for our school. If you have some kind of CCTV system already in your clas=
srooms, then great. We didn't so we purchased a network based solution fro=
m VideoFurnace (google it, they're great). We have network projectors and =
set top boxes for the VideoFurnace system in every classroom so to the teac=
hers it looks like cable, with a guide, menus, etc, really easy. They also=
get 6 cable channels (CNN, National Geographic, Discovery, Discovery Kids,=
Animal Planet and History). The system install was pretty simple but we'r=
e a two campus school separated by three city miles. We wanted to do a liv=
e daily broadcast between the campuses, meaning anchoring the news at our m=
iddle school and cutting to the studio in the other building for announceme=
nts and back like a tv news broadcast. Today was our first day with the ne=
w system and it worked really well, and we're tweaking it as we go. There'=
s a whole list of things you'll need for a production studio (cameras, a/v =
mixers, mics, editing machines and software, specialty cables, etc. If you=
need a real detailed equipment list, let me know. The only advice I can g=
ive is to have someone on staff with video know how who is going to own the=
project and really work with the kids. The kids need direction but once t=
hey know what to do, they take off from there. We're a K-8 school so our e=
ighth graders get the privilege of running the program but we do involve ou=
r younger students by doing birthday announcements, etc.
Hope that helps some
Jomar McDonald
Director of Technology
The Frances Xavier Warde School
751 N. State St.
Chicago, IL 60610
W: 312-798-4064
F: 312-337-7180
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From: A forum for independent school educators [ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On=
Behalf Of Susan Depatie [sdepatie@tampaprep.org]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:43 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Lesson plans for Middle School Video Production
We are moving towards having a tv production on campus and have started
with a video production class in the Middle School. Does any one have any
experience or advice? Thanks.
Susan Depatie
Director of Development
Tampa Preparatory School
www.tampaprep.org
813-251-8481
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