Introduction to WAYK Video Series
Time for some “new” videos! Back in 2015, Sky Hopinka made a terrific series of videos for Where Are Your Keys. This series was designed to be both an overview of the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Video
Is Any Project Ever “Simple”?
Very early in the summer Evan mentioned to me that there were some Unangam Tunuu books that had been read by speakers but to date no one had figured out… Read more »
Report from the Road: St. Paul Island Summer Intensive Video
We are pleased to share another great video from WAYK player and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Sky joined the WAYK team on St. Paul Island for the 2015 Summer Intensive as… Read more »
Sky’s Video Tips for Cellphone Cameras
When you’re language hunting, or even teaching, it helps to document those sessions in any way you can. With the ubiquity of smartphones it’s easier than ever to video record… Read more »
Pedagogy Rusticatio with WAYK
We are pleased to share a gorgeous new video by Sky Hopinka, WAYK team member and a truly stellar filmmaker. Sky’s film is about how classroom teachers can strengthen one… Read more »
Beyond the Script
This video shows what advanced WAYK looks like. This is no longer the simple “What is That?” game. Now that Evan and Sky are both seasoned WAYK players, they can… Read more »
WAYK Mandarin Chinese
Here’s player David Edwards, at Stanford University, sharing Mandarin with a friend for the first time. It’s a lot of fun to watch, and with subtitles too! Keep in mind… Read more »
Yiddish Language Hunt
[vimeo=20128505] Here you can see Willem hunting Yiddish language for the first time, with the help of fluent speaker Selma Zack, in February 2011. Just moments before the video starts,… Read more »
VIDEO: Irish language (Gaeilge) 4
[vimeo=20063545] Here’s the fourth video in the series, which covers the third persons, He/She. It’s worth noting that, as always, we are applying tq mumble to leading a game in… Read more »
VIDEO: Irish Language (Gaeilge) 3
[vimeo=19914532] Here’s the third video in the Irish language series. Remember, you’ll need to start with the first video, and for most folks, completing the WAYK tutorial beforehand is a… Read more »
VIDEO: Irish Language (Gaeilge) 2
[vimeo=19905263] Here’s the second video in our Irish Language series. Start with the first one. In order to take advantage of videos like this, you’ll need to have mastered the… Read more »
VIDEO: Irish Language (Gaeilge) 1
[vimeo=19896067] For anyone who has either been to a WAYK workshop, language night, or mastered the WAYK tutorial, you can copy-cat along with this video and learn some Irish language,… Read more »
WAYK ASL with RaVen Sequoia, Deaf ASL educator
[vimeo=19727433] In this video, you’ll see Willem mentoring RaVen in WAYK game play over Skype videoconferencing, in exchange for mentoring in ASL. Willem and RaVen are probably signing too fast… Read more »
Fluency Fiddling with Michael Ismerio
[vimeo = 19478895] In this video Willem Larsen sits down with Michael Ismerio, old time music fiddler and workshop leader, to discuss his recent workshop that they both boosted with… Read more »
WAYK Farsi
[vimeo = 19412787] In this video Willem and Holia explore doing a language trade, where Willem will learn Farsi, and Holia will improve his English, and also will be trained… Read more »
WAYK with New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) and English
Meet John Graham, a New Zealand player who has never met us in-person, but has learned WAYK through the on-line videos, podcasts, and blogs. Here you can see a short,… Read more »
Language Hunting in Latin
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/15491950] In this video you’ll see footage of the September 2010 Latin WAYK Weekend Workshop at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, WY. Towards the end of the weekend at… Read more »
Iliodor Philemonof on Traditional Unangax Art and Regalia
[vimeo 14780588] In this video Iliodor Philemonof, elder speaker of Unangam Tunuu (Aleut), provides the language for some traditional items and art of the Unangax people. This video was filmed… Read more »
VIDEO: “Tea with Grandma” at the 2010 #WAYK Unangax Language Camp
[vimeo 14757931] We feel strongly that we’re doing work no one else is doing – work that teaches communities a particular kind of real-world, practical, all-ages, all-weather skills at learning… Read more »
“the Walk” in Unangam Tunuu with Iliodor Philemonof
[vimeo 14724207] This is a video of “the Walk” Unangam Tunuu curriculum, generated by and for the campers at the 2010 WAYK Unangax Language Camp. Note that there are no… Read more »