SEVA 2012: Center High School MCA Video Camp
Center High School’s Media Communications Academy (MCA) held a video camp for district elementary students during their fall break. Students grades 4-6 attended the four-day video camp to learn about video, audio, lighting and editing. MCA high school students served as mentors for the elementary students and led them through the process of creating a video to submit to the SEVAs.
Cable 15
M | 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
M | 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
W | 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Th | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
F | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Sa, Su | 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Starting May 14
M, W | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
F | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Tu | 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Tu, Th | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Sa, Su | 10:00 am - 11:00 am
> Watch Student DV online in the Video Gallery
Student DV
Student DV (Digital Video) is a unique, award-winning program that includes participation from 16 school districts, community colleges, a local ABC affiliate, local cable company and the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Commission and inspires students to produce educational videos to share their vision and ideas. SECC produces the program to showcase digital video programs created by Sacramento students, and the program is aired weekly on SECC's educational cable channels and in the Video Gallery.
Student DV features student work entered in the annual SEVA (Student Educational Video Awards) contest. Open to Sacramento county K-20 students, the SEVAs provide a variety of categories to express an educational message — PSA, school news/events, documentary and instructional.
Since many schools have a multimedia program, Student DV provides teachers with useful instructional materials to help students learn more about video production and also see what their peers are creating. Producing a video program involves much more than just taping an event. The knowledge and expertise needed for a successful production requires numerous cross curriculum skills including teamwork, ability to research topics, knowledge of subject areas, ability to communicate ideas, reading, creative writing and organization.
If you have a student-produced video you would like on the show or online, email studentdv@secctv.org
Student DV Show #89
• Learn about the Conversion to CFLs
• How 2 Go Green
• Good Study Habits
• Texting or Life
• Healthy Choices
Featured Interviews & Videos
00:00 Show Begins
00:40 CFL The Conversion Begins: Center HS
04:08 The Big Move: Harmon Johnson ES
10:28 How 2 Go Green: Toby Johnson MS
11:56 Littering: Luther Burbank HS
16:32 The Three Rs: David Reese ES
19:19 Texting or Life: Katherine L. Albiani MS
19:49 Is it Still Worth it?: Robert L. McCaffrey MS
20:48 Healthy Choices: Elizabeth Pinkerton MS
21:30 Teenage Drinking FFJH: Foothill Farms Jr.
22:35 The Gum Patrol The Next Chapter: Andrew Carnegie MS
23:35 Good Study Habits: Vista Del Lago HS
24:35 LIttering It’s Not Good: Galt HS
25:36 Decisions: Cosumnes Oaks HS
Watch on Cable 15
May 3 | 7:00 pm
May 7, 16, 23 | 5:00 pm
May 5, 13 | 10:00 am
May 9 | 8:00 am
May 15, 22, 29 | 9:00 am
May 24 | 3:00 pm
Host
Willie Huggins
SECC's 2012 SEVA AWARD NIGHT IS MAY 7
Sacramento State Ballroom
| 7:00 pm | Red Carpet starts at 6:00 pm
> RSVP for the 2012 SEVA Award Night online now
SEVA 2012: Take a quick look at all entries
Watch 10-12 second clips from all of this year’s SEVA entries as SECC airs the All Entries Reel on Cable 15:
May 4 | 5:00 pm; May 5, 6 | 10:00 am
> Watch the 2012 SEVA All Entries Reel in the Video Gallery
About the SEVA Award Night
The SEVA Award Night has evolved into the premiere event to showcase student educational videos to the Sacramento community. Community members and educators play an active role in judging the video entries each year — participation in this annual event has grown to include more than 70 schools and thousands of students. The 2012 SEVAs are sponsored by Comcast.
For more than 20 years, SECC has worked with students and teachers exploring the value of video production. The annual SEVA or Student Educational Video Awards contest is open to all Sacramento county students (K-20) and celebrates the talents and visions of student video producers. Winners and participants are recognized at this SECC and Comcast sponsored event and winning videos and producer interviews are shown on cable and online.
