"Drill-Off" / 2006 2nd Annual Panther Film Festival

"Drill-Off"

Big Idea: I knew we had an audience coming in at 6:15pm for the presentation of our 2nd Annual Panther Film Festival, but from 4:30pm until then, I wanted to get the teens familar with one of the several tools they would be utilizing in the next few weeks. So I came up with a safe but fun, timed competition called a "Drill-Off".

Dates: Monday, February 6th

Groups Participating: Panther Boys and Girls Club Teens

Attendance: Seven teens including Jasmine, Eddie, Michael, Andrea, Thomas, and Joshua.

Software: None

Hardware: None

Materials: 3 drills, lots o' scraps o' wood, various sized wood screws, vices and vice grips, and safety googles.

Directions: First, I grouped all the teens around our work table. I then had them watch me use the drills properly using safety googles and vices. Then I had each of them drill in one screw in front of me to make sure they could do it correctly. After that, I split the teens into groups of two. Then I gave each team a drill and screws. I then told them they have 1 hour to build a wooden stand that is at least 4 iches off the ground that will support my wieght, and we will test the stands in front of our film festival audince as a preview to the movies. When it came around to testing the stands, I made sure to announce the team members and have them stand-up for the big moment.

Associated Concepts: Teamwork with a team-mate, tool competency, design and engineering.

Best Part: The drum roll before each test, and the fact that they all past the tests.

Worst Part: None, it went over perfectly.

Improvements: A camera! always have a camera!

2006 2nd Annual Panther Film Festival

After the "drill-off" presentation, it was time for the public premier of "A Glimps At Our Life At Our Club", a film created by the Panther teens of DesignIT. I sincerly hope this tradition of our annual film festival continues for years to come. Like last year, we created tickets to get in which they handed out to the kids, we had snacks for all those who attended, had theater-like seating (not stadium, but pretty good) and like any other premier, we introduced the makers of the film. Something differant from last year was, before we showed the new film, we played last year's film, "Leaders Of Love". This film, by the way, won the Boys and Girl's Club regional film competition. The kid's got a kick out of this part because of the fact they got to see how different everyone was from a year ago. Alot of laughter and alot of fun.