[STN-Affiliates] Live Green Screen

[Kolbo, Keith S.]

*****Trust me, I'm a classroom teacher that has fallen in love with VC since beginning with it in 2003.  If given a $20,000 budget to build a dream studio I'd still be using Visual Communicator ****

$20,000 will buy one studio configuration camera.  Better add a little more to that budget. :)

Keith Kolbo

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From: affiliates-bounces at studenttelevision.com [mailto:affiliates-bounces at studenttelevision.com] On Behalf Of Zdrojewski, Rob
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:54 PM
To: DougTeach at aol.com; bturner at muhs.com; Chuck.Massey at cps.k12.ar.us; artcooper at earthlink.net; affiliates at studenttelevision.com; Charles.Aldridge at txkisd.net
Subject: Re: [STN-Affiliates] Live Green Screen

Think of it this way...

Would you see a drill press in an English classroom, or in a Tech lab facility specializing in woodworking?

The traditional "hardware-based' TV studio needs to be located in a dedicated area, operated and supported by trained students and staff.  The costs to begin a program like this are many thousands, which limits many teachers and administrators.  The results can be professional.

On the other hand, Adobe Visual Communicator ($150 software solution) can be used in ANY K-12 classroom that has a Windows based PC, by ANY curricular area teacher, for a variety of projects or newscasts, both live and pre-recorded.  Now a school TV studio can exist in ANY classroom, and the results are comparible to studios costing thousands.  For a $150 piece of software you get the teleprompter, live greenscreen capability, and drag and drop simplicity.  Just add your $200 consumer grade camera and a $30 lapel mic and you're set!  Again the results can be professional, regardless of technical skill or ability.

Trust me, I'm a classroom teacher that has fallen in love with VC since beginning with it in 2003.  If given a $20,000 budget to build a dream studio I'd still be using Visual Communicator since it is so perfect and straight forward for kids to learn.  I'd still teach non-linear editing on a horizontal timeline though, as there is a difference between video CREATION and video EDITING.  VC fits the bill better for video creation, any heavy editing I'll do in Premiere Elements 7.

Rob Zdrojewski
Technology Education Teacher<http://www.amherstschools.org/webpages/rzdrojewski/>
Adobe Education Leader<http://www.adobe.com/education/community/k12/leaders/profiles/rzdrojewski.html>
http://www.AmherstTechTV.org<http://www.amherstschools.org/webpages/ATechTV/>
http://www.SchoolTVmadeEasy.com<http://www.schooltvmadeeasy.com/>
rzdrojewski at amherst.k12.ny.us


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From: DougTeach at aol.com [mailto:DougTeach at aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:57 PM
To: bturner at muhs.com; Chuck.Massey at cps.k12.ar.us; Zdrojewski, Rob; artcooper at earthlink.net; affiliates at studenttelevision.com; Charles.Aldridge at txkisd.net
Subject: Re: [STN-Affiliates] Live Green Screen
I agree that Visual Communicator is a good entry level software solution for elementary and middle school programs.

Rob has been a vocal proponent of this product.  At the STN head office level we are also aware that there are middle school and high school programs in our network who would find Visual Communicator limiting.

As Rob has said, it is an inexpensive software approach.  Schools who are looking to increase the production value of their shows and/or offer additional challenges and real world experience for their students would be encouraged to look at some of the other options.

-Doug Green

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