Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
DIY Podcast Spring 2025
All students must complete a project for these class
- Class size: Maximum of 6 students
- Grade level: 6-12
- Day/Time: Fridays 1:30-4:00
- Class Dates: January 10 - February 21 (7 weeks) Note: February 21th class only: 1:30-4:30
- Location: Arden Grace, 6891 M-139, Berrien Springs
- Instructors: Dan Collison & Elizabeth Meister of Long Haul Productions, a not-for-profit audio documentary production company based outside Three Oaks.
- email: longhaulpro@me.com
- Phone: 269/612-8202
Class Description: Curious? Creative? This class is for you! We’ll start by interviewing each other — and graduate to interviewing cool people doing great things. We’ll gather with pillows and popcorn for listening sessions, and we’ll edit and craft a mini-podcast that will be offered online and (hopefully) on local radio. We’ll likely choose a few people to interview about their jobs, and those occupations might include anything from doctor to dancer to race car driver. It’s all up to you and your classmates.
We’ll encourage students to reach out to specific people they want to interview.
*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
