Video+PSA

Post Video PSA information here.

This segment needs to remain a 30 second shot. The folks from KDOT confirmed that they could not use anything over 30 seconds, while it goes quick--they stated that 30 seconds is the "real world" application we should be aiming for in this segment of competition.


 * I agree 30 seconds is a good and real-world time amount for PSA's. The short time for presentation allowed for us to ask a lot more questions - this was good and most students did well but I'm not sure they were prepared to stand and talk or answer questions. We might add that to the instructions next year.

Some suggestions for next year's topic might be:
 * Encouragement to not Drink then Drive
 * Don't Smoke
 * Be, Don't use drugs!
 * The importance of knowing CPR
 * Eat Right, it pays off!
 * Encouragement to Exercise
 * add another here.........

Ideas and Creativity** Kdot reps and I discussed how most of the entries for seatbelt safety were very similar and lacked creativity - many involving car crashes. When Marco spoke to MACE this spring he talked about how he brainstormed with kids all of the most common ways they've seen seat belt safety discussed (avoid car crashes) and then he challenged them to do something else - something they hadn't seen. I was very impressed with the PSA done by his students that he shared at MACE. Go to his [|SFET page] and click on the movie entitled "Parents" in the last column. A resource that I thought about sharing is the book "Made to Stick" all about how to make ideas stick. The authors have outlined six principles to follow to help make ideas stick. You can get an overview at their website: http://www.madetostick.com/thebook/excerpts.php
 * Sugggestions for information and guidelines that might help future entries:

We need to give some resources about copyright and fair use. Many of students and advisors thought that they could follow fair use guidelines when submitting entries to the competition. We need to make it very clear that all entries must be copyright free. I would suggest that we make up a sheet that asks that all assets be declared. In other words, the source for all media, text, photos, music, etc. must be identified. It is too bad that the KSTL guidelines hold the advisors accountable for copyright - since we don't judge the advisor's directly it is the kids that suffer from poor advisement. I would suggest changing this statement; "Advisors are responsible for obtaining the proper permissions and following copyright laws."
 * Copyright**

We could also ask that kids use the [|creative commons] to copyright their own work for submission. Especially if the KDOT people are thinking that they might use one of the submissions.

I've been involved in a national competition called [|Multimedia Mania] that might help us as we look at refreshing the KSTL rubrics and guidelines.
 * Multimedia Mania**