Wurramooka News - Warooka SA

Lower Yorke Peninsula schools workshop - 2009 April - Warooka SA

Warooka CPC-7 are developing a fantastic digital literacy program, and want the school to keep up with their 21st Century students, (who are surrounded by technology at home and see this as part of everyday life).

The Hero Project were called in to work with 26 students from Warooka CPC – 7, Curramulka Primary and Yorketown Area School to explore innovative ways to incorporate digital media into the school curriculum.  

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To incorporate as many of the students ideas as possible, the team decided to produce a news show. The Hero Project tailored the workshops to suit a range of skill levels: focusing on motion graphics, green screen work and compositing for the students we had previously mentored. Introducing basic camera and editing skills for the Curramulka Primary students – and the Yorketown High School students were asked to delve deeper into screen narratives and production management. It is a rewarding collaboration when there are computers with teams editing, creating music, animations, designing name plates, while others are out filming on-location, scripting the news items and preparing cue sheets and props for the performers sitting at the news desk.

Partners

Apple

Arts SA Partnerships for Healthy Communities

Australia Council for the Arts

Curramulka Primary School

Department of Education and Children Services

Warooka CPC – 7 School

Yorketown Area School

Mission Possible - Education SA

Anti-racism DECS school project - 2007 July - Adelaide SA

The Hero Project team worked with 20 students and several teachers to produce a multi-cultural awareness video for the Department of Education Multicultural Unit.

The Hero Project worked with 20 students from Gilles St Primary School, Adelaide, to record positive example and activities around multi-cultural educational practice.

The participating teachers from several Adelaide schools received professional development training to use digital media in the classroom. The team included Helen Grant [Gilles St PS], Shona Russo [LeFevrre HS] and Andy Mewett [Glenunga HS].

Mission Possible screened as part of the Come Out 2007 Youth Film Fest at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.

DECS SA used the film to promote their multicultural unit across Government schools in South Australia. The film was officially launched by Minister for Education Hon jane Lomax-Smith at the Glenunga International High School alongside a new multicultural manual.

Hi there!
Just wanted to say thanks again for the opportunity to work with you all this week. My learning curve was huge- even though I know I saw a fraction of all the roles you do there. Hope the edit went well today…
Thanks again. You will hear from me next term!
Cheers, Shona Russo
LeFevrre High School

Partners

Apple

Department of Education and Children Services

Gilles St Primary School

Mid North Schools workshops

Mid North Schools workshops 2007 April - Clare SA

The Hero Project mentored students from 5 area schools in the Lower Mid North region during 2x 1-day edit-in-camera workshops.

The films screened as part of the Eat My Shorts festival during National Youth Week.

Supernatural in the Mid North

G'day Mate

Danny's Legacy

Barrels of Snow Town

Partners

Blyth Area School

Burra Area School

Clare High School

Lower North Health – Community Health Promotion

Riverton High School

Snowtown Area School

Elizabeth Isn't That Bad

Elizabeth Fremont High School workshops 2006 September - Fremont Elizabeth SA

CHALLENGE: The Hero Project team worked with 10 students at the Fremont Elizabeth High School during a 6-week workshop program.

OUTCOMES: The team managed to work within a noisy school environment, while creating a series of short films documenting their school activities and experiences.

The students grew into a fantastic team over the course of the project and learnt basic and intermediate digital video and production skills.

SCREENINGS & AWARDS: Their films screened as part of the Come Out 2007 Youth Film Fest at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.

Partners

Arts SA Health Promotion through the Arts

Department of Education and Children Services

Elizabeth Fremont High School

Office for Youth

Parafield Gardens R-7 workshops

Parafield Gardens R-7 School workshops 2006 May - Parafield Gardens SA

ParafieldGardens EIC 1 - PLAY FILM

ParafieldGardens EIC 2 - PLAY FILM

ParafieldGardens EIC 3 - PLAY FILM

ParafieldGardens EIC 4 - PLAY FILM

ParafieldGardens EIC 5 - PLAY FILM

ParafieldGardens EIC 6 - PLAY FILM

CHALLENGE: To run 3x 3-hour edit-in-camera workshops with students from the Parafield Gardens R-7 school.

OUTCOMES: The students made a series of funny films and acquired basic film narrative, camera and sound recording skills.

IMPACT & FEEDBACK: The school continued using digital media in the classroom, resulting in highly engaging films – they even sent us a DVD a few months later. Congratulations to a great program implementation!

Partners

DECS ArtSmart

Parafield Gardens R-7 School