Media Festival Student Celebration 2009-2010

Students and parents strolled down the red carpet May 10th, 12th, and 13th as they entered the Liberty County School System’s Performing Arts Center to attend the Media Festival Celebration. Poster-board paparazzi were held back behind stanchions as families, teachers, administrators, and board members enjoyed the Hollywood themed decorations and star- studded walk of fame. Cameras flashed and smiles abounded as attendees entered the theater to watch two minute snippets of students’ projects on the wide-screen. The stage was a flutter with anxious students receiving Oscar statuettes and certificates in honor of their accomplishments. Students from Button Gwinnett, Frank Long, Joseph Martin, Taylors Creek, Liberty Elementary, Waldo Pafford, Jordye Bacon, and Lewis Frasier Middle School were honored over the three nights.
Each year students in Liberty County use their creativity and technology knowledge to create computer -based projects such as web pages, podcasts, live action videos, animation, sequential stills, interactive stills, and photographic essays. The projects are entered in to the school level media festival, and only the projects that score a superior score of 96 or higher advance to the county level media festival. The projects are evaluated by three judges at the county level media festival and promotde to the Georgia State Media Festival if they earn a superior score.
Nine hundred ninety-two projects entered the Georgia Student Media Festival this year. One hundred-nine of those projects advanced from Liberty County. The festival was held April 30th in Jonesboro. Each of the projects was evaluated and scored by volunteer judges from across the state of Georgia. Fifty-five projects were scored superior and earned the right to advance to the International Student Media Festival. The Media Festival Celebration made the students producers of the advancing fifty-five projects feel like stars!

May 10th project previews are from Button Gwinnett, Liberty Elementary, and Waldo Pafford.

May 12th project previews are from Jordye Bacon and Taylors Creek.

May 13th project previews are from Frank Long, Joseph Martin, and Lewis Frasier Middle School.