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Catching UP

Hi All,
Thanks for your patience and professionalism this last week.  I'm really grateful, and I'm glad to be back in the classroom with you!

Let's Catch Up, shall we?

We're going to alternate Career Presentations with Interview Practice and scheduling this week.  We'll spend part of class time on each of these things.

Remember, you need to schedule an interview with a subject that has something interesting and valuable to say about your topic of choice.  You're going to wind up creating a 1 to 2 minutes report on your topic, but the interviews will only comprise a portion of the report.

Use the calendar at the back of the room to sign up for your interview.  It may be during class, lunch, after school, weekends, or early dismissal/late arrival (if that applies to you).  Your interview needs to be concluded by next week.

Plan B

Hi All,
I'm sorry, but I have to be away for a family emergency today.  Things are kind of tough, so I'm asking for your understanding and patience.  We're going to change what we're doing while I'm gone.  Relax, you were going to have to do this later in the semester anyway, okay?  We're just getting it done now.

If you have questions, or need help, click on the Comments link at the bottom of this post.  Tell me who you are, and what you want to know.  I'll post a response to help you.

We will complete Interviews and resume your 1st Reporting Assignment when I get back.  For now, though, here's what we'll do:

Investigating a Career: Conducting Research and Presenting Information
 
Below you'll see my lesson plan on investigating a career and creating a presentation about that career.  Within the plan, there are links to websites and resources you can use, in addition to just doing a plain ol' Google Search. 

Basically, you have to create a 5-slide Power Point Presentation about the career you research for me.  Included in the Lesson Plan below are all of the requirements for the slides, what this project is worth in points, and how you will be graded.  Pay special attention to the "Outcomes" part of page 1.  It tells you exactly what to put in your presentation.

After that are all of the examples you need to get started.  Click once on each image to bring it up full screen, so you can read it.

You may work ON YOUR OWN or WITH ONE OTHER PERSON.  NO TEAMS OF 3!!  It just doesn't work.  I won't approve it.


Here's the Lesson Plan:

Here's a tutorial on using Power Point, if you're new to it:

Here's how to take a screen shot of data, salary info and statistics you want to use:

 This cool little thing shows up that looks like a crosshairs  
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and you use it to draw a box around what you want to take a picture of on your screen.  It automatically takes the picture and saves it to your desktop.  Then, you can use it in your Power Point!  Neat, huh?

Here's how I want you to track and cite the websites you use:

And finally, here's how I'll grade your presentation when I get back:

What makes an Interview GOOD?

One of the foundations of good journalism----of good storytelling, really---- is being able to get the right information to the right audience.  For us, this often happens in the form of an interview.  But....how do you make sure an interview is GOOD---that is:

How do you prepare for and conduct an interview to get the right information for your audience?

There are several ways to discover the answer to this question, and we are going to explore them ALL.  The first is through a team reading assignment.  You and a partner will grab 1 copy of the Reading Questions and your RED textbooks, and work together to answer the  13 questions on the handout.

After we're done, we'll watch a couple of training videos (for you visual learners like me!), look at some basic interview setups, create a mock-up interview and critique, and then practice in teams.

In the meantime, you need to identify a subject that you'd like to interview, and go schedule an interview with them---either during this class, lunch, or after school.  That will go on our calendar.

Coming Up: Your first interview!

After you submit your Introduction as a Quick Time file (60 pts), we'll start learning about how to conduct a good interview, and begin crafting your first Report for the class.  This will be broadcast on our news show later this semester.

Start thinking about your topic:

• Is there an issue that you feel passionately about?
• Do you have a hobby or interest that you think others would enjoy learning about?
• Is there a recent news story that you would like to explore further?

Next week we'll develop questions and practice interviewing.

eCademy

Teachers, 

Please make sure 11th and 12th grade students eCademy (credit recovery) know this:

Students should have already started to log on and work on their online class and should have already attended an orientation or still can Wednesday (8/28) or Thursday (8/29), at 4PM, 5PM or 6PM. Please remind them to bring their day school ID and they must be on time. If they have not logged on and started working by Sunday, they will be dropped. 

Mr. Gonzales

WELCOME!

Welcome to the blog, TV Broadcasting students!  We'll use this site to communicate and manage deadlines for the class.

Bookmark this site in your browser (hold the "Command" and "D" keys down now, and choose "Bookmarks Toolbar"), so that you never have to type this address again!  Visit the blog daily as soon as you get to class, so that you know what's going on that day.

For example, an explanation of your first assignment is right over there!!!   ---------------------------------------->>>


We use the blog for:

• Assignments. You'll get an introduction to assignments, written explanations, links to video and written tutorials, assignment requirements/grading scales, deadlines, links to examples and more!
• Announcements.  There's always something exciting happening in the film community, and I'm happy to share that with you!  From classes to casting calls, screenings and workshops, you'll find it all here!
• Reminders.  Project updates, rule reminders, suggestions and other info will pop up pretty regularly to help keep you on track.
• Career and Community Connections.  Links to film and media industry groups, social networking and other professional tools, Film Academy events and announcements, and career exploration links will also appear on the blog (check out the sidebar at right for examples).