Check out this awesome student project:

The Interactive Media Program at the South-Western Career Academy sent 15 students to the state competition for Business Professionals of America on March 13 & 14, 2014. Business Professionals of America is the leading CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields. The South-Western Career Academy (SWCA) services eligible juniors and seniors from the South-Western City Schools District. The Interactive Media Design program is taught by Jay DiMasso and Derek Fitzer.

Shane Richardson won 1st place in graphic design promotion and was awarded a $2500 scholarship to the School of Advertising Art for winning first in the state. Shane had to develop and present a flyer and logo promoting the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California, May 6-10, 2015. To qualify for state, Shane competed against 25 plus students from the Region 14 BPA schools which consists of Eastland, Pickerington North, Central Crossing, Grove City, Westland and Franklin Heights.   Shane won the regionals in February to qualify for state. At the state competition he competed against all regional champs from across Ohio. Shane score an almost perfect score of 79.5 out of 80 on his presentation to the judges.

Ethan Olson was runner up in computer modeling. Ethan had to design a concept race car prototype to be driven in a futuristic Indianapolis 500 race and present an explanation of how and why he designed it. To present the info, Ethan created a video presentation that showed the step by step design and research process to create his rendered 3D model of the race car. Ethan won 1st place in the regional competition in February to qualify for state. Ethan competed against all regional champs from across Ohio in route to becoming the state runner up.

Ethan and Shane will be competing at Nationals in Indianapolis, IN April 30-May 4, 2014. Both of their graphics are attached as well.
Ethan Olson (Lt) & Shane Richardson (Rt) –when looking at photo

In addition to the above mentioned students success, the team of Dakota Hubbard and Jessica Young placed in the top 10 for computer animation. Other students that participated in state competition were Ory Mattingly
Keagon King, Jeffrey Reed, Mohamed Abdi, Marianna Stephens, Thomas Flanders, Ana Montes, Nicholas Davidson, Jacob Metz, Glicerio Hawk, Anthony Vallette, and Thomas Flanders.

IMMT 151 Audio Editing/Voice-Over final Project.
This class was fun! I used my senior class for the crowd and accent voices.

Nothing better than student success.   Shane placed 1st in the BPA graphic design promotion competition and was awarded a $2500 scholarship to School of Advertising Arts.  He will be taking his graphic to national competition later this year!

http://www.usciences.edu/teaching/tips/spal.shtml#promoting