Animation and More!

Last week Parkview City Learning Centre went to Small Heath Sixth Form to help the students create coursework for their 'A' Level Media Studies Project. Students were asked to produce, script and direct the opening credits of an original childrens TV show. Students came up with some very creative ideas including a Panda rock band and also aliens in the shape of letters.
Over the course of six weeks pupils will produce a final film which will be submitted as coursework. Parkview CLC ss enjoying working with such creative and well motivated students and looks forward to hosting some of their work on this site.
Also this week pupils of Parkview Secondary School came in to complete their sports commentary Podcasts with music and sound effects. We hope to have a special Podcast page up soon.

Wacky Wiki Writing

Creative Writing was on the agenda this week for two Year 6 classes. In the early part of the week, Parkview CLC enjoyed the company of the pupils from St Saviours Primary School who came to learn some new creative writing techniques.

The children navigated through a virtual Adventure Island, constructing Wiki Links from one page to another. They were introduced to new ideas using the internet which allowed them to write a description about certain places in the World; leaving the CLC with their own Wiki Web Page that can be updated in school. Other events included Kar2ouche Training and an Outreach Art - Photoshop session to Bordesley Green Girls School. On the Agenda next week we have some Moodle Training booked at the CLC and more outreach sessions for Art and Design and Media Studies.

RSS reader

RSS feeds are a great way of saving time - they send updates of websites and blogs to you without you having to visit your favourite websites all the time. Have a look at the video below for an intro...

Nice Summer project?

Well, the academic year is thundering to a close and we are getting ready for next term. We're hoping to run a large number of INSET courses, new sessions and some old faithfuls. Have a look at our website at www.parkviewclc.bham.org.uk for more ideas and to book us.

Anyhow, I came across this website and I thought it'd be a great summer project using disposable cameras (or maybe digital). You could use google pages to create a website of the pupil's photos too.

Whatever you do, have a great summer and get some rest for that long Autumn term!

New website coming!

Staff at Park View CLC are beside themselevs with excitement about the upcoming new website which will be hosted here. Those of you with a nostalgia for poorly constructed websites might want to check out our old site before it is subsumed by our new IMPROVED site.

Of course, it'll take us some time to populate the website properly - we're looking at September for it be nice and full! We'll be uploading session info, worksheets, reports, media an other stuff. The idea is to make it easier to see what we do and what we can do for you.

This blogsite will continue to be updated regularly. Thanks to all who have visited!

Powerpoint comedy?

You wouldn't think Powerpoint would be a rich vein for comedy, but these videos might change your mind. I'm still trying to find some better quality versions, but for now have a look at these. They'd be useful to show just before someone presents their own Powerpoint!

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