Technology Staff Develop New Video Restoration Software
Damaged videotapes in the Visual History Archive, previously thought to be unfixable, are being restored thanks to new software developed by USC Shoah Foundation technology staff.
English and composition teacher Oriana Packer, of Brockton High School in Brockton, Mass., assigned her junior students the IWitness Video Challenge. Here, three of them share what it was like to watch testimony for the first time.
(In the photo, left to right: Kweku Quansah, Lucia Ugbesia, Alexandra Eugene, Oriana Packer)
When did you first learn about the Holocaust?
Oriana Packer teaches college prep freshman English and honors junior language and composition at Brockton High School in Brockton, Mass. Her junior class completed the IWitness Video Challenge, which asks students to create videos showing how they were inspired by testimony to create positive change in their communities.
What attracted you to IWitness? Why did you want to use it in your classroom?
Student Voices Film Contest Award Ceremony
USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) Room 106
Awards for the Institute’s annual Student Voices Film Contest will be announced. The evening will include screenings of the winning films as well as a panel discussion with honorees and the distinguished jury.
Independent filmmakers Eric Kabera and Sam Kadi will serve on the Student Voices Film Contest jury for the first time.
Finding the Human in Digital Humanities
USC Doheny Memorial Library (DML), Room 240
How Many Bytes does it Take to Get to the Center?
Finding the Human in Digital Humanities