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Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 2015: Editing

April 16, 2015 – 2:57 pm
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Students in Radio Club at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 learned the basics of editing using Adobe Audition. They worked on finalizing the audio from their previously collected interviews.

Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 2015: Zoom H2 Interviews

April 9, 2015 – 2:45 pm
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Students in Radio Club at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 wrote interview questions and put into practice the basics of interviewing that they learned in the last session using Zoom H2 recorders. They then interviewed each other and listened back to their audio.

Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 2015: Practice Interviews

March 26, 2015 – 11:06 am
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Students in Radio Club at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 wrote interview questions and learned the basics of conducting interviews using the Zoom H2 recorders. They then interviewed each other as practice for next weeks final interviews.

Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 2015: Important Issues

March 19, 2015 – 12:29 pm

Students in Radio Club at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 wrote and recorded these pieces where they describe issues and concerns they have about their school, their neighborhood and even the world. In addition to these pieces, they each chose one person they would like to interview and shared one question they would ask that person.

Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 2015: Three Things About Me

March 12, 2015 – 12:07 pm
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Students in Radio Club at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 wrote and recorded these pieces where they describe themselves in three ways. These pieces are a result of the first of six weekly sessions in which students will learn about the microphones, mixers and digital recorders used in producing features for radio.

Crossing Fences: Northside

November 7, 2013 – 3:57 pm
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Northside Voices features first-person reflections from ten men as collected by fourteen boys. Project activities were conducted in collaboration with Allegheny Youth Development. Listen below for each man’s story as well as reflections from the interviewers.

Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8: Final Reflections

February 25, 2013 – 12:40 pm
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Students in Radio Club at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 wrote and recorded their reflections about Radio Club. This work is a result of six weekly sessions in which students learned about the microphones, mixers and digital recorders used in producing features for radio.

Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8: Editing

February 7, 2013 – 12:39 pm
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Students in Radio Club at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 began learning how to edit the pieces collected during Radio Club last week. They worked in groups using netbook computers and editing their pieces to be 15-20 seconds in length. This work is a result of the fourth of six weekly sessions in which students will learn about the microphones, mixers and digital recorders used in producing features for radio.

Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8: Introduction to Editing

January 30, 2013 – 12:38 pm
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Students in Radio Club at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 recorded these short pieces describing something that is of importance to them. They then began learning the basics of editing using these pieces and working as a class. These pieces are a result of the third of six weekly sessions in which students will learn about the microphones, mixers and digital recorders used in producing features for radio.

Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8: Issues and Concerns

January 17, 2013 – 3:42 pm
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Students in Radio Club at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 wrote and recorded these pieces where they describe issues and concerns they have about their school, their neighborhood and even the world. These pieces are a result of the second of five weekly sessions in which students will learn about the microphones, mixers and digital recorders used in producing features for radio.