Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Cabell County Marching Cavalier Choir

Following is an interview with Jackie Thompson about the Cabell COunty Schools Marching Cavalier Choir. This group was a combined choir form the four high schools at the time, huntington High, Huntington East High, Barboursville High and Milton High. Segment One Cabell County Marching Cavaliers Choir Interview with Jackie Thompson -1 by Ed's Sound Cloud Segment Two Cabell County Marching Cavalier Choir Interview with Jackie Thompson - 2 by Ed's Sound Cloud Segment Three Cabell County Marching Cavalier Choir Interview with Jackie Thompson - 3 by Ed's Sound Cloud

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Cabell Midland High School Alma Mater

Cabell Midland High School Alma Mater Recorded on February 12, 2013 in the school auditorium, Ron Caviani - tech director Bradley Warner - audio and post production mixing Ed Harkless, Leslie Riedel - choral directors Alma Mater Combined Choirs 2013WAV by Ed's Sound Cloud

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Week Three Oral History

Week Three:
    Explain why it is important to develop open ended questions for an oral History interview? Describe where you plan to conduct your interview. Why is it a good idea to make the interviewee comfortable?

Open ended questions ask for a narrative answer, not merely a "yes" or "no".  The purpose of doing these interviews is to allow the subject being interviewed to share details about their particular experience(s) as it related/relates to their personal lives.

A relaxed setting encourages people to talk more freely and allows for comfort in the interview.

As to where I plan to conduct my interview.......not yet decided.

Week Two Oral History

Week Two:

    In what ways can oral history projects benefit students?


  Students will be able to learn history from the perspective of an individual, a "slice of life" approach.
  How can they bring students to an understanding of the past?
Very often, the recollection of an individual is much more interesting than accounts found in a text. The added interest that comes about form interviewing someone who can say "I was there" may very likely spark a student's interest and encourage the student to do further research, having found through personal interviews that the subject is indeed interesting to them.

  **Develop 5 questions to start an oral history project with someone outside of the school setting.

1. Can you tell me some of the events in your life that led to the event we are discussing?

2. What were some of your thoughts as you lived through this experience?

3. Can you remember other people around you that were in this experience and how did it effect them?

4. Were you aware of the "big picture" at the time or were your energies involved in the smaller, personal event that were a part of - can you describe the differences now, looking back at your experience?

5. Would you describe how this event has changed your life?


Week One Oral History

Week One:
Describe why it is important to develop questions when working with Oral History projects? How can Oral History Project enhance students learning?


Response:

Questions must be carefully thought out and planned in order to give those interviewed a starting point that encourages answers given in a narrative instead of just "yes" and "no".  Work out questions to help guide the responder in giving information that is relevant to the subject matter of the project goal.

Students will be able to learn hitory from the perspective of an individual, a "slice of life" approach. This will help students understand that all recorded history is biased by the writer's experiences and research. Text writers, etc., select what general information is included in their narrative. The "Oral History" approach gives students an opportunity to have an interviewer's story line like one might view on History Channel, etc.