April Content Ideas
Get creative with April content ideas for your school show! Find engaging topics like April Fool's Day pranks, spring sports updates, prom coverage, and graduation prep. Plus, explore unique observances like National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day and National School Librarian Day. Keep your audience engaged and finish the school year strong with these fun and relevant story ideas.
How to Sync Audio in Adobe Premiere Pro for Crisp, Professional Sound
Struggling to sync your external audio with your video in Adobe Premiere Pro? This step-by-step guide will show you how to align your sound effortlessly using Premiere’s built-in synchronization tools. Learn the best techniques for capturing a clear sync point, using automatic sync features, and fine-tuning your audio for professional-quality results. Say goodbye to out-of-sync dialogue and hello to crisp, polished sound!
How to Teach Interview Framing (Without Losing Your Mind)
Framing up an interview properly matters. In this article (with a video), Josh Dempsey shows us where each person should be standing to make those interviews connect.
Best wireless microphone for schools? a look at the hollyland lark m2 duo
With a solid build and a good price point, the Hollyland Lark M2 Duo might be a game changer for school production teams.
March Content Ideas
March is no man’s land in the school year. You are past the excitement of Christmas, not quite to Spring Break, and certainly no where near summer.
This month, there are a ton of great things to celebrate, cereal, tamales, Oreos, and more…. they aren’t all food but there is a lot this month.
Check out the list of ideas to create content every day in March.
Black History Month Content Ideas
February is the birth month of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass which played a large part in Carter G. Woodson’s creation of Black History Week and later Black History Month in 1926. Carter is called the “Father of Black History Month” and helped found the Association for the Study Of African American Life and History.
Black History Month is not only an American institution, it is also celebrated in Canada and the United Kingdom - though the UK celebrates in October.
Below you will find 28 ideas aligned to dates to help you and your students get a plan together for how to incorporate Black History Month into your program. I highly suggest that you bring in other people, programs, and community organizations to help your students tell these amazing stories.
February Content Ideas
February is the shortest month of the year and for most teachers it feels like the longest month of the school year. Other than President’s day, there seems to be no break in the month. The students have started to get comfortable with the class and their true selves - good or bad - are starting to show.
Use these ideas to help ease your workload - especially if you pair these with our Black History Month ideas, your content calendar should be full and you get to move from creating ideas to coaching your students.
5 Things You Should Stop in 2025
A new year is often seen as a time to start new things - diets, workout plans, etc. I think sometimes it’s just as important to stop doing things. Especially if they are negatively impacting you or your classroom. Here are the top 5 things I believe you should stop doing in 2025 to keep your sanity, engage more students, and grow your program.
5 Trends To Watch In 2025
In this portion of the conversation, we will take a look at trends in video production that will have a great impact on your classroom. From advanced production techniques that are simple enough to be done in K-12 to how the industry’s sales goals will trickle down to your classroom, let’s take a look at the 5 trends to watch in 2025.
January 2025 Story/Project ideas
January is often the hardest month of the year for those that are doing broadcasts. The expectation of good content was set in the fall and now the community expects you to hit the ground running. They don’t know that you have a new batch of students or that your students wrapped up their brain and gave it away during the holidays. Use the chart below to kickstart your storytellers. I’m going to give you a couple of weeks to get the students up to speed and give some production time…
Top 5 Technologies To Watch In 2025
As I look ahead professionally, there are things that I know will impact you in the classroom. This list isn’t all inclusive and truthfully, as I started to compile this I struggled to trim it. I think our world is about to change greatly when it comes to video production. There are things to be excited about and some things to be aware of but for the most part, I think your role as a pathfinder for your students is going to become more important each month of 2025 as technology continues to grow.
Writing For Broadcast: Who Is Jerry?
Tom shares his presentation on writing for news by introducing “Jerry.” This presentation was toured throughout 2023-2024 in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.
Is Your Program The REcipe For Great French Toast?
In April, I went to Mobile Alabama for the first time. It had never been a destination for me (not a fan of heat or humidity). Honestly, it still isn’t a destination for me with the exception of educational events and a little experiment that I set forth in April.
A Free course for New and Continuing Video & Film Teachers
Are you a new teacher looking for curriculum help in a Video 1 classroom? Or perhaps you’re a continuing teacher looking for some free class resources or teaching ideas?
If you are either of these things, there is a new, free resource made just for you.
Feeling Comfortable in the Classroom
Comparison is the thief of joy. If you’re a new teacher, read that first sentence again. A friend said that over the summer while attending a professional development conference, and those words hit me like a ton of bricks. I’ve only ever heard since stepping into the classroom that it takes three years for a teacher to “get comfortable” and if they can hang in there for that long, they’ll stay and thrive. But it’s taken me five to start to feel comfortable and I’m beginning to learn a valuable lesson. Let me explain.
The Live Work Policy in CTAE Classes
Having and knowing your district live work policy can open up opportunities for taking your learning outside of the video and film classroom. FREE document included to get you started.
POV: First Time At SkillsUSA NSLC
Caleb Bailey from Long County High School in Georgia shares his thoughts on his first year at the SkillsUSA National Conference.
Lights, camera, safety!
Keeping your class, cast, and crew safe are your utmost priority. This article has some common sense advice for staying safe in your video and film production classroom.
Rising tide rasies all ships: The Power of community within education
Last week I spent time with my AVTF (Audio, Video Technology and Film- it’s what Georgia has branded video production) family, at a pair of conferences. The conferences overlapped and honestly frustrated me because I couldn’t fully engage with either. I wanted to soak up the lessons shared from both. But… my heart was so full I teared up as I drove away from one of the conferences the last day.
The BIG 4: The FOUNDATION of FILM ANALYSIS in THE IB FILM CLASSROOM
Adam, your resident IB film teacher, wants to help your students walk the talk. How understanding the Big 4 (mise-en-scene, editing, cinematography, and sound design) can transform student analysis and filmmaking.