19. Traditions and Customs of the Holiday Season

The Winter Holiday is nearly here, and for this blog your assignment is to communicate the traditions and customs you share with your family at this time of the year.

How does your family, friends and relatives celebrate this time of year?
Include a tasty holiday recipe you can share on your blog.
Use photos that shows the spirit of this season.
Include any other form of communication to enhance your blog.

18. ACSS Instructional Video

Your next video assignment is to create an Instructional School Video.

Working with your partner, choose a course that you feel comfortable in, then investigate some instructional aspect that you want to video. Check with the teacher and get approval before you start.

Make sure you totally understand the skills invloved and the order that they should go in.


Create a detailed storyboard complete with narrative and all steps of the instuction. This must be approved by Mr. Omorean before you start. This is worth 25 marks.

Decide on your support crew, such as who will demonstrate the instuction and help with the set-up.

Video must be between 2 to 3 minutes in length. No shorter than 2, no longer than 3.

Time Line: You have 1 days to plan, create your storyboard and set-up your crew. Then 2 days to shoot your video and 2 days to finalize, edit and post your instructional video.

Final edited video is worth 75 marks. You will be also marked on a daily basis based on how much you accomplished each day.

Here are some examples to consider:

Science - How to light a Bunsen Burner
Auto -How to change a flat tire
Cooking - How to make chocolate chip cookies
Woodworking - How to properly use the band saw
Metal work - How to bend sheet metal
Math - How to solve a typical equation
Photo - How to load a film camera
Phys. Ed. - How to shoot a basketball foul throw
Hairdressing - How to cut hair
Textiles - How to use a sewing machine Art - How to draw a portrait in charcoal
Music - How play a scale on a Saxophone

View some short videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFCQCRd8Pe8&feature=player_detailpage


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zQddVnOKlw&feature=player_detailpage


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17. Comic Strip Story Board

Assignment:

Using a comic book strip as your story board, create an adapted 1 minute video using the scenes from the comic book strip.

Find a school appropriate comic book that you can work with.

• Plan and adapt each scene from the storyboard. 
• Decide who will be the director of the shoot.
• Have your locations worked out.
• Get your actors, props and costumes ready with the script.
• Charge up your cameras and let it roll.
• Shoot each scene in order as close as possible to the storyboard layout.

Use either Windows Movie Maker, Premiere Pro, or any other video editing program to put it all together.

Create an opening title and make sure you provide your credits at the end.

Good Luck!

16. What's a Storyboard?

Storyboards are essential for making short videos and feature film movies.

Find out what a storyboard is, why and how it is used.

View the video links provided on "Storyboarding".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgDwNxGIuCQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0esIs4_9nU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ekzThzjj0

 Do some other searches for "Storyboards" and make a detailed posting outlining the use of Storyboards providing examples as you explain this process.

15. What's Happening at ACSS

This assignment is about capturing some of the things that are happening at ACSS.

Investigate and document (photographs with detailed descriptions and some video clips) of a particular happening in the school during our block, lunch or after school.

Photo by Nessa

Drama: Zombie Patrol in Mr. McLauglin's Class.
The whole idea of this exercise was to improve body gestures for the stage by exaggerating odd and unusual body motion without dialogue.


Edit your photos and working with Photoshop, crop, correct exposures, and resize your images.
Post your best photos 5 photos with your comments and observations of what is happening in a particular class or event

Include 2 short video clips with Titles.

What's happening in:
Art
Hairdressing
Music
Phys Ed
Cooking
Automotive
Woodworking
Biology
Chemistry
Main Office
Math
English
Library
Computers
Career Centre

If you have your own suggestions, consult with Mr. Omorean before you begin shooting the assignment.

Some basic rules:

Always ask permission : set up an appointment beforehand with the teacher/staff of the event or class you want to cover - Verify this with Mr. Omorean

have your camera charged and ready

be polite, courteous, and respectful in every situtation

thank the teacher and class

make them aware of how these photos and videos will be used and where to view them

14. Social Media Safety

Internet/Social Media Safety Education and Digital Citizenship presentation by Darren Laur

       What was interesting about the presentation?

 What did you learn from it?

       What can you do, as individuals, to keep and be  safe online?

      What can you do to protect your fellow students/community?

     How would students alert/tip adults at school or elsewhere when they suspect that they are at risk?

Do you believe that the presentation was useful and informative and why.

Provide links to this topic.

13. Lest We Forget

Part A

Remembrance Day is more than just a day when schools and banks close. Find out why and how November 11th is the day we remember our veterans.

November 5th to 11th is Veterans’ Week. This year, there’s even a website http://www.vac.gc.ca/ with suggestions to get you started on a posting a Remembrance Day blog.

Post an informative blog with photos, historical videos, and links to other sites that provide insight on Remembrance Day.





Part B

Honouring our soldiers : Invesigate and report on a recent Canadian fallen soldier. Include a photo of the soldier and an informative write up.

How will you observe Remembrance Day? Did anyone in your family serve in a war?

Adding photos of your own would bring special significance to this posting.

Part C                  

ACSS Remembrance Day Ceremony - Your final task for this assignment is to photograph and if possible take short videos of the  Remembrance Day Ceremony at our school. Edit and hand in your best 5 photos of the event for the Year Book.