March 19, 2015

Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 2015: Important Issues

Students in Radio Club at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 wrote and recorded these pieces where they describe issues and concerns they have about their school, their neighborhood and even the world. In addition to these pieces, they each chose one person they would like to interview and shared one question they would ask that person.

March 19, 2015

Pittsburgh King After School: Super Power

If you had to pick one super power, what would you choose? We asked students at Pittsburgh King the same question and got some really off the board answers. Our Radio Club members aren’t interested in standard powers like flying or invisibility, but would rather have control over lava or be able to melt faces.

March 18, 2015

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Overrated/Underrated & Discussion of Drugs in School

We asked Radio Club members in our first two blocks what they thought was overrated. The topic and subject were up to them. As you might imagine, there was a great variety of responses – everything thing from Tom Brady and the New England Patriots to blue jeans.

March 12, 2015

Pittsburgh King After School: Interviewing

Students at Pittsburgh King got the chance to interview each other and learn some basic examination techniques. Afterwards we played the Who Am I? game, where students try to figure out which famous person they are by asking their fellow classmates questions.

March 12, 2015

Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 2015: Three Things About Me

Students in Radio Club at Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 wrote and recorded these pieces where they describe themselves in three ways. These pieces are a result of the first of six weekly sessions in which students will learn about the microphones, mixers and digital recorders used in producing features for radio.