Year-end Celebration!

We took our show on the road!  

 Floyd County High School 2013 Celebration with WWII interviewees, families, and the student movie-makers from Mrs. Myers' Digital Video & Media Technology class

Group Photo - May 2013!

Floyd County High School Digital Media students with Radford University and Floyd Story Center mentors.

 Shylah Jones, graduating RU mentor (above with Mrs. Myers and her students), recently accepted a position with Goodwill Industries as case manager.  Way to go, Shylah!

Storyboards Guide Student Movie Projects 

Floyd County High School - Mrs. Myers' "Digital Video and Media Technology"class.

 

APRIL 23                                              Students work on iMovie to develop their storyline using audio, images, video, and media resources.   The goal is a final product of a five-seven minute movie, themed from the hour-long interview with WWII participants.  

Honors for our Mentors

CONGRATULATIONS to one of our program's graduating Radford University mentors. Ms. Mary Dickerson has garnered multi-honors: 

1) Dean's Scholar for the Social Science Major

2) Outstanding Student for the Appalachian Studies Minor

3) A Highlander Scholar (Honors Academy, graduating with Honors) whose Honors capstone project was presented in the Program for the RADFORD UNIVERSITY 22nd Annual Undergraduate/Graduate Student Engagement Forum. 

Capstone mentor: Dr. Melinda Wagner, Sociology (Cultural Anthropology)

Mary's winning paper "examines definitions, antecedents, methods, benefits, and obstacles associated with place-based education, as well as data from specific successful programs, and a case study of the Floyd County High School, Place-Based Education Oral History Project."

"Place-based education is an educational approach that draws on local history, culture, and environment as a curriculum source that serves to connect students to a community.  Place-based education allows students to participate in learning outside of a traditional classroom setting by using the available resources of a community."

February 28, 2013 

Four Individual Interviews with WWII Participants

Floyd County High School students conducted interviews with Laurence Wood, Virgie Quesenberry, Troy Smith, and Harold Spence as part of the semester-long oral history project in Mrs. Myers' Digital Media class.

Mr. Laurence Wood, WWII Army/Air Force, with the Floyd County High School interview team, Radford University mentors and their Professor, Dr. Melinda Wagner.  Students audio recorded, filmed, and later transcribed the hour-long interview, made content logs, and, finally, selecting parts and creating storyboards for two short films based on Mr. Wood's stories.

Floyd Story Center Oral History Project - February 28, 2013 at the Hotel Floyd