February 4, 2014

Clairton CASTLE: Three Things About Me

Radio Club’s second semester at Clairton’s CASTLE program has officially begun! Huzzah! To welcome our new cadre of Radio Club-ers we asked them three questions: “How do you think others would describe you?” “What do you like to do outside of class?” and “Would you rather be a werewolf or a vampire?”

January 17, 2014

Pittsburgh Langley K-8: Mustang Sports Report

Students in Citiparks’ After School Academy at Pittsburgh Langley K-8 recorded this sports report to update their classmates on the progress of the Langley Girls Basketball team, as well as share their personal sports stories. These pieces are the result of weekly sessions in which students are learning about the equipment and techniques used in producing features for radio, with the goal of creating announcements for their morning assembly.

January 14, 2014

Clairton CASTLE: New Years Resolutions

Radio Club is finally back from the holiday break, and to start things off we asked our students what were their New Years Resolutions. Many vowed to do better in school, while others aspired to achieve mayoral dominance; watch out Peduto, Leah is running on the three-minute-once-a-week-school-day platform.

December 17, 2013

Clairton CASTLE: SLB Studio Fieldtrip & Building A Microphone – Before/After

On our last day of Radio Club before the holidays, students visited The Saturday Light Brigade radio studio in the basement of the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum. Once there, they recorded what they’d learned about building microphones, then sang some awesome karaoke of “What Does the Fox Say.”