Texas FFA Agricultural Communications Career Development Event 2023

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The 2023 Texas FFA Agricultural Communications Career Development Event offers a comprehensive schedule including team orientation, press conference, quizzes, practicums, and more. Contestants will engage in activities such as a communications quiz, editing exercise, practicum work, and web design. The event culminates with result announcements on April 25, 2023. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in agricultural communication and web design through practical exercises and hands-on experiences.

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2023 Texas FFA Agricultural Communications Career Development Event

Today +Event schedule +Quizzes +Practicums +Preparation instructions +Checklist of supplies

Contest Agenda: Saturday, April 22, 2023 + 7:15 a.m. Rooms open to set up laptops + 7:30 a.m. Registration opens + 8:00 Team orientation, 102 Agricultural Education & Communications Building + 8:10 Press conference + 8:20 Q&A with press conference speakers + 8:30 Dismiss to practicum rooms + 8:40 Communications quiz (in the same room as practicum) + 9:00 Editing exercise (in the same room as practicum) + 9:20 Practicum work begins + 11:00 Contestants will return to Room 102 All times after 8 a.m. are approximate. Tuesday, April 25, 2023 + 2:30 p.m. Results announced via Zoom (link to be sent at a later date)

Quizzes

Communications Quiz +Same room, same computer as practicum +20 minutes +Online question sheet +Online scantron +25 questions +Multiple choice +Chapters 1-9: +Telg, R. and T. Irani. Agricultural Communication in Action: A Hands-On Approach, 1st edition. Cengage/Delmar Publishing, ISBN 1111317143 (Online versions available).

Editing Exercise +Online question sheet +20 minutes +Online scantron +25 questions +Multiple choice +GSP & AP Style

Practicums

Structure +All materials will be online +Speaker bio +Fact sheet +Photos & logo +Videos +Link to website will be provided +Guest Wi-Fi provided +Submit online, except video

Web Design +Design a site in Word Press with a menu and three pages +Designers act as if they work for the press conference speaker s organization +Free templates allowed. Customizing templates is allowed. +Photos, graphics, and dummy text will be provided to the designers. + Adobe Photoshop will not work in our lab. +Lab only has PCs; students may bring their own laptop. + Chromebooks will not work. +Students will be provided with login instructions, username, and password. +Once the student confirms the site is complete, the password will change.

Video Production +Edit a 60-90 second video in Adobe Premiere Pro for the speaker s organization +Must bring own laptop +Must have Adobe Premiere installed. Must have Adobe username & password +Students must be able to export their videos. +Name the file with the chapter name and the student s last name. +Example: Lubbock_Smith +When finished, students will save to lab monitor s external drive.

Journalistic Writer +Press Release +PCs with Word provided +The story should be written as if the write works for the speaker s organization. +The story should be 100% factual and not contain opinions. +The story should be 250 350 words. +Save the file with the chapter name and student's last name. + Example: Lubbock_Jones +When finished, students will upload to the contest submission website

Opinion Writer +Blog post +Bring your own laptop +Although the document should also be 100% factual, the writer needs to incorporate his or her opinion. +Write the story as if he or she works for the speaker s organization or is a strong supporter of the organization. The post should be 250- 300 words +Save the file with the chapter name and student's last name. +Example: Lubbock_Johnson +When finished, students will upload to the submission site.

To Prepare

PREPARE! Grammar, spelling, punctuation Pixelated images, wrong proportions, broken links. To do list Communications National FFA is a great example of a press release Blog examples Video help: Adobe, Premiere Gal, Jason Levine, my course pack Word Press forum,

To do list - Technical +Ensure video editor has access to a current Adobe Creative Cloud subscription +Video editor knows how to export. +If they bring a laptop, they need to know the password +Sticky notes with password are permitted +All students should know to save often. +Teach writers how to save and retrieve a file from the computer

To bring: +Official dress +Pen or pencil for each contestant +One laptop computer equipped with Microsoft Word and WiFi +And the login information +One laptop computer equipped Adobe Premiere and WiFi +And the login information +Headphones for the video editor. The old timey kind with wires. +Optional laptop equipped with WiFi for the web designer +Power cords for each laptop

Leave at home or with teacher: PHONE SMART WATCH BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES BAGS, PURSES, CLIPBOARDS

Reminders +Things change as we work through the online submission system +We are borrowing computer labs. +We are working to make this contest paperless and user friendly. +Patience is appreciated +We are volunteers