Students of all ages enter their multimedia projects in categories that include documentary, instructional, PSA (Public Service Announcement) and school news. The SEVAs also help connect SECC with Sacramento county students (K-20) and their entries are showcased on Cable 15 & 16 through Student DV, a unique series featuring videos, technical tips and teacher and student producer interviews.
> Watch the 2011 SEVA Award Night and the Winners Reel in the Video Gallery
SEVA CONTEST
Open to all Sacramento county students (K-20), the Student Educational Video Awards (SEVA) contest celebrates the talents and visions of student video producers.
Winners and all participants are recognized at the annual SEVA Award Night; and winning videos and producer interviews are shown on SECC's cable channels and online.
SEVA Grade Levels
Elementary: K-3
Elementary: 4-6
Middle/Junior High: 7-8
High School: 9-12
College/University
SEVA Categories
Documentary: An in-depth educational study about classroom curriculum topics, issues or people in current events or history.
Instructional: Provides "how to" advice or teaches a subject or skill related to an educational topic.
Public Service Announcement (PSA): A short promotional piece about an educational topic. Must be thirty seconds (:30) or one minute (:60) in length.
School News: Campus news programs or coverage of an event in your school such as a concert, play, theater production or other activity
> Link to the SEVA page for detailed information
Digital Journalist Program
The Digital Journalist Program helps increase student media production, teaches the techniques of broadcast journalism, provides technical support for teachers and students, facilitates a larger outlet for student videos and increases participation in the Student Educational Video Awards (SEVA). The program is made possible through the combined efforts of the Gannett Foundation, News10 and SECC.
News10 and SECC production staff provide training for students and teachers at each site, and students have an opportunity to use video to share their visions and stories with the entire community — on News10, SECC’s cable channels and online.
One grant requirement is that the school submits at least two videos to SECC’s annual SEVA contest. Open to all Sacramento county students (K-20), the contest celebrates the talents and visions of student video producers and their work in the areas of documentary, school news/events, PSA and instructional.
For many years, SECC has instructed students about the value of video production. Special funding in 2002 from the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Commission allowed SECC to launch the starter kit program and create three video kits loaned to interested schools. SECC provides quality educational resources to learners of all ages in the Sacramento community through video and other communication technologies via cable systems and networks and is a collaborative effort of the K-20 education community.
The Gannett Foundation grants enabled Sacramento’s News10 to join the program and teach students the tenets and values of journalism they practice daily.
For more information, call SECC at 916-920-1006 or email doug@secctv.org
NEED A VIDEO PRODUCTION IDEA?
SECC & News10 want to help you get started now!
Hey student journalists and teachers! You want to make a video (or maybe you have to!) but about what? Sometimes the hardest part is to come up with an idea and get started. Just one idea is all it takes to get the ideas moving and pretty soon, you’re writing a story, interviewing, shooting b-roll, editing…
SECC and News10 are partners in the Digital Journalist program which means you have several ways to share your videos when they’re finished: the SEVAs (of course we know you’re working on an entry) and News10 has a special place on their site to showcase the programs and activities at your school. They really want to see your work and it doesn’t have to be a professional production — they want to see what real students are really creating. And it's a great way to share the good news; while so much news today is negative, you can showcase the positive programs and activities at your school. So to help jump start your production, Michelle Ponto, News10 Executive Producer Interactive & Social Media, has a few ideas and story angles.
> Take a look at some ideas now
If you have any questions about showing videos on News10 or you’re looking for more story ideas, help or someone to speak to your class about digital journalism, email Michelle and she’ll be happy to help out. And it’s easy to send your video to News10: online in the Title Field put “SEVA” at the beginning, so you’re identified as a SEVA participating school. Please contact SECC productions at 916-920-1006 if you need help uploading or have questions or problems.
