Hello all TLS techies - I need your advice.
Some context: At my work I have been given the responsibility of delivering next year's Communications Technology course. Students are meant to gain practical experience on a range of comtech products such as radio broadcasting, TV broadcasting, video-making desk-top publishing, video-games, social media, and photo editing.
What we can't do: radio or TV broadcasting. We don't have the equipment.
What we can do: make videos, make podcasts, possibly make simple video games, use social media, photo manip, book publishing
What we have to do: make a Yearbook and maintain the school's social media accounts - in other words, digital marketing.
I've been given this job because I have more technical expertise than my colleagues, which isn't saying a lot (also my expertise is confined to Apple programs). I expect my students to come in with quite a bit of technical expertise of their own, if somewhat fragmented (like my own); my job will be to fill in the gaps, to teach them project management and teamwork skills, and to teach them some academic communications theory (Communication 101).
Teaching them coding is not on the cards; it's not part of the curriculum and I don't think I could do it anyway.
tl;dr What do you think is essential/useful knowledge and skills for students to acquire during the course of a Grade 12 CommTech class, bearing in mind that
a) we have very limited equipment
b) they think it's a bird course, and it kind of is.
Some context: At my work I have been given the responsibility of delivering next year's Communications Technology course. Students are meant to gain practical experience on a range of comtech products such as radio broadcasting, TV broadcasting, video-making desk-top publishing, video-games, social media, and photo editing.
What we can't do: radio or TV broadcasting. We don't have the equipment.
What we can do: make videos, make podcasts, possibly make simple video games, use social media, photo manip, book publishing
What we have to do: make a Yearbook and maintain the school's social media accounts - in other words, digital marketing.
I've been given this job because I have more technical expertise than my colleagues, which isn't saying a lot (also my expertise is confined to Apple programs). I expect my students to come in with quite a bit of technical expertise of their own, if somewhat fragmented (like my own); my job will be to fill in the gaps, to teach them project management and teamwork skills, and to teach them some academic communications theory (Communication 101).
Teaching them coding is not on the cards; it's not part of the curriculum and I don't think I could do it anyway.
tl;dr What do you think is essential/useful knowledge and skills for students to acquire during the course of a Grade 12 CommTech class, bearing in mind that
a) we have very limited equipment
b) they think it's a bird course, and it kind of is.