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Building a Better Student Media Workflow at Savannah State
Savannah State University’s Mass Communications program needed a faster, easier way for students to create and publish media. Amitrace helped the university build two connected production studios, two podcast studios featuring the VidPOD, and a shared camera and audio network so students can move from podcasting to quick-turn social video to full broadcast production without waiting on a single room or workflow.
Read MoreWhen Your New Building Changes the Standard — and Everything Else Has to Catch Up
Georgia Gwinnett College Athletics had a new convocation center. Brand new. State-of-the-art. A Blackmagic control room that would make any broadcast director stop and take a second look. Their student interns trained on it, got comfortable with the workflow, and started producing live events at a level that matched the facility. Then they walked across…
Read MoreHow Forsyth County Schools (GA) Built a Complete Student Broadcast Program at Otwell Middle School
Forsyth County Schools partnered with Amitrace to build a complete student broadcast and podcast production program at Otwell Middle School — including a professional control room, studio cameras, a dedicated recording booth, a mobile production kit, field equipment, and a VidPOD podcast station — so students in Dr. Greg Walkup’s Sic ‘Em Studios program can produce professional-quality content every day.
Read MoreHow Cobb County Built a Middle School Student Media Program (and Why It Strengthens the CTE Pipeline)
Cobb County School District built a broadcast-quality student media studio and control room at Tapp Middle School so students develop production skills before high school. The result is a stronger CTE broadcast pathway—freshmen arrive ready for advanced work, leadership, certifications, and competitions.
Read MoreWildcats Take the Airwaves: Inside Richmond Hill High School’s New Broadcast Studio By Amitrace
There’s something powerful about watching a student sit down behind a professional news desk, look into a camera, and tell a story — not as a simulation, but as a real, produced broadcast. That’s exactly what’s happening now at Richmond Hill High School in Richmond Hill, Georgia, and it’s changing what CTAE media education looks like in the Coastal Empire.
Read MoreYou Have To Have A Plan
There were three things that I can attribute to my success in the classroom:
Take care of the people who take care of you – custodians, IT department, and secretaries
Never do anything that you think will cause a meeting
You can’t call an audible if you haven’t called a play.
Read MoreMission: Possible – 83 Schools Get New Studios
We recently celebrated the completion of what is most likely our largest project as a company. As of June, we completed a three-year project that saw our crew install live production workflows in over 80 elementary schools in the Gwinnett County Public Schools system.
Read MoreWhat Comes First, The Sports or The School Year?
It seems like two things grow larger every year… the amount of time you are in the classroom and your school’s sports schedule. What used to be very defined seasons have now overlapped so much it’s hard to know when the spring sports end and the fall sports begin – not to mention that there is supposed to be a summer break in there. As you prepare for the school year, we wanted to share some simple reminders as well as some ways to upgrade your production.
Read MoreWhat is POE?
POE, power over ethernet, is not new but it is seeing a growth like few other areas in production. The expansion of IP protocols in video production has caused the expansion of POE products and capabilities. POE describes the ability to power, and often control, a device via an ethernet cable. Why is that important?…
Read MoreWant It All?
Hello Everybody! NDI is no doubt the future of broadcast as we know it. With the endless flexibility and powerful applications being released everyday, how could you ever choose which one is right for you? Well, you don’t have to worry about that any longer because NewTek has the bundle for you. That’s right, every…
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