Hitting the Ground Running
Written by Natalie Adams
A famous quote by Calvin Coolidge reads, “All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.” This marking period, both Media A and B have progressed amazingly in preparation for our first show of WESTV.
This year, our school administration has introduced “challenge-based learning,” essentially allowing students to create assignments and lessons for themselves. When first proposed with this idea, many students (including myself) were confused as to how CBL could be incorporated into a Multimedia class without changing our curriculum completely; but after much discussion, we came to a conclusion: we can academically challenge ourselves and weave CBL into our segments by having themed shows.
The first themed show of the year, cooperation, has already been put into action. Media A kids have mastered the art of script writing, storyboarding, and complex Adobe Premiere Pro skills, like using green screens, cut-aways, and lower thirds. Media B has been hard at work at creating their segments, whilst also completing their Take Care of Texas contest submissions (which were finally mailed last week!). Although Media B has grown used to the WESTV process, we are continuing to grow and improve it, as we grow and improve as people and multimedia students.
Our first show will be aired on November 30th, and attached to the next blog post. Stay tuned to find out more about what the Media kids are up to!
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