Podcasting

I looked at this project as more of a fun thing to do. So I got together with my group, Vanessa, Cara, Lisa and Katherine. We each picked a place in rez and built a story surrounding that place or object. It was viewed in a horror story type sense to create a thrilling feeling. I was assigned the elevator. Since this was a school for boys and was in a boarding school environment I assume they didn't let kids use the elevators. Kids must have snuck in there once and awhile to break the rules. I lived in a boarding school environment myself and the thrill of breaking the rules usually overcomes our concious thinking.

This was a good group project. We were organized, we all picked places around residence and we all did what we were supposed to do. Also, since we all live in residence it was an easy choice for this project. Nobody has to leave, yet people want to know a little bit residence itself so we decided to make some interesting stuff up.


Here is the document we wrote:

Podcast Tour of Humber College Residence, formerly the Rexdale School for Boys

RECORDING SCRIPT (effects will be added to the real mp3)

Vanessa: There is one recorded fatality at the Rexdale School for Boys. His name was Earnest, and he was 13 years old. He lived in Room 666, and he was liked by all his peers. He was discovered in his room slumped over his bureau with his history textbooks open. Cause of death: Homework Overload.

Cara: We’re here now at the Rexdale School for Boys today, now known as Humber North College Residence, where we are going to be leading a tour. Please stay with us as we venture through the tunnel that has an unknown history to the students who live here now.

Vanessa: The tunnel, which connects S building to the rest of the residence, was built over a fire pitt which students would use to burn all of their work at the end of the school year. To this day, some students say that they can feel what they can only describe as a hot spot as they pass through the tunnel.

The laundry room was used as the detention room back when it was a board school. Rumor has it that sometimes kids were made to stay in the detention room for over 24 hours. Some students would smuggle in small games to play to help pass the time. Ghosts are said to be seen in the laundry room and jacks have been found in the corner of the room.

Cara: Back when the building was for the Rexdale School for boys, the elevator was only supposed to be used by the cleaning maids and teachers. Some boys that were risky enough snuck into it regularly, just for the thrill of breaking the rules. Often they would ride up to the roof and look out over the landscape, usually a sunset or sunrise. Lets take a look up there now and find out what we can see.

Currently from the roof you can see the other residence buildings, the daycare centre, Hwy 27, and the Humber and Guelph-Humber buildings. At the time of the Rexdale School, most of this area wasn’t developed, so there was really nothing to see except a dirt path and a few trees. But the view wasn’t the only reason to go up to the roof. Professors used the roof as an illegal zone...they smoked and drank like there was no tomorrow. They assumed that no students would see them. However, Earnest and some friends went up to the roof one night, and they found their three teachers drunk, dancing to salsa music. They were horrified, so they ran back downstairs. It is still unknown if the teachers were aware of how their secret was exposed.

Vanessa: That’s it for the tour today. Please join our show next week when we will explore ...