This program looks at the various stages in making a video – from concept development to production and finally editing in post-production. A number of staff involved in this program provide first-hand insight into how it progressed through the various stages of the video-making process.
Grade levels: Adult
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Effective Essay Writing for Senior Students
The program takes students through the process of essay-writing from preparation and planning, through structure, fluency and style, to a decisive conclusion.
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Marketing that Works
VEA’s marketing has long been a trend-setter in the industry. A good marketing plan derived from the company’s overall vision and plans, an excellent marketing mix which changes to meet changing circumstances, innovative market research techniques, and competent staff to put plans into practice.
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Training Awareness: Acute Responses and Chronic Adaptations
This program aims to identify and distinguish between immediate (acute) responses to exercise and long term (chronic) adaptations to exercise by describing the structure, function and the effect of exercise on the three body systems most responsible for movement, these being the cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular systems. The program includes highly effective diagrams and animation and several experts provide quality information. The program is divided into clear sections, at the end of which students are provided with effective summaries of key information.
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A Two Way Street: You and the Organization
This program examines the key rights and responsibilities of both the employer and employee, reviews the nature of work, explores the fundamental employer-employee relationship with workers and employers at a range of industry worksites, and examines a variety of views about unions, working conditions, training, attitudes to work and the nature of the relationship between the boss and the worker.
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Using Computers Safely
Now that computers are an integral part of our working and recreational lives, several health problems have emerged including: Repetitive strains; Back pain; The socio-health problems related to lack of exercise and reduced inter-personal communication. Most, if not all, of these problems appear to be preventable, provided a few basic rules are followed. In this program we show healthy ways to use computers, including laptops, and the exercises which help to prevent health problems developing.
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The Nature of Workplace Communication
In this first program in VEA’s Workplace Communications Series, we look at what is communication in a work context and the importance of good communications to the success of an organization and the well being of the employees.
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Customer Service
This part of the Workplace Communications Series focuses on at the vital issue of successful communication with the organization’s clients and customers. We look at why customer service is important, who customers are, the customer transaction and how to handle difficult customers
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Song for Africa
It is intended that this documentary will be an example of how Canadians can make a difference regarding the plight of Africa. The main goal of this documentary will be to present the issues surrounding the AIDS pandemic to Canadian youth and to offer them examples and resources required to create and design their own initiatives in the fight against AIDS and the developmental issues surrounding the continent.
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Exploring the Text
To Kill a Mockingbird has a special place in the canon of American literature. It is a text that deals with complex issues of justice, racism and childhood innocence. In this program, experts Dr Michael Polack and Pam Garlick discuss the way the novel works – examining how the novel has achieved its status and how we can approach the text for a more satisfying analysis and reading.