Cole Pierce
Video Production Portfolio
NEIU CCAS
ACTMA Video
2017
The Assessing Computation Thinking in Making Activities (ACTMA) project aims to create embedded, adaptive, and culturally unbiased activities and formative assessments of computational thinking (CT) in STEM that can be used in informal learning spaces such as makerspaces, but can also be brought into more formal physics classroom experiences.
Video Production by Cole Pierce
NEIU CCAS
Inquiry Documentary
2018
Madeline Kobayashi is a Golden Apple Award winning language arts teacher and has been working with CCAS’s Professional Development team for several years to develop an Inquiry and Design based curriculum. We met Ms. Kobayashi when she attended our Young Adult Literature Conference, which features literacy activities and strategies to foster high classroom engagement. At the YAL Conference, Ms. Kobayashi participated in a workshop featuring the book, Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White, and later wrote a Units for Books grant, which provided her classroom with a set of books and consulting from our PD team. This video features Ms. Kobayashi’s reflection on her process in creating and implementing the unit and documents her 9th grade classroom at Senn High School in 2017. Ms. Kobayashi later went on to be a presenter at the YAL Conference, sharing her process and findings with other teachers. The GEAR UP grant provides support for both the YAL Conference and the Units for Books initiative.
Video Production by Cole Pierce and Luis Valenzuela
NEIU CCAS
Motivational Interviewing and Experiential Education
2015
Richard Rutschman of NEIU's Center for College Access and Success has been pioneering a type of counseling called Motivational Interviewing. Rutschman, along with interns from the Adler School of Psychology, and Danny Gordon (Director of Talent Search at CCAS), have been working with a group of high school students. The program culminated in a retreat to an Adventure Camp and High Ropes Course. The Adler School of Professional Psychology’s Department of Community Engagement recognized the Center for College Access and Success at its Partner Appreciation Event on June 5, 2015. Danny Gordon and Rich Rutschman accepted the Community Trailblazer Award for the Center’s commitment to social change and outstanding mentorship.
Video Post-Production by Cole Pierce
NEIU CCAS BPP
Online Zine Workshop
2020
In collaboration with Brown and Proud Press, NEIU CCAS developed a series of videos intended to be used for online classes studying zine making. Episode one is an introduction to Brown and Proud Press and explanation of zines and zine making culture. Produced during stay at home orders in the spring of 2020, these videos were filmed by members of BPP.
Video Produced by Cole Pierce
NEIU CCAS
Short Promo
2016
Promotional Video for Northeastern Illinois University’s Center for College Access and Success
Video Production by Cole Pierce and Luis Valenzuela
NEIU CCAS
Staff Interview
2017
In the first episode of Going Places, Jeremy Babcock interviews Shirley Horton, a Parent Advocate for NEIU CCAS's GEAR UP Program. Ms Horton has passionately worked with students and parents at Uplift High School, promoting academic success and college attendance.
Video Production by Cole Pierce and Luis Valenzuela