A sneak peak from Danny DeRocco, Ben Welton and Ben Lussier of Advanced DigCom of the new weekly broadcast from the Cardinal News Network called “The Cardinal Feed.”
Photograph courtesy of South Kent School
The Digital Communications I classes were given the assignment to create 30-second commercials to promote some aspect of South Kent School. Their results are below:
By Jalen Harvey
By Oscar Chang
By Jesse Schwartz
By Jacky Han
By Keegan McCarthy
By Alex Poulin
By Anil Ozer
By Kevin Golden
By Joe Zaccara
By Haofeng Li
By Miguel Rojas
By Chenshu Rong
By Zach Carrano
By Kyle Wehmhoff
The Digital Communications I classes were given the assignment to create a video of 3 minutes or less to tell a story about “Chaucer.” All new students at South Kent School recite the first 14 lines of the prologue of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer in front of the whole school. It is a rite of passage for all “new boys” at SKS.
Video by Keegan McCarthy
Video by Joe Zaccara
Video by Miguel Rojas
Video by Nick Ciarleglio
Video by Cody Luongo
Video by Anil Ozer
Video by Ben Welton
The Advanced Digital Communications class is back hard at work. Videographer Ben Welton profiles all the members of the class about their return.
Mr. Gonzo Garcia shares with the Digital Communications class some pointers on using the iPad2, when the tablets were distributed.
The class decided to use these iPads for video production. One of the main aspects of the iPads is the advantage of having all of one’s files in one place that goes wherever a student goes.
Sixth Former Danny DeRocco is enjoying the portability of the tools.
“We use the iMovie app to make these videos on the go,” he said.
Even though the class is finding the iPad2 to be great addition to the video-making process, it also has drawbacks when producing video.
Ben Welton, a sixth former, brought it to the class’ attention that whenever a photo is used, it says in the video exactly where the photo was taken. This takes away from the clean cut and professionalism of the video.
“It is really annoying when I see the place where the photo was taken in my video,” said Daniel Egan, a sixth former. This feature can be turned off, however.
Even though there are drawbacks to making videos on the iPad2, it does make a quality video when the creator is on the move.
“Overall they are finding the iPad to be very useful,” said Ms. Lynn Worthington, the digital communications teacher. “I would like to see the students explore different apps that are useful to their academics.”
The seven students got to test out the digital tool prior to the implementation of iPads for all students next fall.
“This class was selected as a group of test students, so they have a unique responsibility to test out what works and what is not working,” Ms. Worthington said. “As part of their agreement, the Digital Communications students are keeping a video or text journal of their use of the iPad and this information will be very helpful to the faculty as we move forward to full deployment of the iPads next fall for the whole school.”
Overall the iPad2 has brought a new vitality to the class and the class is excited to make new videos for the web site for other people to see.
Ben Welton, Sean McVey, Delano Williams and Jabrille Williams focus on learning Final Cut Express at the Apple Store.
The Digital Communications class had a unique opportunity to get some hands on training from Apple May 11.
The students have been learning how to use new software, Final Cut Express, and the trainers from Apple were able to give them pointers and tips on how to get the most out of the software.
The Digital Communications class has created the following commercials to advertise the school as a class project.
Video by Delano Williams
Video by Cesar Gonzalez
Video by Danny Egan
Video by Jabrille Williams
Video by Ben Welton
Video by Sean McVey
Video by Danny DeRocco
The group of nine students and two teachers, who are visiting the Czech Republic for 10 days.
The Digital Communication class’ own Delano Williams is spending 10 days on an exchange trip to the Czech Republic. Delano is posting updates about their trip on a blog he created.
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Follow along as the nine students and two faculty members tour a number of historic sites and visit with students hosting them in Brno, Czech Republic.
Delano Williams operates the camera, while Ben Welton interviews Karren Garrity at the Environmental Summit in Kent.
The Digital Communications class went out on location Feb. 26 to film the Kent Environmental Summit. This event attracted over 100 people, 16 workshop presenters and 30 vendors. It was an opportunity to learn more about what is available to conserve energy and protect the environment. The main theme of the summit was that conservation is the new alternative energy and a way everyone can impact their environment in a positive way.
This video is designed to capture some of the highlights of the event.
By Ben Welton Staff Reporter
Class member Delano Williams interviews Senator Richard Blumenthal during the Kent Environmental Summit.
Not many students on the Hillside knew much about Ms. Lynn Mellis Worthington’s, Digital Communications class this fall. All one could see if looking through the garage door windows is seven boys striving to learn about digital technology, and a teacher who does everything she can to make sure each student is working to their potential.
The class consists of Danny DeRocco, Danny Egan, Cesar Gonzalez, Sean McVey, Delano Williams, Jabrille Williams and Ben Welton. The teachers are Ms. Worthington, with help from Mr. Anthony Larson and Mr. Gonzalo Garcia.
Basically, students in “Dig Comm” have the use of just about every camera in South Kent’s name. The technology we get to use surpasses anything close to what we have used before. Everyday there is something new to learn, and its all hands on.
Our class got right to things by making our first videos as interviews. We all were assigned a new teacher and had to seek him or her out ourselves and get the necessary information. It was fun but more importantly just another building block as a student.
The community of South Kent didn’t get a taste of the class’ effort until each student’s work was put on YouTube. It was easy to say that there was no looking back from there. Students throughout the community started to post the class videos on their Facebook walls, some videos receiving over 100 views in the first week they went up.
From day one there was always talk of our class having a web site we could call our own. This process started without much hesitation. Our class did everything: picked the name, designed the content of the website, and even selected the topics to put on it. When the class put our website out to the community, it got nothing but positive feedback. Everyone seemed to please with the result of our class.
But there are still stories to find and minds to fill. The sky is the only limit for the Digital Communications Class.