MediaQuest

Overview

Today’s technology provides a myriad of media options to improve instruction and expand learning capabilities. TRIO staff and students need to explore and utilize multimedia tools in order to excel in 21st Century education and employment opportunities. Media Quest, a new program and free for all TRIO program’s students, is designed to meet this need.

Media Quest provides exciting, challenging, and creative activities for all TRIO students. They are:

Audio Challenge - A structured web-based audio project which allows student creativity and/or innovation in addressing a specific theme or focus (see categories); it is uploaded through a provided online tool.

Video Challenge - A structured web-based video project which allows student creativity and/or innovation in addressing a specific theme or focus (see categories); it is uploaded through a provided online tool.

These opportunities promote the creative and educational use of multimedia and they provide an effective way to:

• Find and use cost effective multimedia tools
• Understand intellectual honesty including citation and permission for other people’s work
• Use multimedia for creative purposes, to present information, and/or to support the presentation of research
• Understand their audience and responsibly produce material that allows effective communication with diverse groups

 

Goals

 

• MediaQuest allows students, with staff support, to explore and understand 21st Century media tools in which to create a media product that illustrates their creative and/or innovative ideas and expressions.
• MediaQuest allows the opportunity for students to make-an-impression with their creative and/or innovative media skills.
• MediaQuest allows students to win awards and/or to use their activity in resumes, applications, and/or college admissions.

 

Details

 

MediaQuest 2008
Categories	Public Service Announcement, Creative Original Video, Creative Original Audio, Documentary
Length	3 minutes or less
Format	Audio Challenge: Windows Media Audio format, Flash, MP3, or QuickTime Video Challenge: Windows Media Video format, Flash, or QuickTime
Teams	Teams of 1-6 students are allowed.
Submissions	Submitted online only
Deadline	August 8, 2008
Examples	Audio Challenge: A poem, speech, or story (possibly set to music or beats), a work of music in any genre, a public  announcement or radio advertisement, a radio-type drama or comedy Video Challenge: A film or video clip (documentary, promotional video, short creative works of drama or comedy, animation, music video. etc.)

 

Once approved, students fill out the MediaQuest online form (under the "My Activities" tab). Audio and Video Challenge entries may then be uploaded. Program contacts may submit the top 3 for national judging.