As the New River Academy Media Specialist I have to juggle a lot of projects and assignments with the kayak school. It also gives me the opportunity to torment my students with an endless barrage of assignments that continually challenge them and improve their technical media skills as well as concept driven visual communication.

The Video II students have been working there fingers to the bone on a documentary style series of videos for Chile Rivers.org, a service learning project that intends to promote ecotourism to the rivers of Chile. This is an ambitious project that hopes to help halt the damming of Chilean rivers by stimulating another use of these resources: tourism. When this site is finished it will become a comprehensive guide for tourists and kayakers looking to explore the rivers of Chile.

The photo students are busy developing their skills in visual communication. After spending a semester learning the technical aspects of photography, photo students are moving into the next step of the trade: concept photography. Students will be given focused assignments such as lifestyle photography, landscape photography, whitewater photography, and abstract photography. Each student will produce a final project of their choice.

Stay tuned to the NRA kayak blog to see what our media students are producing.

See you on the water!