Well friends, we made it. It is
hard to believe, but it’s time to say goodbye to 2015! Our Multimedia learners
have been very busy honing their skills. They’ve learned film composition
skills, advanced video editing, animation, story boarding, script writing,
speaking on camera, voice-over work, and acting. These skills are being applied
to entertain, inform, and serve our school.
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| Max preparing a storyboard for his WESTV segment |
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| Cole planning a segment for WESTV |
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| Trey, Daniela, and Sydney collaborate on the perfect video idea |
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We spent most of our time preparing and producing our school
news program, WESTV. Learners have produced four episodes this semester. Watch
them here, here, here, and here.
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| Jessica, Ahbi, and Rishi anchoring Show 4 |
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| Sathvika and Hailey sign off for Show 3 |
In addition to the broadcast, we
tackled many other special Multimedia projects. One of the most challenging and
rewarding projects was a collaboration with the drama department to produce A
Midsummer’s Night Dream the Movie, a play that integrates video segments
into live theatre.
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| Theatre learners perform in the Pyramus and Thisby film |
Another project that my learner’s always enjoy is the Hour of Code. It is a global movement to get
as many students coding during Computer Science Week, Dec. 7-13. Expert
computer programmer, Richard Gottleber with Fidelity Investments shared a little about his
computer science careers and assisted learners with their own programming. It
is super fun seeing the excitement and intensity my students express when
coding games. The analytical exercises and emotional roller coaster that
accompany coding is thrilling to observe.
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| Neha shows off her Hour of Code accomplishment sticker |
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| Aidan, Graham, and Gabe work to solve a Code Combat coding challenge with Mr. Gottleber |
Our podcasting
unit, allow learners to explore an area of Multimedia that was brand new to
most of them. I was surprised to learn
that most of them had never heard of podcasting before the lesson. Not only did
they explore a new resource for learning and entertainment, but they had the
opportunity to create their own. Check
out this fun podcast by Jessica and Kaitlin
or this one by Aidan and Graham.
This is
one of my strongest Media groups yet and I can’t wait to see what they accomplish
during the 2016 part of this school year.
They have learned so much already, but best of all, we have become a
team and a family.
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| Team Building Activity 9/15 |
