Make Over Progress

Since Thursday May 17th, Frank Fontana and his crew have been hard at work rehabbing the CTVN studio. CTVN headquarters is full of chaos with workers, building equipment, and excitement.  The construction will be done soon and the students will have an amazing new workspace! Anticipation to see the completed Read more…

CTVN’s Studio Gets a Make-Over

We have been given the amazing opportunity to receive a studio make over at CTVN by the folks at the Down and Dirty with Frank Fontana show!   “Down and Dirty with Frank Fontana”, a DIY  home and work redux online television series, sponsored by Craftsman and Kenmore, is remodeling Read more…

Ada S. McKinley Video Blogs

The students at Ada S. McKinley have started their own videos blogs. Their film instructor, Mel Gonzalez, gives us the scoop about these videos interviews. “The blog spawned out of a flip camera assignment where kids would borrow a flip camera for a week and interview friends, family, neighbors, etc. Read more…

How Media Influences Change

We were invited to observe Jen Smith’s film class at Truman Middle College, our alternative high school partner in the North Side of Chicago. Jen has been educating students at Truman for a few years now and has developed useful techniques to engage the students in media literacy. The students Read more…