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Texas Parks & Wildlife - Life of a Buffalo Soldier Presentation

Webcast shot by AdYouth at the George Bush Presidential Library.
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Added by Carl Settles on March 2, 2010 at 2:08am — No Comments

A Quarter for Your Thoughts

Three games. Three starting quarterbacks. During the course of three weeks, head varsity football coach Howard McMahan dipped into his reserves twice as injuries plagued the offense.

In the season opener against Fredericksburg, Sept. 7, the Cougars suffered a major loss when senior Josh Hernandez tore his ACL in the fourth quarter.

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Added by jared lawrence on March 1, 2010 at 9:59pm — No Comments

3rd times a charm

Qualifying for regionals is a goal for most athletes, but it doesn’t happen for everyone.

However for senior Amanda VanDyke, regionals has become merely a routine pit stop throughout her high school career. VanDyke has won five distri

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Added by jared lawrence on March 1, 2010 at 9:56pm — No Comments

Keys to Sucess

“I think it’s a wonderful opportunity – an opportunity that some don’t get,” Keyes said.

Although few athletes immediately make the leap from high school to professional sports, basketball stars like LeBron James, Kevin Ga

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Added by jared lawrence on March 1, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Boys Soccer Wins District

Different year, different district. Same result.

The boys soccer team made a seamless transition into 5A competition, picking up right
where they left off last

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Added by jared lawrence on March 1, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Austin-American Statesman/Austin 8 News Tours

First of all I would like to extend my gratitude to Mr. Carl Settles and the people behind the scenes who put these tours together for journalism students like me.

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Added by jared lawrence on February 15, 2010 at 9:10pm — 2 Comments

Halfway Through the Month of Tours

Well, we're halfway through February and have completed several tours in Austin and Houston. This past week, we visited MediaTech Insititute in Houston and had a hands on video workshop with AMS Pictures in Austin, TX. Shown here are students working both in front of and behind the camera as they learn how to work with green screens. Green screens are used all of the time in video and… Continue

Added by Carl Settles on February 13, 2010 at 4:24pm — No Comments

AMS tour

Today I went to AMS pictuers and it was a every enjoyable experience for me. What I gained from this experince is how a crew would act and interact with each other which helped me because i am working on a class film and now i kinda have more of an idea what i should be doing to help make a better film. Aslo i heard something that just stuck out for me which was if somethings is infront of you and you want it you should just go ahead an… Continue

Added by Sebastian Gomez on February 12, 2010 at 9:54pm — 1 Comment

Connally High School Students Attend Industry Tours

So now that we have gone on three industry tours, it is now time to blog about your experience. Sebastian started a blog about the AMS Pictures industry tour & workshop, and Makena Allaire started a blog about the Austin American-Statesman industry tour. Share your thoughts with us. What was the experience like? What did you like about the tour? What did you not like? What are your suggestions for… Continue

Added by Humberto A. Perez on February 11, 2010 at 1:03pm — No Comments

AMS Industry Tour

On February 10,2010 a few students and myself went to AMS in Austin and we got to get a first hand experience of what they do. They gave us a tour of where they work and what they do. They help clients with anything from Commercial ads to Documentaries, they even have a set for live new covereges. They had a work shop there and they gave us a chance to work with them. We were put into teams of 4, someone had to direct it, someone else had to work the camera, someone had to control the audio, and… Continue

Added by Alfredo Escamilla on February 10, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Austin American-Statesman Industry Tour

I really enjoyed the trip to the Austin American-Statesman building. I was really amazed by how quickly everything was done. The whole place was just like our high school newspaper room but on a much grander scale, and much more advanced. Everyone had his or her own desks and assignments to do. My favorit

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Added by Makena Allaire on February 8, 2010 at 11:07pm — 1 Comment

TODAY"S Field Trip

We went to UT . Pretty fun day. Listen to a lecture called the Edison lecture, got free stuff, went bowling , and walk around downtown. Continue

Added by Swanson on January 13, 2010 at 3:54pm — 1 Comment

Edison Lecture at UT

Every day i wish i could make something by myself, i play around my guitar and come up with some ideas, but come one, any one can come up with some tabs. Today i had a preatty good experience, going to UT was a good choice, because by going i found out some new things about inventing things, also learned about some people that are called "inventers" today, like Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison Etc. This will help me in the future with coming out with new things in the future. Continue

Added by Saul Velazquez on January 13, 2010 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Cultural Capital Videos (Part 1 and 2)

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Added by Karl Herrera on December 8, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Brainstorming: Cultural Capital

This week's new concept is Cultural Capital. Cultural Capital is probably the most difficult concept to understand of all six. The term was coined by a French sociologist named Pierre Bourdieu . We've uploaded several videos about Bourdieu and his concepts. Visit the video section to find them. Below are some links to blogs, podcasts etc that will also help you . Your Cultural Capital pieces are due on Monday December 14th. Podcast:… Continue

Added by Carl Settles on December 3, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Media Xperiments Timeline

We are posting a timeline that lays out this year's events. We'll be completing the on-line It Could Be U Boot Camp in December. In January, you'll be able to form teams and sign up for workshops and tours in your area as you compete in the Show Your Reel 2010 Contest. Finally in March, you'll be able to apply as a Med… Continue

Added by Carl Settles on November 24, 2009 at 12:08pm — No Comments

Meteor Shower

Amazing what spending the night looking at the meteor shower can do for you!!! The last time I saw the sky that clear, was in the desert in Mexico. I can tell you that I don't remember the last time I was that cold. Continue

Added by Ricardo Palomares on November 17, 2009 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Entry#2

Tim the Bubblebee By: Tracy Sanchez, Andrea Azzalin, Alyssa Reyes, and Karl Herrera

Once upon a time there was a little bee named Tim. Tim loved honey but before he could shove his face in it and bathe in its richness (Tim was an odd bee…) there was a long process with a lot of different things that had to be don… Continue

Added by Andrea Azzalin-Frias on November 17, 2009 at 10:34am — No Comments

Producer vs. Consumer

honey bee.bmp ihohoi.bmpTim the Honey Bee By: Karl Herrera Alyssa Reyes Andrea Azzalin Tracy Sanchez Once upon a time there was a little bee named Tim. Tim loved honey but before he could shove h… Continue

Added by Tracy Sanchez on November 17, 2009 at 12:34am — No Comments

My answers

How would you describe your experience? I got to learn a new program which is called sketchup and it was very fun to experiment. How would you summarize your feelings of working with a group? I thought it was pretty fun it made it easier on me because it was less work for me and you know what they say, "the more the merrier!" What other way would you plan to do a group project? If we were to make a huge poster project then that might be good for a group, that way everyone ca… Continue

Added by Kaylen Yenawine on November 16, 2009 at 4:49pm — No Comments