MRS. PEGGY DUNN
LIVE FROM THE S.A.I.N.T.S. IT'S THE MORNING NEWS!

This has been my tenth year teaching TV production (1995-2003, 2007) and a lot has changed over the years. When I started the TV studio it consisted of a donated VHS camera and a makeshift teleprompter in the back closet of the Media Center. Over the years things have changed a lot. Now the studio is full-sized and the daily news show runs from three cameras into a mixer where audio and video can be added. We have Imac computers with dvd burners and Sony 40gb hard disc drive cameras that make storing and retrieving projects much simpler. A new software program I am hoping to use by Adobe called Visual Communicator is making the look of the news more professional. The more things change the more they stay the same. The students' enthusiasm and interest in being a part of the medium they have grown up watching is a constant. It is an exciting time to be a student and a teacher.

Have a wonderful summer.

Mrs. Dunn

THIS JUST IN......All Middle School students have one quarter of TV Production during their co-curricular rotation. That means that they will have the opportunity to learn TV production skills that include using video equipment (cameras, mixers, computer software), creating projects, and applying for Morning News duty. Our morning news is a schoolwide closed circuit daily broadcast from 8 to 8:05.  Middle school students anchor the news which includes recognizing student birthdays, school lunch, the weather, school sports, and features stories.  Features are  produced by the 3 TV Production classes and include school happenings, current events, or interviews with guest visitors.

Special thanks to the Patrons of the Arts who this year purchased 2 Apple imac computers and 4 sony handycams, which will be used by the students in TV Production.

Parents with TV Production experience - please contact Mrs. Dunn at pdunn@standrewcs.org if you have time to volunteer!

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