Video Project 1 Idea

Group 4 has decided to make a video about selling a house.  People say the housing market is turning around, so we are going to videotape a mock showing of Patrick's family home they are selling.  He will walk around and point out the highlights of the home and go over the asking price with the potential buyer.  The story will talk about different sellers dropping their prices regularly because the market is still not that great.  And also address the idea that people do not actually buy the home, but buy the land the house is on.
 
We will have back ground noise from the house: echoes because it is empty, voices of Patrick and the buyer and outside noises when they take a stroll on the property.   Jessie and Kristin are thinking about low background music, but not 100% sold on the idea.

Patrick and Kristin will shoot the video and do the talking.
Jessie and Kristin will edit the video.
Linda and Patrick will work on the story.

Learn to Tie Your Shoes

Learning how to tie one’s shoes is an important skill that one learns at a young age. Many methods have been used to help children learn this more easily. Some are taught songs, poems, or even dances. Each of these has some kind of catchy rhythm that helps children catch on to this skill and enjoy it while they learn.

“Two snakes escaped from the zoo and live the holes in my shoe! In and out they twisted and fought, till their tails were tied in a knot.” This is an example of a poem that children are taught in kindergarten. This poem is fun and keeps kids attention.

Teaching people how to tie their shoes is everywhere. There are children’s books, magazines, and computer games. Many children shows have done skits on how to teach children how to tie their shoes, shows including Arthur, Rugrats, Full House and Spongebob. Spongebob even did an episode that had a song at the end. “Just do a loop de loop and pull, and your shoes are looking cool.” This line is teaching kids while persuading them that they will can look cool by learning this skill.

Different types of shoes require different types of knots. If one is wearing a sneaker one might want to use the basic knot that he or she first learns. However, if one has shoes that have longer laces, they might want to use the double knot to shorten up the laces, however, double knots are usually a bit more difficult to untie. Boots are a little different. Boots require extra support and lacing. Usually one has to go lace around metal clamps up the ankle and back down just so that way there is some more support.

Now days there are hundreds of different types of shoes. Slide on shoes have become really popular along with flip flops and Velcro. The skill of tying shoes is a forgotten talent. Older generations of kids took pride in knowing how to tie their shoes, now; kids have so many different types of shoes that tying their shoes hardly seem important anymore.

Tying your shoes is a fun skill that when learned is something one usually never forgets. It sticks with people for life and those people will teach their kids who will teach their kids. Hopefully this skill will continue to be taught by parents, guardians, and teachers.

Slideshow Synopsis

Learning how to tie your shoes is an important skill that many learn at a young age. Some kids are taught a pretty basic way but other has different techniques and tactics while going about it. Group 4 is going to interview one person and ask them how they tie their shoes.

We decided to switch up roles this time. We will be breaking up in editing and taking on new positions.

Patrick is going to interview his coach. He will ask him basic questions and take pictures with each step that he responds to. 

Kristen is going to be doing a lot of the sound and video editing. She will also find music that goes along with the story. Jessie and Linda will be helping out whenever they can on the audio editing as well.

Jessie will be writing the synopsis and the 400 word story that goes along with this project. She will show the story to the rest of the group to make sure everyone agrees on it.

When we are all finished with our parts, we will come together for the final cut and collaborate all of our individual work. Group 4 is going to show an old skill in a new light.

Slideshow 2 Idea

For the slideshow 2 project, Group 4 is going to learn how to tie shoes. We will interview one person on the way they tie their shoes. During the interview we will have pictures that will document how he/she is doing it.

CBS Atlanta

Website:
I found the CBS Atlanta website boring. Since the college basketball playoffs are starting they have littered their page with "bracket challenge" advertisments. It really over powered the site. Also, the website only had one picture and little story on the home page. Everything was links to other stories. It was a lot of reading and really cluttered. If you did want to see a slideshow or video there were links on the right side of the page, but again you had to read and read to figure out where and what things were. There was no breaking news scroll, "new" headlines were noted by using the word "New" in orange next to the link. All in all the website scared me off a little bit. There was just too much at once.

Facebook:
Since I wasn't too impressed with the website, I didn't have high hopes for their facebook page. They had some stories on it, but I saw alot of other people making posts. One woman inparticular used their facebook page to vent about her unemployment and government aide. I found that very tacky and couldn't believe they left it posted. There was an agrument between her and a man about racisim and drug testing and government aide. It really took away from their facebook page. I am all for viewer input and letting your audience interact, but there needs to be some type of monitoring going on. I do like that they post often and get feedback on their news posts. Other than that it was a pretty basic facebook page.

Slideshow

Student athlete.  That is a common term here around Lyndon State College.  These are students that have decided to play a varsity sport or an intramural sport during their college career.  Lyndon offers a variety of extracurricular activities for students with the stipulation that being a student comes first.  Notice how the term is not Athlete Student.                

                How do these men and women balance being a student, an athlete, work and a social lift?  I think maybe they are cloned.  But seriously, how do people learn to multitask and where do they learn time management skills?  Many people have different systems; some prefer the trial and error method, some talk with employers and some utilize their resources that coaches and teachers offer.  Any way you look at it these are lifelong skills that students cannot learn by just opening a book in the classroom.  Lyndon offers students these extracurricular activities to help broaden their skills for the job market. 

Baseball just doesn’t teach you about the sport, but offers students a chance to travel to other states and see the other sights of New England.  All of the sports here at Lyndon offer that chance to students.  Along the way students learn how to plan accordingly for papers and projects.  Students work as a team to help each other with homework and find ways to work through the stress that is accompanied with high education.  Coaches work closely with their players to make sure they are on the right track to graduation, because at the end of the day that is the main goal. 

                Student athletes don’t just come in the form of a varsity player though.  Lyndon offers intramural sports as well.  These are teams that are formed by students with no coaches.  They do not have to “tryout” and “cuts” are not made.  These sports a little more laid back in the fact that there are not practices to attend, but it is just as time consuming as the varsity teams.  These students have to make sure that they have all the players for their teams and that there are enough teams to play.  Not only do they play they help organize.  Even though these students do not have a coach to help them through, there are many other faculty members that can and will help. 

                In the end it is up to the student to make sure that they have their priorities straight.  Student comes first and athlete comes second.  Lyndon encourages students to pursue any extracurricular activity they are interested.  It helps build those skills that are not taught in a book or on the computer.  These are valuable skills that will help everyone through life.      

Project Synopsis

Lyndon offers many extracurricular activities for its students.  But how do students balance school, work, friends and the extracurricular activities they are involved with?  Group 4 is going to explore how student athletes manage their time.  We will speak with a variety of students that play sports to discuss challenges they face on a daily basis.

                Everyone in the group knows someone on a sports team, so everyone will take part in the interviewing process.  Group 4 wanted a wide variety of students and sports so limiting the interviewing to only one person would be hard to do. 

                Everyone will also contribute to the pictures for the slideshow.  Linda knows students that participate in outdoor snow sports; Jessie knows students that play intramurals; Patrick and Kristin know multiple students on the varsity teams and some of the coaches.  The four of them will take pictures of the sports they interviewed about to help create that story through the slideshow.

                Group 4 did decide to break up the editing.  Linda and Jesse will work on the sound editing; intermixing the interviews and music.  Kristin and Patrick will work on editing the photos and arranging them in a fun and interesting pattern.  Then all four group members will collaborate on the final project; putting the sound and photos together.

The group is hoping to shed some light on the responsibilities and time management skills it takes to be successful as a student athlete.