UC Davis is part of the New Media Centers Consortium, a national organization whose members host a range of outreach programs for high schools and high school students. This year, training sessions for competition participants took place in the multimedia lab in Meyer Hall. Byrne lectured on film editing techniques and storyboarding, a planning strategy for creating videos by which key frames are sketched in advance. Computer Resource Specialist Phuong Nguyen discussed the production process, and Arbor Faculty Consultant Joseph Coulombe provided focused training sessions on topics including image manipulation, video and audio editing, and 3-D imaging. Training sessions provided participants with valuable hands-on experience.
Some kids have access to expensive equipment and others are struggling.
Six to 20 students took part in each session, along with mentors and additional high school teachers who aimed to train students in their own schools. Everyone had sufficient time for experimentation and exploration of the software. Coulombe, Nguyen, and Computer Resource Specialist Armando Arbizo traveled to Roseville's Success High School and Placer High School in Auburn to provide further training.