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Election Project: Virginia House of Delegates, 2021: Final Product: A News Broadcast!

Showcase your Project

Read all about it!  How TV Reporters Write the News

Write a Script

  • Prepare what you or your partner will share during the news broadcast

Choose an option below for your News Broadcast:

1) Live Presentation during class

  • Option: display slides but do not read from them
  • Option: have notes in hand, as many news anchors to

3) Create a video using WeVideo 

  •  WeVideo

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What are your issues?

  • Consider finding stock photos to represent education, environment, law enforcement, broadband/internet, etc...
  • Britannica provides the MLA citation. Copy and paste onto a slide to include at the end of your presentation, whether live or in wevideo.

WeVideo

Create a News Broadcast with WeVideo

Directions:

  • Logon to WeVideo with Google (student ID number @fcpsschools.net)
  • Create a new project
    • Collaborative, share with partner
    • Import
      • A few slides
      • Photos of candidates
      • Video taken with cell phones (on location)
    • Record - record yourself presenting the news broadcast (imagine the news we've seen over the last year, with everyone at home - check your background)
  • Add text, music and transitions
  • Cite images, photos, etc, used on slides or in the video upload your citation slide to wevideo as your last item

Tutorials

Below you'll find Ms. Scott's demonstration with WeVideo How-To strategies.  In addition, there are two tutorials from WeVideo.