Let's Brainstorm Now! - Semester 1 Students Activity

Greetings people!

Let us brainstorm here, together. For the upcoming semester, I would like to propose some activities for our students, run by the English Unit.


Small initial kick-start discussions with a handful of English Unit members including our head of unit, Mahid Masseluang lead to an agreement. These are our potential activities. One competition every month and a casually brief prize-giving ceremony by the end of Semester 1.

These activities are fairly simple to execute. Let us help each other to keep them that way. Note that these ideas are mere proposals and should be challenged in any way imagined. Especially their relevance to our context. Click on these titles to view the details and to discuss.



So, let the brainstorm begins!

Competition 4: 60 Sec. Video Challenge

60 Sec. Video Challenge
A 60-second video competition based on specified theme

This is the second edition of 60 Sec. Video Challenge. The first edition was conceived in LMAF 2006. Visit their youtube channel for past entries & winners.


Proposal:

This is a challenge for a production team of 10

Challenge:
1. Produce a 60-second video. Themes of videos: Family, Community, Daily Phenomena or Science.
2. Design a poster for the video (A3-size paper)

Suitability:
All level

Specification:
1. Video can be in any format that does not exceed 60-second. No more, no less.
2. Accepted video formats are: AVI, MOV, MP4, WMV, 3GPP, MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid), VLC.
3. 640 x 480 resolution
4. Subtitles in English is compulsory, wherever non-English languages are used.

Awards:
Best Video (Comedy, Drama & Documentary wherever applicable) Best Poster, Best Director, Best Story, Best Actor & Actress (if applicable), Best Music Choice, Best Camera Work, Best Editing, Best English Subtitling, Audience Choice Video Awards.

Certificate of participation:
Awarded to top 10 short videos / 10 teams x 6 students = 60

Prizes:
To be discussed. Pizza-Hut voucher, perhaps?

Execution dates:
Starts 1st week of July
Ends 4th week of Aug (2 months production period)

Related links
10 Sec Film Fest
Scottish Institute for Enterprise: 60 Second Shorts
Bebo: Sixty Seconds
Portable Film Festival
Worldwide Short Film Festival
Tropfest: World's Largest Short Film Festival

Do you agree with the proposal above? Let us discuss!

Competition 3: KML Young Writers Competition

KML Young Writers Competition
A MUET-based writing competition


Proposal:

This is an individual challenge. We could also open categories for duo or trio to encourage peer-to-peer learning.

Challenge:
Write an essay based on the new MUET format. To be discussed.

Suitability:
All levels

Specification:
Essay must be minimally 350 words

Evaluation weight:
Adoption of MUET writing format. To be discussed.

Certificate of participation:
Awarded to top 20 entries / students

Prizes:
To be discussed

Execution Dates:
Starts 1st week of August
End 4th week of August

Do you agree with the proposal above? Let us discuss!

Competition 2: Poodle

Poodle
A poetry + doodle competition



Proposal:

This is an individual challenge

Challenge:
1. Write a poetry based on themes specified in the syllabus (family, community etc.)
2. Design doodle sketch to compliment the poetry

Suitability:
All levels

Specification:
1. Poetry and doodle created on the same paper (A3-size)
2. No use of other graphic except doodle sketches
3. We could make compulsory certain vocabulary to be used in the poetry for ease of judging. Also for them to work with limitation.

Evaluation:
Poetry - 55%
Doodle - 45%

Certificate of participation:
Awarded to top 20 entries / students

Prizes:
To be discussed

Execution dates:
Starts 1st week of July
Ends 4th week of July

Related links:
Wikipedia
Jeannette's Illustration Sketchblog
Dwight Newton: I am not an artist
Google Images: Doodle

Do you agree with the brief proposal above? Let us discuss!

Competition 1: Movie Poster Remake

Movie Poster Remake
A movie poster remake competition

Proposal:

This is an individual challenge

Challenge:
1. Create a new movie poster of the movie you have watched.
2. Write a brief description (min. 150 words) why you chose to remake the poster the way you do.

Suitability:
Beginner-intermediate level

Specification:
1. Poster designed on A3-size paper
2. Description minimally 150 words, on A4-size paper

Evaluation weight:
Poster - 65%
Brief description - 35%
(We could adopt MUET writing format Question 1, Paper 2)

Certificate of participation:
Awarded to top 20 entries / students

Prizes:
To be discussed

Execution dates:
Starts 1st week of June
Ends 4th week of June

Related links:
This competition is inspired by UK's Young Film Critic event called Mini Film Fan. Click these links for detail:
About Mini Film Fan
Tips on movie poster remake

Do you agree with the proposal above? Let us discuss!

Tinjauan Unit Media 1

Tinjauan ringkas pertama yang dijalankan di blog ini telah menerima 7 klik undian. Soalan yang diutarakan ialah:

P&P berbantukan wayang gambar ialah usaha yang...

• (6 undian) Memberangsangkan! Sesebuah konsep baru & rumit dapat dipelajari dengan lebih mudah & tidak membosankan
• (0 undian) Mementingkan keseronokan! Tetapi tak semestinya berkesan untuk pembelajaran
• (1 undian) Lebih membebankan! Ia terlalu banyak memakan masa dalam perancangan & persediaan
• (1 undian) Progresif & menarik! Tetapi tidak untuk waktu terdekat ini -- kolej ini belum bersedia dari aspek logistik

Walaupun tinjauan ini tidak valid untuk sebarang kajian, tapi dapat dirumuskan di sini sekurang-kurangnya ada 7 orang yang membaca dan memanfaatkan blog Buletin JSI. Tahniah!

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