Jun 04 2010

The leaves were red and brown and it was chilly and rainy but that didn't stop us getting The POD out and about in May for a massive two-day ICT conference called Kids Congress on the 27th and 28th May held at Addington Raceway Events Centre. Kids Congress was celebrating its tenth birthday. Waimairi and Windsor Schools, along with CORE Education, teamed up again for this exciting event and Plains FM staffies Nicki and Edward provided a breakout session for budding broadcasters called RADIO RAVES.

We worked with 9 super students from a mix of schools - Longbeach, Ashley, Oaklands, Ashgrove, Banks Avenue and even Alexandra Primary.

The kids learnt about presentation and voice work, scripting, interviewing, doing vox pops, and even some digital editing. They broke into 3 groups of 3 and each created a programme for broadcast. They were based on music, sport and Kids Congress itself. They then did some editing on their work and we polished and tweaked the rest back at Plains FM. Check out the podcasts here!

Sport - http://thepod.geek.nz/on-demand/radioraves-sport/
Music - http:// thepod.geek.nz /on-demand/radioraves-music/
Kids Congress - http:// thepod.geek.nz /on-demand/radioraves-kidscongress/

The children also got a chance to tour and record some stuff at Plains FM in our fully equipped studios. Plus they went on air live (just briefly!).

Kids Congress is for South Island kids and organised by teachers and students from Waimairi and Windsor Schools. The theme was based around fun and celebration and called ‘Take A Break ‘N’ Celebrate’ which reflected the event's 10th birthday.

You can visit the Kids Congress website http://www.core-ed.net/kidscongress/ for more information and see if you'd like to be involved in next year's event.

We'll see you around. Just look out for the big red headphones and our staffies friendly smiling faces!!