Ann and Jess' Bandana Day Promotion

SUPPORT BANDANA DAY OCTOBER 27th 2006

Following approval from ITSA, Campus Administration and Canteen, Jess and Ann are the only ones with authorisation to sell the "Canteen" Bandanas.

They will be selling the Bandanas from a table set up in front of the bookshop in the TAFE canteen area.

On the table will be various information on Bandana Day and its significance, also contact details if people would like further information.

Ann and Jess have been working hard, enlisting the help of family members and friends and have had the support of Certificate IV in Communication and Media.

Pamphlets and information regarding Bandana Day will be distributed around the campus leading up to the day.

Please come along, get some info about Bandana Day, have a chat and especially BUY A BANDANA to support this worthy cause.

Amanda and Melissa Allay Student's Fears

Amanda and Melissa (l to r standing) Explain UOW Course Options

Diploma students were given a break from classes last Tuesday when they attended an information session at the University of Wollongong.

Organised by Ellen and held in the Faculty of Arts building at the University, students were treated to an informal and informative chat on the myriad of courses available at the UOW in 2007.

The session was hosted by Amanda and Melissa from the UOW. The nervous and tentative; "I don't think I'm ready for this." thoughts of the students was quickly allayed by the friendly and knowledgable hosts.

Many subjects were covered including the application process, eligibility requirements, applying for scholarships, HECS fees as well as which types of course suit various career paths.

Melissa and Amanda were asked many and varied questions with each student's questions answered comprehensively. Nobody was rushed and each student's individual options were explored.

Students were given an information package each and after the session Melissa took us all for a leisurely tour of the University Campus.

On behalf of the students, I would like to thank both Amanda and Melissa for the excellent way in which we were treated. Nothing was too much trouble and their patience was greatly appreciated.

With the students hopefully completing their Diploma this year, Ellen has been working hard behind the scenes interviewing students individually, making sure that all of the Diploma students are aware of which strands they need to complete to attain their Media and Comunication Diploma.

Ellen has also been extremely helpful to the students, offering her support and boosting student's confidence in themselves.

Thanks Amanda, thanks Melissa, thanks Ellen.

How to be a good photographer 101

1.Take lots of pictures. YES, you need to take lots of pictures because there is a chance that we could shortly be announcing an exciting photo competition open to all Media and Communication students at Illawarra Institute!

It could be well worth your while to send photos that you consider good enough to enter into such a competition to Emma and Jess...........More later!

Cert III Create the "Lifestigating" Wiki

The Gongmedia spies have been out and about and it can now can be revealed that the Cert III class has been in conference at a secret location where they created their first group Wiki. Using the pseudonym "Lifestigating" a home page has begun to take shape with links to each students own wikipage.

It seems as if the students have taken to this task quite naturally and we can all look forward to some interesting subject matter in the near future. Jo got them all fired up in an exciting morning session with lots of ideas tossed around.

Good luck Cert III. The web is your oyster. Our intrepid photographer was lucky enough to sneak in and get a photo of the class while they weren't looking.

New Arrivals

We have two new people to help in the ongoing development of our project. Firstly there is Jacqui who has agreed to help with editing and technical stuff. Also joining us is Tracy. Tracy is stepping on to the steep learning curve in the world of blogging - so be kind to her!

Invitation to Cert III

I am cordially extending an invitation to all Cert III students to become a part of our project. Hopefully Jo Kay and myself will be paying you a visit on Friday morning (Sept 8) to fill the "position vacant" above.

Manage a Communication Project Updates

Christine is compiling a Foster Care Booklet as a carers resource focusing on crisis care, medium to long term care and the emotions involved in the day to day care of foster children.

Lani and Nicole have been busy filming (ambushing) students in the creation of their video which will hopefully have it's "world premiere" on Graduation Day. After some technical glitches their systems seems to be up and running. Lani and Nicole intend to expand their horizons and get around the other Media and Communication classes to ambush …er…. interview other students so don’t be surprised if they interview you. The questions they will ask you are……… Sorry, I am under threat of death if I reveal those.

Jess and Ann are proceeding smoothly with the intended promotion of Bandana Day at the TAFE. Official permissions are now being sought and advertising designs for posters and flyers are being created by the highly talented duo who are promoting a worthwhile cause that affects many of us.

Jacqui is steaming ahead with her radio documentary. Progress on this can be found from her Wiki link on the sidebar.

Will, Janelle, Sarah and Eve are organising the graduation ceremony for 2006 and have successful negotiated an increase in funding from last year. They are currently also negotiating the appearance of a special “high profile” media type person to give the address.

Emma and Jess are gathering a collection of graphic art and photographs from the students with all invited to contribute. Hopefully some will be sold and the proceeds will be added to Jess and Ann’s Bandana day fundraiser.

Alysha and Gerry are forging ahead with their wikispace debate on being single vs not being single developing. The catchy name of this is – “Massdebate” – I’m not saying any more except that they welcome contributions to the debate.

CERT IV joins in the project

WELCOME ABOARD CERT IV
I had the pleasure of dropping in on the Cert IV class to promote The Gong Media blog. The promotion of the concept was not difficult.As you can see from the photo the whole class is excited about the prospect of contributing so it looks as if there will shortly be a link to a Cert IV blog added to this page. We even managed to get a "team photo" organised. Michelle has kindly "volunteered" to act as liaison and is your contact person. Remember, this will become your inheritance in 2007. Have fun and we want to see lots of comments. We all own it and hopefully it will become a showpiece for our course.