Congratulations!
Many students and staff from the London District Catholic School Board have participated in this year's MediaFest event. Below you will see examples of the talent and creativity that is present in our classrooms. Some of the projects have been converted to another format to allow easier viewing over the internet.
Click on the project link in the description to view the examples. Please note: some large project will take more time to load.
| Resources | Project Link - description | Media Type | Division | Subject |
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Stop Bullying Now!– A comic illustrating 3 examples of bullying with solutions. Grade 5/6 | Poster/Comic | J | Family Life |
| Time for Bed - Ability to Compromise- A lesson about Family Stress Grade 6 |
Poster/Comic | J | Family Life | |
| Taking Turns - Ability to Compromise- A lesson about Family Stress Grade 6 |
Poster/Comic | J | Family Life | |
| Homework- Ability to Compromise- A lesson about Family Stress Grade 6 |
Poster/Comic | J | Family Life | |
Christ has Died – Lenten Poster Grade 8 |
Comic | J/I | Religion, Art | |
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How to Skate - A Waltz Toe Jump - an expository paragraph remove student name Grade 6 | Slideshow | J | Language Arts |
| How to Throw a Baseball - an expository paragraph Grade 6 | Slideshow | J | Language Arts | |
| How to Make Rice Krispie Squares - an expository paragraph Grade 6 | Slideshow | J | Language Arts | |
| Hercules Defeats the Hydra - Greek myth-Social studies -Ancient Greece language myth studies Grade 6 NOTE: Large file, slow to open |
Slideshow | I | Social Studies | |
| The Gift of the Fourth Day1 – A Claymation project which focuses on the effects of pollution on animals and their habitat. Giraffe Grade 8 | Claymation | I | Religion, Science | |
| The Gift of the Fourth Day2 - What is happening to God's creations? A Claymation project which focuses on the effects of pollution on animals and their habitat. elephant Grade 8 | Claymation | I | Religion, Science | |
| Car Pooling – Public service announcement on air pollution. Grade 8 | Public Service Announcement | I | Language Arts | |
| Homeless and Hungry - Public service announcement -(coming soon!) Grade 8 |
Public Service Announcement | I | Language Arts | |
| North –a Movie trailer based on a book report Grade 7 | Slideshow | I | Language Arts | |
| The Fire Eternal –a Movie trailer based on a book Grade 7 | Slideshow | I | Language Arts | |
Last Chance - a Movie trailer with narration, based on a book report |
Slideshow | I | Language Arts | |
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Digital Prayer –Grade 3 class | Slideshow | P | Religion, Language Arts |
| My Prayer – A digital prayer created by a grade 3 student | Slideshow | P | Religion, Language Arts | |
| Dear Wonderful God- A digital prayer created by a grade 3 student |
Slideshow | P | Religion, Language Arts | |
| Sound the Alarms – A photo documentary of students creating their science projects. Grade 4/5 | Slideshow | J | Math, Science, Art | |
| News Report - This was part of an oral presentation used to summarize the novel Storm Warning by Monica Hughes. This student took on the role of a Newscaster and created the PowerPoint slides as the newsfeed that would be seen while she was reporting. Grade 8 | Slideshow | I | Language Arts | |
| Acrostic poem1 using PowerPoint, having the lines each fly in individually to build the poem. Grade 7/8 | Slideshow | I | Religion, Language Arts | |
| Acrostic poem2 -using PowerPoint, having the lines each fly in individually to build the poem. Grade 7/8 | Slideshow | I | Religion, Language Arts | |
| Bible Summary - This is a PowerPoint summary of one of the Pentateuch sections in the Bible including individual summaries of each book. It is part of a larger project in which the class is creating a PowerPoint summary of the Bible. Grade 7/8 | Slideshow | I | Religion, Language Arts | |
MS Publisher |
Peace Poster Love Poster Respect Poster Courtesy Poster This assignment was for the VIP Program. The students had to highlight some of the values that are important in today's society. They had to include a proper definition of the value, a picture that demonstrates it and a short write up about why it is important to have in today’s society. Grade 6 |
Poster | J | Religion, Family Life, Language Arts |
| MediaFest 1 Posters for advertisement MediaFest 2 Posters for advertisement MediaFest 3 Posters for advertisement Grade 7/8 |
Poster | I | Art | |
MS Word |
Intimidation – Bullying Poster |
Poster | I | Religion, Family Life, Language Arts |
