TARA KLEIN | YOUTH SERVICES SPECIALIST

DAVID SANSOME | LOCAL STUDIES LIBRARIAN

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Engagement with local schools

• To research and create a short video about a service person connected to the City of Canada Bay area

Provide youth access and increase skills

• Producing digital media using the libraries’ portable multimedia lab and iMovie

Remembering the sacrifice of service people connected to City of Canada Bay and ensure their legacy lives on

• Videos to be shared and distributed

PROJECT OUTCOME

BENEFITS TO THE

COMMUNITY

• Vital role in collecting and making available local information

• Creating local content

• Engaging the community

• Getting students enthused about local history

• Educating and up-skilling the public

• Bringing our local community to the world

USE OF VIDEOS

• Upload on YouTube

• Display in libraries

• Shown in schools

• Collection of videos recorded onto DVD

• Material to also be used for ongoing events marking the Centenary of WW1

HOW DID WE

DO IT?

• City of Canada Bay Libraries

established a multimedia lab via:

– Library Development Grant in

2011/12 under from the Library

Council of New South Wales

• The portable lab allows library

staff to reach out to schools and

the community

• Enable state-of-the-art learning by

increasing youth access to digital

media

HOW DID WE

GATHER THE

INFORMATION?

• Huge amount of work prior

to project commencement

included collecting soldiers’

names and information

• Images purchased via

Australian War Memorial for

use in project

GUIDELINES • Students in Year 7 to Year 10 participate

• The creative project will run from April to

December 2014.

• Working in groups students choose a

serviceman or servicewoman from an

established list of local servicemen and

women.

• Video clips will cover all four of the following

aspects:

– Summary of person’s life

– Connection to City of Canada Bay area

– Role they played during WW1

– How they will be remembered

• Minimum of two of the following media will be

used:

– Music

– Animation

– Still photos

– Original Video

– Spoken Word

ENGAGING LOCAL

SCHOOLS

• Contact established in late 2013

• 4 High schools in Local area were approached

• Initial response slow

• Flexibility - opened up project to primary schools

• Mayor’s involvement

• Considerations: – Staffing

– Resources

– Class sizes

PROJECT PLAN

6-week-program with one-

hour length lessons based

at the schools.

Part one: Research

Part two: Video development

FLEXIBILITY

FOR AUDIENCES

• Primary vs High School

• Consideration in allocating

soldiers

• One soldier one video

• Guiding students research via

worksheets

• Importance of primary sources

and enlistment forms

• Terminology issues

BREAKFAST

POINT MEMORIAL

WEBSITE

• Linking local historian

Greg Maunsell’s work

with students

• Student sharing

experiences via website

comments

PART ONE:

RESEARCH

Navigating around important sites, e.g.:

• Australian War Memorial

• Trove

• Canada Bay Connections

• Breakfast Point Memorial

• Mapping our Anzacs

Enforcing the importance of the project and the respect needed for the soldiers.

Soldiers relatives notified o video creation

SPECIAL GUEST

An officer of the Australian

Navy visited Five Dock

Public School to remind

students of the continuing

service Australia provides in

protecting our country.

PART TWO: VIDEO

DEVELOPMENT

• City of Canada Bay Libraries appointed a creative consultant to assist in running this aspect of project

• Students worked on Mac laptops and iPads

• Storytelling and scriptwriting

• Creating the right tone – through film elements sound, pace, chose of images and text

• Applying a simplified process in creating videos

STUDENT VIDEO – Frank Milton Thornton

CONSIDERATIONS

• Copyright on images

• Consistency across videos

• Source and fact check of student video information

• Staff support

• Maintaining a flexible and positive experience

• Respecting school policies on students details

LAUNCH OF

VIDEOS

The videos have been

uploaded to City of

Canada Bay’s Youth

YouTube channel and we

are encouraging anyone

to share.

AWARD CEREMONY

• Mayor Angelo Tsirekas and City of Canada Bay Libraries awarded certificates and DVDs to students

• The Principal together with teachers, parents and special guests viewed the videos and thanked students for their involvement

• Social media

• City of Canada Bay

website

• eNewsletters

• City of Canada Bay

council publication

Bayside Brief

• Local press

STILL TO COME

• Wrap up final school

• Total of 68 videos on

local soldiers

• Additional methods to

promote students work

• Value of project -

students will value in

years to come and keep

their video as a

keepsake.

STUDENT COMMENTS

Contacts:

Tara Klein | Youth Services Specialist

e: tara.klein@canadabay.nsw.gov.au | t: 9911 6314

David Sansome | Local Studies Librarian

e: david.sansome@canadabay.nsw.gov.au | t: 9911 6218