Digital Communication Pathway

WHAT IS DIGITAL COMMUNICATION PATHWAY
(previously known as the Media Arts Pathway)

One of the most in-demand college degrees employers look for is Communications & Marketing. Workers and lifelong learners in the 21st century need to communicate information, ideas and opinions in a variety of media. Digital Communication Pathway students will gain skills to be savvy consumers and skilled producers of media. Digital Communication Pathway students produce Galileo’s weekly G-House TV Broadcasts and ad campaigns.

CURRICULUM

YEAR 1: INTRO TO DIGITAL COMMUNICATION (10th or 11th grade)

• Learn Photoshop
• Build Websites
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Dreamweaver
• Marketing & Branding for Ad Campaigns
• Large-scale Web Projects launched live on the Internet
• Web-Based Personal Portfolios
• Intro to Video with Video Bootcamp - produce a new video each week (spring semester)
• Final Project: Personal Portfolio Video

ADVANCE VIDEO PRODUCTION

(Prerequisite: Intro to Digital Communication or instructor permission)

• Produce weekly G-House Broadcasts for TV & Website
• Create commercials & short videos to promote Galileo’s sense of community
• Spring Semester: Student voices will be heard as they explore topics they care about and developed polished statement videos