We are holding an Information Evening about our Summer Intensives & our New Pilot Project: Gateways for 13-15 yrs.
The presentations are:
7:15: Anita Levesque – Studio Arts
7:30: Vanessa Kuran – Gateways
8:00: Diane Walters – following learners passion
8:15: Alison Talbot‐Kelly – The SelfDesign High approach
Thursday May 6, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
402 Victoria Street, 2nd floor Nelson Legion
The party is being planned! Everyone who has taken a grade 12 course with us this year is invited to our first annual SelfDesign High Graduation Ceremony, Celebration and Street Dance Party!
We are very excited to recognize our grade 12 graduating learner this year, a stellar example of youth engaged in her heart, head and community.
More information on the plans for our first Grad will be announced soon!
July 5-16, 2010
You are eligible to earn four high school credits if you are a Grade 10, 11, or 12 student who resides in BC.
During the first week of this hands-on program participants pitch, script, direct, and produce their own short films using professional camera and sound gear. Once production is complete, the focus turns to editing, where participants learn advanced editing techniques using Final Cut Pro and create an original soundtrack using Soundtrack Pro. A short internship is made available during the second week for participants who would like to work alongside a professional filmmaker to gain experience on the set or in the field. An emphasis on collaboration, responsibility and critical thinking run through all aspects of this intensive two week program. Participants do not need any gear or equipment to participate.
The course runs Monday to Friday, 9AM-3PM at Selkirk College’s Fairview Campus.
Fees and Registration Information
The fee is $350 for both weeks of the program if the participant is entering Grade 10, 11 and 12 in the fall and currently resides in BC. For participants who are not eligible for the high school credit, the fee is $550-750 sliding scale.
Those participants who want to earn high school credit must register for the course with Self Design High and through Watershed Productions/Selkirk College. Follow these simple steps to ensure you are registered for the Digital Film Camp.
Step One – for those participants that are new to Self Design High
For newcomers to Self Design High, you must first enroll in the school (this does not effect your current school enrollment and does not take much time.) Visit http://selfdesignhigh.org/enroll.html to enroll in Self Design High. Please call Self Design High at 250 354-1310 if you have questions.
Step Two – for those participants that have already enrolled with Self Design High
Once you are enrolled with Self Design High you must register online for the Digital Film Camp. Please call Self Design High at 250 354-1310 if you have questions.
Step Three – Register with Watershed Productions/Selkirk College
Register with Watershed Productions/Selkirk College. This is a quick phone call. This is when you will make your payment for the camp. You can register by calling Amy Bohigian at 250 505-5169. Call or email amy@watershedproductions.ca with any questions.
Step Four
You will receive a confirmation of your registration along with an informational package about the camp, which will let you know how to prepare, what to expect and other important information to look over before the camp begins.
TEDxSelfDesign High Co-Inspiring the Future
Attention people who plan to live in the future:
SATURDAY, MAY 1st is a very important day for YOU! Please direct yourself to the SelfDesign youtube station or the SelfDesign High Commons, upstairs of the Legion at 402 Victoria Street in Nelson, to attend the first ever TEDxSelfDesign High – Co-Inspiring the Future! This event, an offshoot of the famous TED.com talks, has been inspired and organized and will be hosted by the youth of SelfDesign High.
Join us for the day to hear truly sensational speakers chosen to present on our theme of: Who inspires us to create a better world, and how can we create this together?
Although TEDx SelfDesign High may very well be the smallest TEDx event yet to happen, we are working hard to make this one of the best, most inspirational events yet. People of all ages, of all professions and of all walks of life are coming together to present their ideas and ideals about the future. Presentations range from two minutes to eighteen minutes. Some will be more performance based, some more of a speech and some that are in a classification all of their own.
Working with TEDx Talks has provided SelfDesign High with all the information needed to have this event live up to TED Talks high level of engagement and inspiration (the high ambition level) and (also to further realize) is a great example that all learning IS connected.
Please join us to discover leading edge, local thinkers in numerous fields, and realize how this relates to your life and work. “For many attendees, the result is: delicious, unexpected connections; extraordinary insights ; powerful inspiration.” – TED
Interested in attending our TEDx event?
There are a limited number of audience seats available and our goal is to have a mix of youth to elders, and a diversity of backgrounds. If you wish to attend please send an email to: yuminitiative@gmail.com and tell us who you are and why you wish to attend. We will get back to you with details.
Also check-out our TEDx website: http://sites.google.com/site/tedxselfdesignhigh/home
If you cannot attend in person you can join by watching our live stream. Details will be on the web site.
I’m constantly looking at the new and innovative ways that other schools, colleges, universities and companies use Moodle. Over the coming months you will no doubt see some of these ideas start to appear here at SelfDesign High. In my online travels I read the blog of Tomas Lazic. Tomas is the Education Researcher at Moodle HQ in Perth, Australia. His job is to smooth the waters between the programmers and the educators. Obviously he’s an ideal guy to keep an eye on as he has a foot in both camps; the educators and the geeks. Anyways, getting back to the point of this posting; on his blog http://tomazlasic.net/ I found a great intorduction to Moodle using a format I’ve not seen before…’prezi.’ Have a play and see what you think…you might learn something about Moodle at the same time. 
Just click on the play arrow and click again to move to the next view, and so on.
Paul