Opening Activity

1. How and where do you insert the memory card?
-In the memory card slot at the bottom
2. Where is the on/off button?
-On the side close to the bottom
3. Where is the Record button?
-On the back in the middle
4. Where is the zoom?
-Right above the record button
5. How do you playback video?
-Press the MODE button and use the Joystick to switch toMy Works” mode.Play/Pause button on the left side of the
6. How do you enter the menu items?

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Or press the

LCD monitor.
-Hit the menu button
7. What are some menu features?
-Flashlight, Video light, Effect, Exsposure, Selftimer, Histogram, snd Icon

Carmera Shots

1. What is a Wide shot sometimes called?
A- Establishing shot
2. Give the definition of a wide shot.
A- Show setting and surrounding (establish location)
3. Give the definition of a medium shot.
A- Less setting, More detail (focus on specific area)
4. Give the definition of a tight shot.
A- Lots of deatil (aka:Close up)

Opening Activity

 1. What is a sound bite?
A- A piece of interview that best summarize what theyre trying to say.
2. What is B-Roll?
A- Video footage of whatever youre covering

How to calmly (and safely) tackle the most common toddler traumas

1. What is the topic?
A: How to handle baby traumus

2. What would you say is the angle?
A: Pediatrition

3. Which Criteria does the story have?
Significance

4. How would you make this a broadcast journalism piece? What footage would want to shoot?
A: Babies crying and the ER.

The Boys of Winter

1. Where is the reporter's stand-up?
A- middle
2.Where does Bob Dotson say is the best place to put a stand-up and WHY?
A- The middle because it gives the viewer information that they can visualize
3.How many key main points does Bob Dotson say should be in the Middle of the story?
A- 3 to 5
4. What are the key main points of "The Boys of Winter"?
A- He is 90 years old and still very active everyday

Ex-Professer is insane

A former biology professor accused of killing three colleagues and wounding three others during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday in the shootings


Respone: This lady actually looks and sounds phsyco. I think she belongs in an insane isylam.

Troy Davis

Tory Davis is getting the death penalty today for a crime he claims he did not commit. They say he shot an officer in 1989 but the evidence tying Davis into the shooting was flawed. His lawyers are trying to make an appeal.

Criteria: Human interest

Spirit Week

Angle- Students' opinions on spirit week

Interview Questions-
1. If you had a choice to make up one day for spirit week, what would it be and why?
2. What days did you dress up for spirit week?
3. What days didnt you dress up for and why?
4. What do you like most about spirit week?
5. What was your favorite day during spirit week this year?

Opening Activitty

Ruby Bridges was born in Mississippi in 1954. Back when we still had major racism in our country. She intergrated schools by being one 6 year old black kid who went to an all white school. So many people were against it but in the end she made ther movement to change segregation in schools. She is well known just like Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks.

Opening Activity

What happened: Two boys with loaded fire arms killed four students and a teacher. One of the boys pulled the fire alarm and ran outside. Then opened fire on the staff and students exiting the school

Who did it: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden

Why: I figured it was because the boys were so involved with guns and exposed to them frequently.

Type of Angle: I would aproach it by talking about who the boys were and why they shot and killed people

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Summary: Carbon dioxide leaked from a soda fountain in a McDonalds in Georgia. It sickened 10 people and killed one lady who was found uncouncious in the bathroom.

Response: This is a follow up to when i first read this story a few days ago. I'm suprised this doesnt happen often in fast food establishments.

Criteria:
-Unusualiness

Opening Activity

A forest fire in the Boundary Waters spread to 100,000 acres by Tuesday. Its one of the largest wild fires in Minnesota history. The fire slowed down on Wednesday. But the winds have kept fire fighters on gaurd. The force has grown to from 200 to 500 people. They are trying to protect nearby towns that could be threatened by the flames. Firefighters are working to seprate the fire from residence and woods by digging ditches. Many fires all over have been starting in Minnesota.

I think this happens a lot around this time every year. But what i heard is that it's good for the forests?

Opening Activity

I agree with the article. I wonder what other social network technology will come out within the next few years. Also how it will affect people. Google+ will probably be the next new type of Facebook, but it'll take time to develope as much as Facebook has.

Opening Activity

 9/11 memorial was opened today. In the footprints of the Twin Towers there are two square waterfalls with the names of victims carved around the walls. President Bush and Obama visited the memorial Sunday. It was opening a day early only to family members of victims in 9/11

Opening Activity

Fourteen years ago a teenager was pregnant with a baby. Her school helped her figure out that she wanted to keep it. She had the baby and the principal was at the hospital. He held the baby. Now heer 14 year old son is going to that same school. It is a remarkable story about her struggles from mother hood.

Shorter Story on Montrell

One of Montrell's passion is basketball. One of his worst days is when he broke his collar bone and couldnt play. One of his best days is when he made his first dunk.

One of Montrell's passions is to play basketball.

Basketball playing Montrell

Woman sickened by fumes at Georgia McDonald’s dies; Article Summary

In south Georgia, a woman (Anne Felton) was a customer at a McDonalds and dies from breathing in fumes. Authorities say the fumes were caused by cleaning chemicals in the restroom. She was one of the ten customers taken to the hospital on Wednesday. McDonalds said they reopened after authorities deemed it safe.

Montrell Moore's Story

Montrell Moore is a kid who is very involved with sports. One of his passions is basketball. One of Montrell's best days was when he his first dunk after a basketball tourniment. Including both ups and downs, one of Montrell's worst times was when he broke his collar bone from sledding. He couldnt play basketball. It was a very upsetting time for Montrell but he continues to play basketball. He is a baller.