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 Somerville High School, HOME's newest partner school, has some exciting stuff going on. The partnership has allowed the school to offer a TV and Media Production class, which lab coordinator Craig Leach teaches. In addition to several invidual projects, students in the class collaborated on a school news program, a short film and a collaboration with the Music Technology class. The class has also been exploring issues pertaining to New Media culture with exercises based on MIT's New Media Literacies curriculum. In addition to the class, Craig has also worked with a the art department (cartooning and photography), creative writing, AP government and US history, music technology, biology, Spanish and French classes on student video projects.
 Interactive Website
Integral to the TV and Media production class at SHS
has been an online workspace developed by HOME
using Drupal. The website gives students access to
course materials such as the syllabus, assignment instruction and due dates anytime, anywhere.
Students are required to post their work, which
includes project outlines, scripts, research material
and their finished video projects. The site also allows students to interact with their teacher and peers
within an online space.
Boston Something - Student News
For the news show students did stories of local interest, which included Boston's Duck Tours, skateboarding and a historic water powered mill that still operates to this day.
"Bad Day"
The fall media class culmitated in a collaborative short film project. Each student in the class wrote a script based oh his or her own idea. The class then voted to determine which script to produce together, with students taking on roles of camera, sound, editing and acting.
Community Partnerships
Several organizations have expressed interests in partnering with Somerville High in order to offer classes, internships and more to the students. These include Educational Channel 15, Somerville Community Access Television (SCAT) and Somerville Voices.
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