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Victory at Vidcon
The HTV Magazine staff won the "Sweepstakes" prize at Drury University's regional conference for high school broadcasters. The 2010 "Vidcon" brought together 260 broadcast students and teachers for breakout sessions and a number of mail-in and on-site contests. Hillcrest was the conference's big winner, taking home eight awards to claim the "Sweepstakes" plaque. "It was a great conference all around, with so many schools winning awards and so many presenters teaching all of us," said HTV adviser Dave Davis. Sessions by KOLR 10 anchor David Oliver, former KY3 and KUSA reporter-photographer Ed Fillmer, and former HTVers Jeff Johnson, Julie Johnson, and Brandon Goodwin were some of the favorites. "I went to a really good news writing session and learned some great stuff," said HTV News Director Kaitlynn Keller.	The HHS team started its Vidcon experience by participating in "Midnight Madness," a production contest that ran from 7 p.m. until midnight. The challenge was to produce a short segment based on the phrase, "I just woke up and now I'm going to be late." The HTV entry was full of humorous moments, and a neat surprise ending. "It was a great team effort. I was so impressed with the final product," Davis said. The entry took second behind another "surprise ending" entry by Mill Valley High School from Kansas. The most demanding event for the entire HTV staff was the 72-hour Broadcast Journalism Challenge, which gave schools three days to cover the following theme: "Academics vs. Athletics." The final Hillcrest entry, with footage shot by the entire staff and some Broadcast I students, placed first. "I'm glad the late-night work paid off," said Line Producer Chandler Reed, who worked well past midnight to make the final	9 a.m. deadline in the "Challenge." Juniors Paulina Doran and Dylan Walker brought home the first place award in the Feature (Short Form) mail-in contest. In fact, HTV placed in all four mail-in categories for the first time in the three years of this event. In News Story, Jessica Larson, Paige Moffis, Brennan Wolf and Adam Vigil finished second, Ali Randolph and Keith Reynolds brought home third in Feature (Long Form), and Chandler Reed took third in Humorous Segment. Jodie Putman placed second in News Writing, Reed got third in Editing Top|Home

Getting Technical
The HTV studio transformed into a software training lab as students in Broadcast I and Media started learning digital editing techniques. Students worked mainly in pairs, or individually, as they manipulated audio and video for the first time after spending six weeks learning how to shoot. "I am learning a lot, and it's actually easier than I thought it would be," said sophomore Jaime Jones. Freshmen in the Media class kept up with their sophomore counterparts, working	on building timelines that included soundbites and video from the Mudhouse in downtown Springfield. "We have used the same seven minutes of footage for eight years to teach editing," said adviser Dave Davis, who sits at the back of the room projecting his iMac desktop onto the wall in the studio. "I show them the various tools and then they follow my edits. It works pretty well, but at some point, once they have the basics, they have to dig in and learn on their own." To get more editing experience in the next few weeks, both the Broadcast and	Media students will take on group production projects which will allow them to incorporate the skills they are learning on the "Final Cut Pro" editing software. "I'm anxious to start putting stories together," said Jones. She's not alone. Several of the future HTV/TFS producers said they are looking forward to turning their footage into completed projects to share with their classmates. Davis says that will happen in early November. But first, more training, and more practice. Top|Home

Teacher, Skater
Adam Bedinghaus never knows whose classroom he will inhabit from day to day. He is Hillcrest's full-time substitute teacher, but away from HHS, he teaches one of his favorite subjects on weekend. Skateboarding has long been a passion for Bedinghaus, and he finds time on weekends to tutor teens and younger skating prospects at the Springfieldl Skate Park just west of Parkview High School. He is the focus of an HTV profile by Chandler Reed and Andrew Edwards on the first new show of the school year. "At the skate park, it's a little more autonomous learning, I guess. Which means I teach a little bit, and the kids go from there," said Bedinghaus. He gets right in the middle of the action at the park, skating around the course	himself as he assists and demonstrates various techniques. Back at Hillcrest, he has learned to adapt to change as he visits different classrooms everyday. But he keeps his focus on the kids, not just the subject. "In college, I was just studying biology and I found out I had a love for kids and a love for teaching. And then I got a call one year from a skateboarding camp in Maryland and I went out there and taught at some skateboarding camps. I just fell in love with working with youth," Bedinghaus said. Even though he is a substitute teacher, he has learned a lot about how to handle any teaching assignment. He said, "You just kind of have to be willing to listen to kids, like you know, we have our rules and we have to abide by the rules, but sometimes at the skate park kids will	tell you about stuff thats happened with their family or something, and that gives me a lot of doors just to sit and listen to what they have to say and to why they are here at school. And so sometimes it helps me to get to know the students a little bit better, I think they trust me a little bit more than just any other regular sub." Long range plans for Bedinghaus include a possible job teaching internationally. He hopes to land in Europe in the near future. Wherever he ends up, he says skating or getting on a board of some kind will definitely be part of his future activities. "I will try whatever board sport I can, and just continue to work outside and have fun." Top|Home

Students Help with Training Video
Video"Members of the "HTV Magazine" staff appear on camera in a new DVD designed to help teachers across the nation train young broadcasters. "Shooter's Guide: Fundamentals" is the name of the disc, produced by HTV adviser Dave Davis and two of his former students, Mike Teuber and Brandon Goodwin. All three are part of the "Camp STN" which provides summer workshops for TV teachers. "It was fun, but kind of different having to follow directions about how to stand, where to look, all that," said junior Paige Moffis, who appears in parts of the video.Goodwin did almost all of the shooting for the	DVD, and often was the director in the field. The disc is available on a new website, www.scholasticbroadcasting.com. "We created a new site, and named our new group the 'Academy of Scholastic Broadcasters.' Basically, it exists as a way for us to promote a series of DVDs we hope to produce in the future if this one goes over well," said Davis, who helped found the Student Television Network back in 1999. He started "Camp STN" that same year. The "Shooter's Guide" covers videography basics, from how to handle equipment to composing of a variety of shots. It also comes with ten lesson plans and quizzes, making it "teacher-friendly" according	to Teuber. "We have been training teachers for years at camp. This seemed like the next logical step, and a lot of people have urged us to produce something like this, so we finally did," said Teuber. For HTVers, they probably know what is next. "I'm sure Coach Davis will give us an extra hard time if we don't follow the lessons we helped demonstrate on the DVD," said senior Kaitlynn Keller. Top|Home

Something Old, Something New
As "HTV Magazine" begins its 22nd year of production, equipment becomes more important than ever. With four different classes using the same cameras, computers, and microphones, adviser Dave Davis is working to keep as much field gear as possible available to students in grades 9-12. "We have been so lucky lately to have edit bays with working computers, and enough cameras in working order to keep things going well. But last last year, some of our stuff started showing its age," said Davis. One of the department's GL2 field cameras is broken beyond repair, a tripod is in	more time to polish off their features," Davis said. Line producer Brittney Clay said, "Doing a new show every Friday is tough because so many of us are involved in a lot of activities. It's nice to have the kids in Broadcast I adding their features." Even the staff of "HTV Magazine" joined the fun by producing the January 29 edition. "It was fun to just do some humorous things, and to not take ourselves seriously," said senior Chelsey Williamson. Teachers have enjoyed the variety on the show lately, even when the humor	sometimes misses the mark. As one faculty member joked, "Sometimes I feel dumber after watching TFS. But actually, it is pretty funny and gives us all a laugh at the end of the week." The spring, viewers can watch for the annual "Music Video Challenge," which will feature videos produced by all three Broadcast classes, with final judging done by members of the viewing audience. Top|Home