I know I have become a more self-directed learner because I have taken initiative and responsibility. One of the moments that shows me doing this is when I attempted to set up an interview from a potential source. […]

What’s the Story is a year-long digital storytelling course. What makes it stand out from a typical course is that it allows students to design their own curriculum. The adults in the program are less involved in […]

On Thursday, January 26, Casey, Bryce and I conducted interviews at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. We interviewed them about pollution in Lake Champlain and what young people are doing to reduce the pollution in […]

Our first interview, one that we did at CVU, went well. We were interviewing Andrew Silverman, a student at CVU who created an algae-detecting buoy that sprays algaecide to kill blue-green algae. I operated the […]

Coming into the retreat, I was not sure of what I would learn and the technological aspects of filmmaking. The only experience I have of video editing is when I make stop-motion animation films. Stop-motion […]

The following are people that my group may want to interview:

Senators Bray and Ayers. They are involved in creating legislation and could be helpful in giving our group information about the work that the […]

The retreat began promptly at 9 AM last Saturday in the parking lot of Middlebury Union High School. I was carpooling with four other WTS students, each of whom were at least a foot taller than me.

When we got […]

In a single sentence, describe the change you are seeking.

I am seeking to save the bees from extinction.

In a single sentence, describe the audience you will be targeting?

I am targeting the ag […]

The issue that I have decided to pursue is the decline of honey bees. This topic is not just about helping bees. It is about the future of our crops and the plant ecosystem. I believe that nature’s problems are ev […]

What is the conflict?

I think that the conflict of these three articles is the decline of bees in Vermont. Not just honey bees, but also the rare rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis). However, each article […]

In the TED talk How Great Leaders Inspire Action, Simon Sinek says, “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” Sinek also says, “The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. […]

I have not selected a topic yet, so I will be interviewing three people in my life about local issues that are important to them. Their ideas might guide me towards a topic.
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Questions to ask […]

                                                                                                                       I am the one who…  plays the piano
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I really don’t know what topic I should research.  I could use the topic I had came up previously which was GMO labeling, but now that I have seen all of the options that were on the Social Action Topics page, it […]