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Winter Art – A slide show of the students' winter art (plasticine snow people and winter trees) along with a caption from each student about what their snowman would say if he/she came to life. Grade 1 |
Slideshow | P | Language Arts, Art |
| Reflections of Habitats - An excellent presentation combining student Artwork and a narrative about a variety of habitats - Grade 1 | Slideshow | P | Science, Language Arts | |
| Our Trip to Kentucky – A digital story with narration– Grade 2 | Slideshow | P | Language Arts | |
| The Octopus Dog – A digital story with narration– Grade3 | Slideshow | P | Language Arts | |
| Amy’s Pranks – A digital story with narration– Grade 3 | Slideshow | P | Language Arts | |
| A Digital Trip to Pioneer Village - The Grade 1/2 class created a PhotoStory movie about Pioneer Life which includes photos and narration. | Slideshow | P | Social Studies | |
| Creating Crosses Grade 7 & 8 | Slideshow | I | Religion, Art, Science | |
| Tessellations drawings Grade 7 & 8 | Slideshow | I | Math | |
| Cinquain-Poetry about special females- written and spoken in French Grade 7/8 | Slideshow | I | Language Arts(FR) | |
| OTHER | ||||
| Poster Contest Entries 2011 | Poster | P/J/I/S | ||
| Comic Life | Des leçons importantes – A digital story told through photos and dialogue. Grade 7 | Comic | I | Language Arts(FR) |
| Comic Life | Le mystère du maïs soufflé – A digital story told through photos and dialogue. Grade 7 | Comic | I | Geography |
| Paint | Unit 1: World Human Patterns – a title page for their Geography unit Grade 7/8 | Title Page | I | |
| Paint | World Human Patterns – Geography Title Page Grade 7/8 | Title Page | I | High School Art |
| Adobe Photoshop | Art projects - still life, digital printmaking, landscapes, Mixed media, Art nouveau poster Grade 10 -12 | Art | I/S | High School Art |
| Adobe Photoshop | Multiple Exposure – Students place themselves in the same scene several times. Grade 10 | Art poster | I | High School Art |
| Adobe Illustrator | Package Design - Grade 9 & 10 Art | Packaging | I | High School Art |
| iMovie and Final Cut Pro | Vandalism of the Spirit – Artist’s Statement: We wanted to show how people often arrive at school with self-esteem and then leave with very little. Our video starts off by showing how our loved ones build up our self-esteem. Our video shows how other students can vandalize our spirit. We would like people to reflect on what role they play in other people’s lives. Grade 6 | Video | J | Religion, Family Life, Language Arts, Drama |
| iMovie and Final Cut Pro | Day Dreaming – A movie trailer for Day Dreaming video submitted to Jump Cuts. The movie is about a young girl who spends her time day dreaming instead of living her life. In the end, she decides to try and make her dreams come true. She concludes that this can only be done by working hard! Grade 7 | Video | I | Religion, Family Life, Language Arts, Drama |
| Video Game | Paulsford Mysteries – A mystery game created to review the impact of Western thought on society in the West since the Sixteenth Century. Video Game | Video Game | S | History -CHY 4U |
| State | Napoleon and Robespierre - Video game (Choose HCC Media then choose Napoleon and Robespierre from the drop-down menu) – This project was completed using State, a downloadable program that allows users to animate preset characters. Scripts can be added to the animation; users have the option of adding their own voices or using computer-generated voices. |
Animation | S | History -CHY 4U |
| Adobe in Design | Bark Weekly – Publishing project - Grade 11 | Magazine Publication | S | High School Art |
| Adobe in Design | Old Country Restorations – Publishing Project - Grade 11 | Magazine Publication | S | High School Art |
| iMovie | Historical Fiction Minutes - The project was created, filmed and edited by Michael Di Cola, a teacher candidate from the iTeach program out of Nipissing University -Grade 5 | Video | J | Language Arts, History, Drama |
| iMovie | Space Newscasts - This project was created, filmed and edited by Michael Di Cola, a teacher candidate from the iTeach program at Nipissing University Grade 5 | Video | J | Language Arts, Science, Dance |
| Band in a Box | O Canada remix - Using the chords of O Canada, students were to create a Karaoke for the school to sing with during announcements. Options included "jazzing up the chords", diminution, augmentation, adding and Introduction, adding improvised solos (live or computer generated), adding embellishments to the melody, and changing the instrumentation. | Music | I | Music |
MediaFest Entries by LDCSB MediaFest2011 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Based on a work at www.ldcsb.on.ca.
