Eddy Article-“What is the Outdoor Education program?”

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What is the Outdoor Education program?

Experiences students would have if they were a part of the outdoor education program

By: Madelyn Bell-Holman

The Outdoor Education Program is a way to get Riverside Secondary students to be active and learn about the environment while making connections with other students. It takes place in the second semester of the school year.

It is a program that anyone from Riverside Secondary in grade 10 can participate in, as long as they have a love for the wilderness and want to make new memories for years to come.

They do a variety of different activities in Outdoor Education, for example snowshoeing, swimming, canoeing and hiking. The program also helps develop skills that are important for maturity in being independant and having confidence in a group. Ms. Brandsma, the outdoor education teacher, prefers hiking, camping and canoeing as they are favourite activities.

The students bond over activities and experiences while working together as a team and developing new strategies. It is a useful skill to know how to collaborate with others and prepares them for their future jobs and careers.

It pushes the students to go out of their comfort zone of their abilities and makes them try new things and take risks. The program ran by Ms. Brandsma and Ms. McArthur who have a passion for the environment and being active.

The program has been in existence for four consecutive years and has created several memories for students and teachers. The Outdoor Education Program starts in the second semester which is the beginning of February and goes until the end of the year.

This time frame provides the class with the most consistent weather for outdoor activity. Being an outdoor program there are activities and trips that go rain or shine, so the experiences are always different and the students need to know how to adjust and make the of their time.

“It is an amazing opportunity and will continue at Riverside Secondary for years to come,” expressed Ms. Brandsma.

Reflection 

This is an article about the Outdoor education program that happens every year for grade 10 students in the second semester, ran by the teachers Ms. Brandsma and Ms. McArthur. It gives the reader a good understanding of what the program is about and what you get to experience as well as how it builds your social confident skills in a group setting. It brings value to the program with positive experiences that they can be a part of in the future years. This is a soft new article because it only affects certain students who apply for outdoor education and not the whole school. The article contains values of proximity, timeliness and currency. It contains proximity by being at Riverside Secondary school and the timeliness of it happening every year close to the time of the article being published. It is a current event that is a popular topic to talk about among the students.

Media Research – VSCO

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Where was the start of the number one most popular photo editing app and how did they thrive in the competitive online platform? VSCO is a high-quality photo editing app that adds filters and makes presents to your photos before sharing them. You can be creative with colours, themes and develop your photography skills. The app was launched in 2011 in its headquarters in Oakland, California by the creators of Joel Flory and Greg Lutze. By May 2014, the app was raised $40 million from investors and continues to grow and expand its network. VSCO’s platform is unique from other new media apps by not having “like” or follower count. The company wants people to relate and be inspired by pictures and not where they come from or who posted them. VSCO has influenced popular hashtags from #vsco and #vscocam and jargons like “VSCO girl”. In 2021, 200 million photos on Instagram have been tagged to VSCO and is, “one of the strongest brands on Instagram” (Barkho 2016). There are lots of people that use the filters and take advantage of this app although it is rated for an audience of thirteen years and older because is the public and unsecured photos that can be posted. According to Gabriela Barkho, [the] online VSCO community is an inclusive, full-fledged commune of creatives for anyone to join” (2016). All that is needed is an email and username to get started to create amazing photos and collages, once there is a profile, the username will receive 10 filters and all the essential tools for editing. There are filter packs that range from $0.99 to a few dollars if the consumer is looking for a small upgrade. VSCO also had a membership that costs $25 a year and it allows members to use the in-app camera to take pictures, and images. They can be uploaded to the app directly from the phone’s camera roll and ready to be shared. Brands partner with photographers on Vsco to run advertising campaigns, which the company helps facilitate. VSCO is always looking to expand its platform and has acquired brands from Rylo a video editing start-up in 2019 and Al-powered video editing app in 2020. In Oakland California, they have a determined team of 82 employees that wants to build creative tools, spaces, and connections driven by self-expression. This is an expanding app that is self describes by a, “photo company for creators, by creators” (Great escapes journal).

How #VSCO Became the Biggest Community on Instagram (later.com)

VSCO Isn’t Playing Instagram’s Like Game (businessinsider.com)

VSCO X Review and Tutorial | The Complete Guide (greatescapesjournal.com)

VSCO Makes A Sophisticated Photo App. The $500 Million Startup Wants To Be More Than That. (forbes.com)

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Company | VSCO

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New Media Intro

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Throughout the year’s technology has been developed to be able to communicate with people from all over the world. In traditional media like broadcasts, television, and radio you aren’t interacting with people and making connections. New media is an online and digital way of exchanging information. You can express yourself, enhance spelling and improve communication skills with people you have lose relationships with or people you have never met. You can access video content anytime and have a variety of different things to watch from only one device.  Although there are so many different platforms and devices you can use during different times in a day. For example, you check your phone when you wake up, during lunch, and at dinner. New media can follow you wherever you’re going and distract you from your daily routine, “the average American spent more than 12 hours a day with various media” (Dovovan 2018). From my personal experience with balancing media in a healthy way is by having a spot in my room where I can securely leave my phone when I am doing homework, being with my family, going to bed, or “might want to just chill once in a while” (Dovovan 2018). I will turn my notifications off so I don’t feel the need to check my phone frequently and I will use that time to be present in my life. When we select sources to gather information it is important that we find real facts appropriate opinions. You can ask yourself some simple questions, is it current, what is the purpose, who is the author, or is it trying to sell you something. Another important thing to look at is the domain name in what the website ends with, is it commercial, government-run, or a website from a specific country.

Core competency

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How does Francophone media (music, television and film, social media) play a role in your growth as a French language learner?

French media plays a role in my growth as a French language learner because it is something that you can watch or listen to improve your,r French. When I have watched talk shows or listened to music in French it makes me be more aware of their body language and things that I would notice talking to a person who speaks English for example they talk much fast and they use larger hand gestures, so you get more of a fell on how they communicate.

 

Does understanding French media give you a sense of pride?

I personally think that understanding French media gives me a sense of pride because I can connect with a different culture and understand what they are saying or doing. I can understand their ideas that maybe would be more unique than what I am normally used to.

 

Do you feel differently when you hear a French song vs. a song in a language you do not understand?

 

I think that most of the time I do feel different because I am able to understand and make a connection on what they are saying instead of just listening to the sounds. I can acknowledge their ideas and things that they are saying or acting.

 

Does it impact your learning?

I think that knowing and understanding French media can impacting my learning in lots of ways because I am able to further my comprehension of French, their culture, and language.