{"id":18448,"date":"2020-07-21T23:39:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T03:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=18448"},"modified":"2020-07-21T23:39:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T03:39:02","slug":"wny-genesee-valley-boces-announce-award-winners-in-the-annual-digital-media-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/07\/21\/wny-genesee-valley-boces-announce-award-winners-in-the-annual-digital-media-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"WNY\/Genesee Valley BOCES announce award winners in the annual digital media festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Christina Brown, a student from Batavia City Schools, created a design called Covid-19 and placed third in the DIGIES 7-9 Grade Graphic Arts division.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LeRoy, New York, July 21, 2020 – The DIGIES is an annual digital media conference and festival run by the School Library System, a program of the Genesee Valley BOCES. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mission of The DIGIES is to strengthen the digital media continuum between PreK-12 schools, higher education and professional institutions. The DIGIES recognizes student potential in an annual festival format and draws student entries from all throughout the region and the Upstate New York area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The year\u2019s festival awards event was scheduled to be held in June at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this awards ceremony was canceled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emilee Hillman and Andrea Fetterly, Library Technologies\u2019 Specialists coordinate this conference. Fetterly shared that, despite the school building closures due to COVID-19, how this year\u2019s festival drew a number of entries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are excited to celebrate the amazing creativity and skill demonstrated by the participants in this year’s DIGIES festival. Despite a shortened in-person school year and extraordinary circumstances, students continue to achieve great success,\u201d Fetterly said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a listing of all the event categories, age groupings, award winners and their school districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to these imaginative students!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st: Jazzy Stuff by Kathryn Arbegast – Rush-Henrietta CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd: Stargazing by Chuck Fantauzzo – Rush-Henrietta CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd: Ascending to Space by Elizabeth Michalek – Rush-Henrietta CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graphic Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st: Rochester at Night by Bennett Antonucci – Geneseo CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd: Purple Flash by Emily Lippert – Livonia CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd: Popcorn Poem by Adriana Abbott – Livonia CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st: The Stranger by Zac Hakes – Hilton CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd: Fatoma by Cornelia Adakah – Pittsford CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd: Covid-19 by Christina Brown – Batavia CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd: En Pointe by Cammi Eccleston – Hilton CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st: Viking Crew by Jamison Cole – Pittsford CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st: Self-Portrait by Rachel Schofield – York CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd: Strawberry in Vase by Haylie Dixon – York CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd: 5P3R psyd Self Portrait by Jasper Owen – Pittsford CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interactive Media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st: LivCo Lifts by Tatum Smith & Danielle Trescott – Livonia CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PreK-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st: Catman Saves the World by David Mahar Sweet & Eli Tinelli – Geneseo CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd: Rainbow Goggles Commercial by Riley Frey – Geneseo CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd: Blue Whale by Molly Maxwell – Livonia CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st: Now Read This by Leah Whittel, Hannah White, Aaron Kime, and Keegan Sheesley – Livonia CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd: The Big Mess by Christina Bohrer, McKenzie Barber, and Chloe Swift – Livonia CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd: Big Springs Museum Blacksmith by Alexander Cleere – Caledonia-Mumford CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st: The Silk Road by Jonathan Popper – Pittsford CSD (Submitted by Animatus Studio)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd: Land Rover Series III Pickup: Desert Joyride by Zachary Heiman – Dansville CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd: Things to do in Quarantine by Matthew Covert – LeRoy CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st: Doors by Jacob French – Geneseo CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd: Michi by Ashlyn Kreiss – Pittsford CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd: A Quest to Learn Part I by Devon Deuel – Dansville CSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd: Quarantine Catch by Mikayla Hickey, Makenna Boyce, Kayla Yax, Adeline Kautz, Kelsey Kautz, Samantha Sawyer, Neva Saile, Emma Raines, Courtney Schum, Emily Balduf, Sydney Smith and Taylor Fletcher (Alexander Softball) – Alexander CSD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press release LeRoy, New York, July 21, 2020 – The DIGIES is an annual digital media conference and festival run by the School Library System, a program of the Genesee Valley BOCES. The mission of The DIGIES is to strengthen the digital media continuum between PreK-12 schools, higher education and \u2026<\/p>\n

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