Thursday, May 30, 2013

SBISD Student MediaFest

Spring Branch ISD’s first Student MediaFest program and awards presentation on May 24 drew hundreds of students, teachers and supporting family members to the auditorium at Cornerstone Academy.
Sponsored by the district’s Educational Technology Department, the evening event included opening remarks by SBISD Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Jennifer Blaine and closing remarks by Chief Information Officer Venu Rao.



Director of Educational Technology Sheri Alford spoke about Student MediaFest, including the strong response that followed the request for projects to be judged in a variety of digital areas – audio, graphics, video animation and live action video – as well as website content and design. Educational Technology Facilitator Carrie Foster presented dozens of grade-based awards to students and student teams.

Winning the top award, Best of Show, was a group of ninth-grade friends from two high schools. Named as Best of Show winners for a live action video that explores the topic of cyber bullying are ninth-graders Michael Kim, Patrick Liou, Nathan Yoo, Jessica Lu and Yoolim Seo.

Four students attend Memorial High School; Yoolom Seo is a Stratford High ninth-grader. “We were totally surprised,” Michael Kim says. “We thought ‘No way!’ We knew that the Guthrie Center students would be participating and so we weren't expecting to do so well.”

The idea for their live action video was born inside Jyusef Larry’s multimedia class at Memorial High, and then grew organically into their MediaFest submission. “We were thinking about everyday issues. We all saw a cyber bullying video back in middle school where the students were texting. We thought that Facebook is the place where students are today, more than texting. So we tried to do cyber bullying from a student’s point of view in our video,” Michael Kim said.

The Memorial High students plan to start a film making club called MHS Studios as a result of their surprise Best of Show win.

Click here to visit the MediaFest website and Winner's Gallery.

MediaFest Awards

Digital Audio K-2 Grade Division
  • First Place Camila Trujillo, Cassie Buegeler, Kaitlyn Stoehr 2nd Grade - Frostwood Elementary School Kookaburra Song
6-8 Grade Division
  • Third Place Xavier Ybarra 6th Grade - Northbrook Middle School First Chair
  • Second Place Kevin Morales 6th Grade - Northbrook Middle School YES Prep Student
  • First Place Shane Lau 6th Grade - Northbrook Middle School My Life in Sixth
Digital Graphics

K-2 Grade Division
  • Third Place Margaret Watkins 2nd Grade - Frostwood Elementary School When I Held A Hummingbird
  • Second Place Gwendolyn Beach and Pierce Kettler 2nd Grade - Rummel Creek Elementary School Lightning
  • First Place Dev Patel 2nd Grade - Rummel Creek Elementary School New York
3-5 Grade Division
  • Third Place Majd Soliman 5th Grade - Rummel Creek Elementary School Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  • Second Place Madeleine Dawson 5th Grade - Rummel Creek Elementary School RCE 50
  • First Place Anna Herrmann Rummel Creek Elementary School 50 Years of Fun
6-8 Grade Division
  • Third Place Fabian Mendoza 8th Grade - Northbrook Middle School The Amazing Light
  • Second Place Cortland Rawlinson 8th Grade - Spring Branch Middle School Untitled
  • First Place Yuan Gao 8th Grade - Memorial Middle School Fairytale Reverie
9-12 Grade Division
  • Third Place Daniel Rodriguez 12th Grade - Spring Woods High School The Quote With In
  • Second Place Monica Davila 11th Grade - Northbrook High School CD Cover - Frustrations
  • First Place Gloria Hernandez 11th Grade - Guthrie Center Stop Teen Abuse
Website

K-2 Grade Division
  • Third Place Chris Nyambura 2nd Grade - Westwood Elementary School Dog Pound
  • Second Place Adrian Payan 2nd Grade - Westwood Elementary School The Three Little Monsters
  • First Place Logan Erfurdt 2nd Grade - Westwood Elementary School The Lucky Rabbit
3-5 Grade Division
  • Third Place Eric Diaz, Jacob Mata, Jacob Lea-Espinal 5th Grade - Edgewood Elementary School 13 Colonies
  • Second Place Alexander Bocanegra 5th Grade - Edgewood Elementary School Energy Transformations
  • First Place Jake Spann and Dawson Finklea 5th Grade - Rummel Creek Elementary School A-Team
6-8 Grade Division
  • Third Place Emmanuel Salas 8th Grade - Northbrook Middle School How-To Website
  • Second Place Katie Lazarine, Jacqueline Media, Julia Perez 6th Grade - Northbrook Middle School Teen Advice
  • First Place Luz Granados 6th Grade - Northbrook MS YES Prep
Special Award
Outstanding Student Owned Project
  • Camille Asmus
  • Olivia Cone
  • Taylor Dixon
  • Rob Espey
  • Joseph Harp
  • Adam Kral
  • Caroline Latta
  • Ana-Sofia Ruiz
  • Meta Sapien
  • Evelyn Silsby
  • 5th Grade - Hunters Creek Elementary School The Cougar Times
Digital Video - Animation

