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787 King Street West Kitchener, ON N2G 1E3 March 6, 2010: Before The Trip

The document is a letter from Nick Petten and Ruby Ku proposing a collaboration with Mr. Bulmer to document a group of students' service trip to Ecuador. They offer to film pre-departure discussions, provide students with cameras to document their trip, and film post-trip discussions. The goal is to empower students and produce a DVD of the trip for students and parents. They are excited about the initiative and look forward to Mr. Bulmer's thoughts on the proposal.

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787 King Street West Kitchener, ON N2G 1E3 March 6, 2010: Before The Trip

The document is a letter from Nick Petten and Ruby Ku proposing a collaboration with Mr. Bulmer to document a group of students' service trip to Ecuador. They offer to film pre-departure discussions, provide students with cameras to document their trip, and film post-trip discussions. The goal is to empower students and produce a DVD of the trip for students and parents. They are excited about the initiative and look forward to Mr. Bulmer's thoughts on the proposal.

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Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School

787 King Street West


Kitchener, ON
N2G 1E3
March 6, 2010

Dear Mr. Bulmer,

I have been referred to you by Matthew Fox, who is currently in Teacher’s College at Queen’s University and will
be teaching at the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School from March 22 – April 9. Through Matt, I
have learned about your Geography class and the group of students that will be going to Ecuador for one week
over March Break. Having been in a service-learning program myself, I realized the importance of being a global
citizen and see tremendous value in your program. I am writing to you today as I would love to discuss further with
you the possibility of collaboration.

A group of friends and I have started an initiative on using various forms of media to tell stories of social change.
We want to leverage the power of storytelling to highlight the important work being done in the community, as
well as to inspire others the reason why it is important for us to commit to something greater than ourselves.

We would like to do the following with your students.

Before the trip:


• Be invited to your class the week before the trip to capture pre-departure discussions. We would like to
capture their excitement and worries on camera

During the trip:


• Provide the group of students with a Flip camcorder and ask them to document their week-long journey.
We will provide a toolkit to serve as guideline and are happy to work with you so that it is consistent with
your plans and approach

After the trip:


• Be invited to your class again to participate in post-journey discussions on camera
• My team will edit the footages and produce DVDs that students and parents can buy at cost by the end of
the year to serve as a travel memoir to this eye-opening journey
• Help with fundraising ideas where appropriate
• Help with spreading the word about the program to the community where appropriate

No clips will be shared with any other individual without the parents’ and/or your permission. The goal of this
exercise is to empower the students to become proactive in finding their own voice and advocating for issues they
are passionate about. Through the process, we also hope they have the chance to understand themselves better
both as an individual and as a team member.

I am very excited about this initiative and would love to hear back from you soon. You could share your thoughts
through Matt at [email protected] or contact us directly at [email protected] or
[email protected]. Please also find attached a presentation on our initiative, We Move Media.

Warm Regards,

Nick Petten and Ruby Ku


Wednesday, March 30
Outreach Plan

Group Discussion [U-Shape in class ~ 25 min]


- Introductions
- Getting the basics onto the camera
- Larger questions:
o What are you hoping to get out of the experience?
o How do you see yourselves working as a team? How will the experience in Cuba
help your group grow? Why is it important for the group to grow in this way?

Breakout Groups / Botswana Presentation


- Objectives/areas that small-group questions will target:
o Why have you decided to participate in this Outreach Program?
o How does or does not this program align itself with your goals for the future?
o What are you nervous about?
o How difficult are you expecting this experience to be? In what ways will this trip
be personally difficult for you?
o What do you expect to learn about Cuba?
o What do you expect to learn about yourself?

Wednesday, March 30
Outreach Plan

Group Discussion [U-Shape in class ~ 25 min]


- Introductions
- Getting the basics onto the camera
- Larger questions:
o What are you hoping to get out of the experience?
o How do you see yourselves working as a team? How will the experience in Cuba
help your group grow? Why is it important for the group to grow in this way?

Breakout Groups / Botswana Presentation


- Objectives/areas that small-group questions will target:
o Why have you decided to participate in this Outreach Program?
o How does or does not this program align itself with your goals for the future?
o What are you nervous about?
o How difficult are you expecting this experience to be? In what ways will this trip
be personally difficult for you?
o What do you expect to learn about Cuba?
o What do you expect to learn about yourself?
Cuba Trip: April 2-10

Suggested Scenarios to film:


1) 1-3 min video-journal every night to recap the day. Each student should take turn
throughout the trip.
2) When come across the following scenarios:
a. I felt frustrated when…
b. I was really touched when…
c. I used to think that……, but now….

Camcorder Specifications:

Battery: The Flip Camcorder runs on regular AA batteries. Mr. Bulmer will have extra batteries
with him on the trip.

Memory: The Flip Camcorder has an 8GB built-in memory and will record 120 minutes of
footages.

Tripod: The tripod could be used to attach to the Flip Camcorder when recording the video-
journal.

Uploading: Plug the built-in USB into a laptop and it will open similar to a memory
stick/external drive.

Other suggestions from the We Move Media team:


1) Practice shooting on Thursday April 1st around the school to get familiar with the Flip
Camcorder, and ask Mr. Bulmer to clear out all footages before the trip.
2) Record scenes of the trip on your own cameras, and only use the Flip Camcorder for
above suggested scenarios. It only holds 120 minutes of footages – so you might want to
come up with a plan as a group of what to shoot. It’s your story so you decide the story
you want to tell.
3) Observe, listen, learn, support each other, and have fun.

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