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Ursuline’s Technology Program is founded on the
principles of Technical and Scientific Communications. These principles
involve developing print or multimedia products for an intended audience,
either a service-learning client or a client in industry. UA offers two
tracks that students can take courses in: Electronic
Media and Digital
Media
In both tracks, students learn how to analyze their project’s audience
by researching the project’s purpose, the information the audience needs
to know, and the educational backgrounds and experience levels of the
audience. Once they have identified the purpose and audience for a
project, the students collect information, study design
principles, organize and outline information, draft their project in
either a multimedia or print media format, test their projects on a sample
audience, and produce a final product for their client.
Technology
Faculty
Ann Brinkmann, abrinkmann@fuse.net
- Introduction to Technical Communication
- Introduction to Media Production
- Video Production I
- Video Production II
- Introduction to Web Design
- Print Media and Design
- Journalism (Yearbook)
Maureen Rettig, (mrettig@ursulineacademy.org)
Technology
Curriculum
For the 2009-2010 school year, Ursuline is offering courses in
Technology Applications, Introduction to Technical Communications, Print
Media and Design, Introduction to Media Production, Video Production
I, and Graphic Design.
In the
News!!!!
The Promise of Things to
Come…Ursuline Unveils a New Film Studio
On Wednesday, March 18, 2009, the Technology Department unveiled
Ursuline’s new film studio to the Board of Trustees at its March meeting.
The new studio replaces the mobile studio that the department has used the
last two years and creates a permanent location for Media Production
students to film their video projects. The film studio is located in the
former office of Athletic Director, Diane Redmond, who has relocated to
the new gym.
The new studio features a large green screen, painted green screen
floor, six studio lights, and a control center. Using chroma key
technology, Media Production students will be able to make actors appear
in any interior or exterior location without leaving the studio. This
green screen technology is the same technology that is used to make
Superman fly as well as enable newscasters to give weather and traffic
reports.
As the Technology Department continues grow, future classes will be
developed in visual journalism, visual and special effects, lighting for
film and video, and reporting broadcast news. Within the next two years,
the department’s goal is to establish a live video magazine that would be
broadcast once a month during long homeroom. Students taking television
production courses would be responsible for the television network.
Video Production II Students Help ESL
Children and Parents Get Acclimated to the English
Classroom
The Video Production II students studied the Informational and
Educational film types during the second semester. After viewing and
analyzing numerous professional films, the students began working on a
film project with the Shawnee Early Childhood Center in the Lakota school
district. For the project, the students researched the struggles ESL
students and families experience while getting acclimated and immersed
into the United States school system.
For the project, the students wrote a script, designed a storyboard,
and pitched their ideas to Shawnee’s ESL Coordinator and Principal. After
receiving client approval, junior Allie Rayome created a film for
Shawnee students illustrating simple tasks to help the students respect
themselves, respect others, and respect the environment.
Junior Tess White created a film for Shawnee’s ESL parents
illustrating such tasks as how to register a child for kindergarten, how
to call in a child’s absence, how to get involved in the PTA, etc. Both
films were spoken in English but included Spanish subtitles at the bottom
of the screen. Ursuline’s Spanish IV class helped to translate the scripts
for the video production students.
Tech Apps Students Provide Service at
Ursuline and to Local Organizations
Technology Applications introduces students to the Microsoft
Office 2007 Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and
Excel. The course focuses completely on projects, and last year,
the Tech Apps students provided service for the following events:
- Slide Show for the Live Auction portion of UA’s Ultimate
Auction – using skills learned in PowerPoint, students
created a presentation to assist the live auctioneer in presenting items
up for bid at the school’s annual auction fundraiser
- Program for UA’s Artist in Residence presentation –
using skills learned in Word, students created a program for the
performance that concluded the Artist in Residence program at Ursuline
in December 2008. Students from several disciplines and grade levels, as
well as faculty and staff members, wrote monologues from the perspective
of modern day women or women from history and performed their creations.
The program enhanced the evening’s events.
- Brochure for a client promoting their Urban Farm - using
skills learned in Word, students created a tri-fold brochure to
promote an inner city agency’s program to assist young people in growing
and maintaining a garden in their inner city neighborhood. After meeting
initially with the client, students created drafts and then met with the
client again for feedback and revisions.
- Posters for a client promoting their new after school music
program for local 7-12 graders - using skills learned in
Word, students created 11” x 17” posters to advertise a new,
after-school music center open to any interested 7-12 grader. After
meeting with the client, students developed two separate posters – one
for the suburban teenage crowd and one for inner city youth.
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