon Elementary School third graders, Cleo Cottone and Ryan Tourtellotte, who starred in a video under the production and direction of Mary Devine, elementary Spanish teacher.
In the video, Ryan and Cleo share their knowledge about Alexander Calder, a famous artist from Philadelphia. Ryan acted as a news-reporter for "6LizzieABC" reporting live from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He interviews Cleo who acts as the director of the museum. Cleo shares information with Ryan about the Alexander Calder exposition taking place at the Museum of Art. The study of Calder was part of a school-wide artist study project.
Green Screen Technology was used to make the video look like it took place in Philadelphia!
All of the students and nominating teachers were honored at FLENJ'S Annual Conference on Feb. 27 in New Brunswick. Additionally, Haddonfield Board of Education will recognize these students at the March 17 BOE Meeting.
Certificates will be awarded to the students who starred in these winning videos! All of the winning videos will be on FLENJ's website: videocontest.flenj.org/.