With the passing of my mother, the holiday's, and general winter blues, I have been MIA from my blog. With the new year, new resolutions, and new expectations, I plan on getting back into the blogging groove.
Our school radio station, WJSV, holds it's annual marathon on Friday, January 13 from 9pm until Saturday, January 14, 10am. The students are excited, I'm excited, and we hope our listeners are excited.
Our TV show, Colonial Corner, will air show number seven this Thursday, 1/12 and show number eight on Friday, 1/20. The show has been great all year and we look to improve as we continue the school year.
My broadcasting 1 and 2 classes are working on a really cool project (if I may say so myself). They are creating "video time capsules". Students can tell their own story, any way they choose. Serious, comical, inspirational, or any way they can come up with. I have told them that the most important aspect of this project should be the "IDEA", not the production. What is it that they would like to see if they looked at this video, 20 years from now. I can't wait to see the results.
Students are really taking ownership of projects and lessons. Today, a freshman was beginning her "time capsule" project and she excitedly called me over and said, "Mr. Butler, Maxine is showing me how to edit my project". Maxine is a junior and a very skilled editor. I paused a moment and then thought how great it was to have one student teaching another. An upperclassman, teaching a freshman.
Have a great weekend!
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