Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
Acting for the Camera Fall 2026
All students must complete a project for these classes.
- Instructor: Mark Ring
- Email: mring@homeoftheshamrocks.org
- Phone: 269-932-5531
- Location: Online
- Format: Online (Google Classroom) **Note: This will be a different Google Classroom than the one used by your mentor. The class code will be emailed the week before class starts.
- Day/Time: Once a week / Asynchronous for 8 weeks **Information and Assignments will be posted on Monday mornings and you will have a week to complete each task/assignment when it works best for you as long as you keep up with deadlines.
- Class Dates: September 14th - November 2nd, 2026
- Additional registration on-site is not required.
Grades 6-12
Have you ever wanted to act in commercials, TV, or movies? This 8-week asynchronous course teaches the fundamentals of acting for the camera through real audition-style work. Students will complete recorded “auditions,” learning how to prepare, rehearse, and perform for the screen. Students will work inside Google Classroom with weekly lessons, videos, and guided practice. Every other week, students submit a recorded audition and receive teacher feedback.
Acting for the Camera Syllabus
*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Mark Ring mring@shamrocks.us
