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Rockin' Along

So Friday's Digital Media Club (DMC) was pretty cool. It was a small and intimate group again. We made flyers for the party and Nugget started stringing together the photos from the Halloween shoot. Ant-Honey had me cracking up laughing and all was well. We had the rules that we'd established on Thurs. all written up on the board and ready to go, but we didn't need to use them. I'll come back to this post and write-up those rules soon!

Also, we missed our seniors Friday, but we made everything work just fine without them. Oh, and a shout-out to Adam who made the technology work for us! Thanks for getting the footage on the hard drive AND for reformatting the hard drive. Total lifesaver.

Oooh oooh oooh. One more thought. Ms. B. suggested that we do make the party $3 for folks, but $5 for folks without costumes. Hmmm. Wondering if we should change the signs? Whatcha all think?

Peace, Ms. DJ.

Today's Club

I thought I'd post my thoughts on today's club for the "home crew." I felt like very little work was accomplished in our hour and a half together, because our club became a hangout space. I'm struggling right now, because I want truly interested people to all be welcome in our club. BUT, I also want "the work" to get done. I want students to learn how to make movies. I want them to learn all steps of the process--from filming and photographing to editing and producing the films. As I watched Malika's video today, I was caught up in just how much work it took to produce that project. The pieces were seemlessly interwoven together--the photographing, the filming, the beats, the performance piece, the oral speeches, and more. The timing was perfectly on point and the whole digital story really hit the right note. So...that gets me remembering just how hard it is to make a film, just how much work goes into it. We didn't even get to start editing our SlamFest advertisement today. So much to do, so little time, and way too many people talking and clogging up the pipes. Digital Media Club should a place for us to learn together, to work and grow and make our own media. Home crew, how to we deal? What should the requirements and expectations of being in the club be?

Peace Out,
Ms. DJ

Blogs, Blogs, & MySpace

We were just talking about our Digital Media Club and we realized that our online group organizing idea is probably not going to work because MySpace is blocked at our school. So I DDA am now going to take it upon myself to start a blog for our group.  Here goes....What should I call it...Wait, um....Okay, here goes.  Chocolate Chips & Cheerios. 

Ms. DJ & Samantha