At the school where I complete my observations, Kennesaw Mountain High School, in Cobb County the media specialists have essentially no responsibilities in the area of school TV news, video distribution, or announcements. The school TV news is aired weekly by the students in the elective class, TV and Video Production. This elective is taught by Ms. Jackie Collier from the Career Technology Department. I have personally seen these classes at work, and Ms. Collier and her students are absolutely AMAZING! I can’t even begin to express the quality of KMHS’s program. Students from grades 10-12 participate in the tiered levels of video production. Depending upon the student’s experience he/she is assigned level 1, 2, or 3, and his/her responsibilities are based upon that specific level. Several students, typically seniors, are anchors on KMTV. Weekly topics on KMTV include upcoming school and community events, sports, weekend previews of music and movies, school programs and activities and more. You can hear a pin drop during KMTV each Friday. The students absolutely LOVE it. It provides them the opportunity to see themselves and their classmates in features like “Faces of the Week” as well as in reviews of the previous week’s sporting events. KMTV provides these teenagers with a chance to truly be the voice of their school. Ms. Collier is also responsible for the announcements that loop throughout the day on the school TVs. If a teacher has an announcement to post, he/she sends it the video production room.
The announcements in the morning are handled by the administrative office and include the pledge, a moment of quiet reflection, and various club announcements. They are read by the student government. Teachers individually use GPB in their classrooms. They have been exposed to its myriad benefits through snack-and-shares and professional development opportunities.
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I love the idea of delegating more responsibilities to high school students. The students are allowed to be involved in all aspect of creating the weekly video. I also am impress that there is a video a class, and that students are learning standards as they work to complete the videos. I’ve only worked in elementary schools. Many of them do video broadcasting for morning announcement. The media specialists usually write out what will be said and the students read the prompts for the morning announcements. I now realize how video broadcasting could be even more beneficial in high school.
I like the idea of grouping the students according to their experience in video production. I may use that in my own media center when I become a media specialist. By allowing the students to do the productions, your school is generating more interest in what is going on at school. This is evidenced by your statement that you can hear a pin drop during these video productions. I also like the idea of setting the announcements up like a news cast. It seems more "professional" that way.
I used to LOVE watching our school news show every week! Yes, even at Meadowcreek - we had a video production class! One our best friends from high school went on to major in Film and started his own production company.
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