Port Townsend youth help welcome Dan Burden on walkability tour!

4-H Celebrates Healthy Living!

Jefferson Community School (JCS) students are staying healthy by "walking their way to Mount Rainer" -- with pedometers locked on they walk and record each day's progress toward the 158 miles it would take to walk to Mt. Rainer. They walked over to the Port Townsend City Hall and met with Port Townsend Mayor Michelle Sandoval and Jefferson County Commissioner John Austin. And then who walks in, but Dan Burden!

Dan Burden is the nation's most recognized authority on walkability, bicycle & pedestrian programs, street corridor & intersection design. He was in Port Townsend with fifty urban planners from around the country, as well as New Zealand and Britain. And Dan wanted to meet and greet the students.

The JCS students had a unique opportunity to join Burden and the city planners in a walk through Port Townsend which Burden called "the most interesting city per square foot than any other city in the nation". Burden encouraged the students to think about getting involved in designing the cities of the future. He talked to them about the opportunities that they have to design the cities of the future, to be sure that they don't loose their creativity, but rather think about how they can use their talents to ensure that future cities provide places for kids to play, places for seniors to walk safely, and cities that are designed to be not only sustainable but good places to work and live.

Note: Jefferson Community School students belong to the JCS Expedition Club, a 4-H club that supports national and international service learning expeditions.

4-H Network News - video project resources

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4-H Video Judging Scorecards
These judging sheets can be used at fairs to judge various types of youth-produced videos. Youth can choose the main area they want to be judged in, depending on their role in the production of the individual video. These role areas include:

• Reporter
• Actor
• Editor
• Camera Operator
• Animator
• Script Writer

4-H Mic Flags
Glue on this or make your own paper design so that you have your own customized mic flag!

Take a quart-sized milk carton and cut the bottom part off as high up on the carton as the carton is wide so that you essentially have a cube. Flip it over so that the bottom of the carton is now the top of your new mic flag. Cut a circular hole in the top to insert your microphone into. The new "bottom" of your mic flag will be open so stuff it with some foam to keep it from slipping down away from the microphone.

4-H Video Project Planning Form
This project planning form helps youth explore different types of video genre and analyze ahead of time the elements that go into making various types of video projects (e.g. dialogue, close-ups, interviews, b-roll, etc.)

There is room to write down brainstorming ideas before you begin the filming process and also a blank page for beginning to write your script or improvisational ideas.

It can be an amazing process, putting a 4-H video project together - it often looks like a big puzzle by the time you are finished. This form helps you get at least a road map of ideas together before you dive into the film making process.


Video Storyboard Form

This form gives 4-H youth something visual to help guide them as they plan and write their script for a film.

There is ample room for drawing pictures and writing dialogue. The visual nature of this planning form provides a workable bridge from the "head" stuff of planning to the "eyes and ears" stuff of filming.

Its Showtime! How to Demonstrate the 4-H Way

Whether its a 4-H-ers first 4-H demonstration or 100th, this video is a must. Its Showtime outlines clear, easy to understand steps for successful demonstrations. A pair of hosts take 4-H members step by step through planning, organizing and displaying of example demonstrations. It also gives tips for overall presentation-proper attire, visual aids, and preparing for audience questions.

Produced by New Mexico State University.

Photos by Stephanie Weir

WSU Innovators - The Key to Green Energy!

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From WSU's Youtube Channel: Unlocking the Power of Plants and Algae

What if we could see inside living plants and algae and easily assess their potential as food or fuel? What if farmers could quickly determine the health of their crops and apply precise remedies to improve yields? Exciting new tools developed by WSU scientists are sparking a new revolution in plant science, helping us tap the power of photosynthesis without compromising our food supply or damaging our environment.

How you can help relief efforts in Haiti

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Lost Generation

This video was created for the AARP U@50 video contest and placed second.

It is based on the Argentinian Political Advertisement "The Truth" by RECREAR.
If you would like more info about the video you can find it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFz5jb...

The two songs are
Mind things
Our Lifes, Our Destinies

Beauty
both of which are available for free through the creative commons license and on the site

4-H Passport to Adventure!

Western Regional 4-H Marketing Video.

We are 4-H!

From the North Carolina 4-H Performing Arts Troupe production of "We Are 4-H: The Musical". July 22, 2009 - Paul A Johnston Auditorium, Johnston Community College!

This is an incredible visual and musical production - congratulations to the performers!

Highlights of the 2009 4-H National Youth Science Day!

Atul Gawande shares historical successes in Extension

Atul Gawande became a staff writer at The New Yorker in 1998. Also a surgeon, he completed his surgical residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, in 2003, and joined the faculty as a general and endocrine surgeon. He is also an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, and the associate director of the B.W.H. Center for Surgery and Public Health.

Gawande’s essays have been selected twice for the annual “Best American Essays” collection and six times for the “Best American Science Writing,” and he was the editor of the “Best American Science Writing” for 2006. 

In the essay link below, he shares some important information about the success of Extension educational initiatives in the early 1900s - check it out!

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/12/14/091214fa_fact_gawande

Buried in Sawdust for 50 years: Restoration of Salmon Creek Estuary

Buried in Sawdust for 50 years: Restoration of Salmon Creek Estuary from North Olympic Salmon Coalition on Vimeo.

Holiday Giving Tree is now at the WSU Jefferson County Extension office!

Welcome to the 4-H Holiday Giving Tree 2009!

Paws-N-Claws 4-H cat club helps the annual Tri-Area Christmas for Children program each year to provide gifts each holiday season for Jefferson County children ages 0 – 17.

UNWRAPPED gifts are especially needed for children ages 8 – 15 (mid-teens), both boys and girls.

But gifts for all children, ages 0 – 17 are welcome.

UNWRAPPED gift donations for the Tri-Area Christmas for Children Program may be placed under the 4-H Holiday Giving Tree at the WSU Extension office, 201 W. Patison in Port Hadlock BEFORE December 13th.

Paws-N-Claws club members will then make the delivery to the VFW Hall.

Please contact Laurie Hampton of Paws-N-Claws at 437-2388 if you have any questions.

Jefferson Community School 4-H Expedition Club visits Pennsylvania to study coal energy and culture

Shown l. to r: Gary Lilley (teacher), Jae, Django, Becca, Jesaint, Lacee 4-H assistant), Ivan,
Pamela Roberts (4-H coordinator) and Caleb.
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Shown in front of the salmon sculpture at the WSU Jefferson County Extension office are students and staff from Jefferson Community School. They came to receive training from Pamela Roberts, Jefferson County 4-H coordinator, related to video production. They are excited about processing 8 hours of tapes they recorded while visiting Pennsylvania on a 4-H expedition to explore coal energy and culture. While there they interviewed many people related to the coal industries and history. We can't wait to see these videos!

Washington State sends a delegation to D.C. for digital storytelling training!

Shown from left to right are: Karen McCloskey, Tyris Wilcox, Hannah Tipton, and Pamela Roberts. They represented Washington State in the Digital Storytelling Training recently held in Washington D.C. and sponsored by the 4-H National Council.