Rewind
Written by Thanvi K.
As we began 2017 by diving right into productivity, we wanted to rewind a little and give a quick recap of some of our major achievements and projects during the last marking period.
To start off, as a Multimedia team, we were able to create and release the 1st and 2nd installment of WESTV. Using the new idea of CBL introduced by our school administration, our classes incorporated the character trait of each month into each episode to exemplify a new challenge when it comes to creating our show. Our theme for the first show was the character trait of “Cooperation" and the character trait for the second show was “Caring”. Our show included interesting segments such as Take Care of Texas, National Handwashing Week, Derek Holland, Great Barrier Reef, Shoe Drive, and more. Watch our shows here:
While creating our WESTV shows, all students in Media also created a digital portfolio as their semester exam. In the beginning of the year, we started this as a CBL project with a big idea of "reflection". We challenged ourselves to "Create and maintain a digital portfolio that monitors progress, shows progression, demonstrates knowledge, and includes reflection."
We decide the detailed guidelines and requirements that should be included in the rubric. After that was set and done, all students had the rest of the semester to find the information and images they needed for the assignment. The information included in the portfolio for this semester was mostly about the past and present of the learner while next semester, it will be mostly about the future. You can view a few of the webpages from the links below:
Another challenged proposed to the media learners was the internationally known movement called the “Hour of Code”. This initiative reaches leaners in over 180 countries to try to encourage and show them that anyone can be involved in the evolving sciences of technology. Our media classes participated by doing a variety of things such as programming robots, coding online, and creating products from coding.
Currently in Media, all kids are hard at work on projects including new WESTV installments, podcasts, and video competitions. Be sure to stay tuned for more information on current projects and new occurrences in the media classroom!
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