I’m Sara, a middle school Career and Technical Education Teacher that also teaches Digital Media. My 7th and 8th grade Digital Media class produced the school’s daily live morning news show, creates content for the school’s social media, and produces the Yearbook.
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WeVideo subscription for 75 studentsCanva for Education Adobe Express - We use this very little. Capcut - (2024) Students with cell phones choose to use Capcut. I don’t necessarily use it in class. I do pay for a subscription in order to caption our Morning News Show. (2025) Phones are not allowed on campus anymore.
Blog Posts
In 2025, I hope to share more about my Digital Media classroom in a series of blog posts. Since I lack consistency (self-awareness), I decided not to make a real blog using a blogging platform and instead will be using Notion to share different ideas below.
We started daily live morning announcements in SY2526. Here’s the equipment we use for live streaming.