LCHS Helen Ruffin Readers are Rocking the Green Screen!

Students at Liberty County High School are getting ready for the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl! Media specialists, Kay Williams and Jeff Staggs, host two weekly after school meetings for students to review and discuss the selected reading bowl books. Along with the weekly meetings, students meet with Bradwell Institute HRRB team members and scrimmage frequently to prepare for the reading bowl.

Last week, LCHS readers stepped in front of the green screen to learn how to use Adobe Visual Communicator 3 to create book trailers for the books they have been reading and studying. The book trailers will also be entered into the school media festival!

Technology use and a love for reading are hand-in-hand in the LCHS media center

Helen Ruffin Book Club 2010-2011

This year media specialists, teachers, and paraprofessional from elementary, middle, and high schools across Liberty County created book trailers to peek the interest of student readers for Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. Participants learned how easy video production can be with Adobe Visual Communicator 3.

Several media specialists plan to teach students how to use the program. Liberty County High School's media specialists, Jeff Staggs and Kay Williams, plan to use the program with students to create media festival projects!

Liberty County High School Welcomes Up and Coming Freshmen

April 7th was the night of the 8th Grade Parent Night at LCHS. Eager soon-to-be freshmen and parents toured the school, met school staff, and learned about the clubs and services available.

Of course, the media team of Mr. Staggs and Ms. Williams was on the scene to introduce families to the media center! Mr. Staggs introduced several online resources. The resources included, but were not limited to Nettrekker, Atomic Learning, and Destiny.

Ms. Williams presented a kiosk and display of the 2009-2010 Peach Teen Award Nominee Books for students, in the hopes of recruiting reading bowl team members. (LCHS and BI are known for their fierce Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl teams!)

For more technology-geared students, Ms. Williams showcased a sampling of student media festival projects and other student-produced videos. Two student participants from the LCHS media festival were also on-hand to answer any questions.