Exhibitions are presentations in which Big Picture students explain their academic and personal learning. All are welcome to experience exhibitions by our Big Picture class of 2011 next Tuesday, April 12, at 7:00 PM in the South Burlington High School Auditorium.
Applications for the 2011-2012 School Year will be available by January 17th. Priority deadline for applications is February 17th, with interviews to follow. Please contact us or your guidance counselor with questions. CLICK HERE to find the Big Picture Application on the South Burlington High School Website.
A couple of interesting conversations about changing our approach to education. This the from the Freakonomics blog, and it is composed as a riddle: “How is a bad radio station like a public school?”
When you go to the link, you can read about the story, or listen to the streaming broadcast, or download the podcast, so you can “choose your modality.”
The video below presents other ideas about what we should do to change our approach to education, in Sir Ken Robinson’s humble opinion.
Another interesting story of math being applied in the “real world,” in this case, the too-real world of roadside bombs in Afganistan.
Interesting story from “Studio 360″ about a NASA scientist who is also a hip-hop DJ.
Jordan Butterfield, a recent graduate of The Big Picture program at South Burlington High School, has won first-place for “Student Workzone” — a television series Butterfield helped develop and produce with RETN staff during his student internship at RETN Channel 16.
“Jordan played such an important role in creating and producing this series,” said Doug Dunbebin, RETN’s community relations associate and Jordan’s intern supervisor. “He helped with every aspect from creating the opening animations to conducting interviews, operating the camera, and even editing.”
Butterfield’s winning episode of “Student Workzone” showcased “The Ticket,” a film created by two recent graduates of Essex High School, Max Bailey and Gray Sicalowski. Butterfield interviewed Bailey and Sicalowski about their award-winning entry in the 50 Hour Film Contest, a Vermont high school student competition organized by Essex High School teacher, Tom Preska. Bailey and Sicalowski shared behind-the-scenes anecdotes with Butterfield and discussed how they got started and what motivates them to make films.
More than 450 entries were submitted from seven Northeast states in this year’s competition and only three Vermont community media centers won awards. “Student Workzone” won first place in the category for School and Educational Programs that included school-related programming, profiles and classroom projects.
Butterfield will receive his award at the ACM-NE’s Eleventh Annual Fall Video Festival awards ceremony on Nov. 13, 2010, in Concord, N.H. The winning episode of “Student Workzone” will air on Comcast and Burlington Telecom’s RETN Channel 16 on Sunday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. This episode and other episodes are available for online viewing anytime at www.retn.org
RETN offers customized internship opportunities to area high school and college students that provide hands-on and real-world experience. “For years RETN has benefited from a talented pool of interns provided by schools like South Burlington High, Champlain College and the University of Vermont,” said Scott Campitelli, RETN’s executive director. “We’re extremely pleased that Jordan’s work has been recognized by our regional chapter of the Alliance for Community Media.”
Group Photo on Marcy Dam, Adirondack High Peaks (NY)
We returned on Thursday from our 2010 Big Picture Orientation Trip to the Adirondacks. On Wednesday, with an overcast sky and a light drizzle, we climbed Phelps Mountain. The early part of the hike was fairly easy, so spirits were high despite the weather, which had been perfect the day before. The last mile of the hike got really steep and required some vigorous scrambling over large boulders, only to arrive at a very cold and windy peak. The view was spectacular despite the damp, cold conditions, allowing us views of most of the surrounding peaks save Marcy and Algonquin. Take a look at some photos of the trip.
My last day at my internship.
