Connections Showcase 2023

Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus – Wave Riderz: Urban Tides

 

Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus is located in Newcastle on traditional Awabakal land.

Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus logo

 

Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus students created a video titled Wave Riderz: Urban Tides to celebrate the Australian city of Newcastle. It highlights Newcastle’s history, community and stunning geography through drone footage.

Students express their ideas in this video using an original hip hop song, which aims to show audiences what a wonderful and truly unique place their city by the sea is. Through the use of large language models and generative artificial intelligence tools, students from Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus incorporate features of digital creativity to enhance their own original ideas.

Students stand in front of Shepherd’s Hill fort in Newcastle. The image has a colourful paint filter applied.

 

Wave Riderz: Urban Tides

Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus

Duration: 4:14

Watch Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus's video, Wave Riderz – Urban Tides, which highlights the history, community and stunning geography of Newcastle, Australia, through video footage and an original rap.

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Video transcript – Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus - Wave Riderz: Urban Tides

What did the students and teachers have to say?

  • ‘It was a great project for the students to participate in that took them out of the classroom for an authentic learning experience.’ – Megan (teacher)
  • ‘The video allowed students to really show off their creativity in so many ways.’ – Jen (SSLO)
  • ‘I loved filming in Newcastle. My favourite was the drone filming at Nobby's Beach.’ – Sal (student)
  • ‘It was great fun, and we got to be really silly.’ – student

Participating students

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Congratulations to the following students from Years 11 to 12 at Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus for their wonderful submission:

Amelia Woodbine, Annie Thomas, Travis Underhill-Shoesmith, Bailey Mowbray, Samuel Minotti, Xanda Hill, Thomas Clarke, Corey Dorman, Samuel Marchione, Salita Stroud-Watts, Harry Figucio, Corey Reeves, Austin Boyd, Ariana Shiner, Emily Staub, Indra Gardner, Ky Eden, Nathan Houghton, Matt Black and Robert Booth.

Third-party content attributions

  • All student artworks and images courtesy of the respective schools, student artworks © the student artists, 2023, reproduced and communicated with permission.
  • Congratulations banner, created using Canva, 2021.