| Boarding High |
Suburban High |
Urban High |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Orientation |
Digital Art |
Vocational |
Educational Reform |
| Leading Activity |
experience with
digital media |
technological mastery |
developing student projects |
| Funding Source |
Community Arts Grant |
Regional
Occupational Program
(county program) |
Not-for-profit Reform
organization |
| Equipment |
borrowed digital
camcorders and
iBooks with iMovie |
S-VHS cameras,
various
microphones and lights, Teleprompters, PC computers with Adobe Premiere |
Hi-8 and digital camcorders,
iMacs with iMovie, tripods, boom microphones, 2 lights |
| Staffing |
college interns of
both genders
and various ethnicities |
one male instructor
of European
descent |
three male instructors of
European descent |
| Time Allotment |
5 class
periods/course |
5 class periods/week
all year |
2 block and 1 normal class
period/week all year |
| School Affiliations |
Special program in
regular art
course |
Part of performing
arts
department |
Intended as “Academy” but
treated as elective |
| Class Activities (to
be further
described in the following sections) |
introduced with
example
projects, iMovie tutorial in 1st course only, prompts and
assistance
during work, hallpasses to enable recording (interns accompanying
only in the 3rd session) |
technical lectures
and
presentations, book reports, independent practice with equipment,
narrowly defined assignments to address technological topics, 2 edited
group projects |
New Media 1: 3 group projects
with presentations of plans for class approval New Media 2: project pitches, 1 production—suspended, English work New Media 3: open-book quizzes on reading and group projects |