K-2 Grade Division
  • Third Place Dylan Hood 2nd Grade - Frostwood Elementary School Ancient Egypt
  • Second Place Margaret Watkins 2nd Grade - Frostwood Elementary School Life Cycle of the Butterfly
  • First Place Hannah Otness and Isabel Jakobsen 2nd Grade - Frostwood Elementary School Recycling
3-5 Grade Division
  • Third Place Katherine Latiolais and Kirby Koster 5th Grade - Rummel Creek Elementary School Fig Pudding
  • Second Place Audrey Crawford, Cameron Queal, Caroline Bruce, Caroline LaVern, Catherine Hastings 5th Grade - Wilchester Elementary School Watch Your Words
  • First Place Ethan Kwon, Daniel Oh, Meggie Nop 5th Grade - Rummel Creek Elementary School My 13th Winter
6-8 Grade Division
  • Third Place Emmanuel Salas 8th Grade - Northbrook Middle School Name Dropping
  • Second Place Alyssa McNeil 6th Grade - Westchester Academy for International Studies The Winter Spring Became My One and Only Friend
  • First Place Trent McCausey 8th Grade - Cornerstone Academy Anaconda
9-12 Grade Division
  • Third Place Brandon Aldana 12th Grade - Northbrook High School Get A Job
  • Second Place Lorelei Shannon 11th Grade - Spring Woods High School On The Ball
  • First Place Paul Brastrom 10th Grade - Guthrie Center Silverware on the Weekends
Digital Video - Live Action

K-2 Grade Division
  • Third Place Anastasia Rubio 2nd Grade - Frostwood Elementary School Our Class Guinea Pig
  • Second Place Sam Trimble, Holden Taylor, Alex Choi 2nd Grade - Frostwood Elementary School Hoops4hope
  • First Place Cole Coolidge, Max Landwermeyer, Erikson Pittman 2nd Grade - Frostwood Elementary School Welcome to Frostwood
3-5 Grade Division
  • Third Place Greydon Fenn, AJ Francios, Kunyang Li, Patrick Smith 4th/5th Grade - Frostwood Elementary School Healthy Living
  • Second Place Kassie Martin, Alyssa Luna, Frida Carbajal, Mary Bulnes 3rd Grade - Westwood Elementary School Saving the Dolphins
  • First Place Dusty Cutler, Damian Arzate, Bria Singh, Alexandra Tristan, Amarys Gonzalez, Daniel Barrios, Susan Torres 3rd-5th Grade - Westwood Elementary School Ghost School
6-8 Grade Division
  • Third Place Emmanuel Salas and Brain Truong 8th Grade - Northbrook Middle School How To Project
  • Second Place Karen Suarez, Allison Mairena, Oscar Jimenez, April Infante 8th Grade - Northbrook Middle School How To Make A Perfect Cupcake
  • First Place Esmeralda Rocha, Maria Godines, Sofia Hernandez 6th Grade - Northbrook Middle School Sky Partnership
9-12 Grade Division
  • Third Place Niall Miner 11th Grade - Westchester Academy/Guthrie Center Life in Ink
  • Second Place Valeria Dominguez and Grayson Blackburn 12th Grade - Memorial Middle School/Guthrie Center Life of Shoes
  • First Place Michael Kim, Patrick Liou, Nathan Yoo, Jessica Lu, Yoolim Seo 9th Grade - Memorial HS and Stratford HS The One Never Seen
Best In Show
  • Michael Kim, Patrick Liou, Nathan Yoo, Jessica Lu, Yoolim Seo 9th Grade - Memorial High School and Stratford High School The One Never Seen

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