Wednesday, June 4, 2008

So the first two Honors Program videos that I watched were the Columbia College one and the JMU Myth-Busters approach.  I actually expected to like JMU's more simply because it sounded funny (I love Myth-Busters) and I thought that the approach would be more student oriented.  However,  after watching the two, I was surprised to find that I actually far preferred the Columbia College approach.  It was better organized and well laid out.  It also did an excellent job at showing how the Honors program can benefit you as a student and removing any fear that it would be an excess amount of work.  The JMU project was really corny, which as  student, is more of a turn-off then an attraction.  The 30 second SJSU informercial was good for a quick intro into the program.  This would be a good thing to play during a movie at a school or something where students would at least see it so that they would be aware of the Honors Program.  I also really liked the Slippery Rock University informercial.  By using interviews with the students they kept it short and sweet but also well-organized.  They managed to provide a lot of information about the program, while also showing the aspects that students really appreciate.  Looking at these infomercials, I felt that a good approach for the Foothill Honors Program would be a combination of the student interview and documentary approach.  Both students and teachers could be interviewed, I definitely feel that the teachers in the Honors Program would be a good asset to use for the informercial.  Also, the students within our honors program could give their own experiences, using people who enjoy the Honors classes and participation, the TAP with UCLA (it has to be in there), the benefits that come with the Honors Scholar status, etc, etc.  Then also interviewing teachers so that their view of the Honors program was put forth as well.  Teresa could also be interviewed to give an idea of what the requirements are and how they fit in well with a students class schedule (hopefully).  

1 comment:

Scott Lankford said...

25 points. I'd be delighted to see some of you try to make just such a movie!