Last week, Stan Cassio and his tech crew from NEW EDIT delivered three Avid editing systems to the our classroom at the Peter Pitchess Detention Center. While they were installing the Avids, several of the inmate students (about 25) came by to see what they were doing. Many asked questions, and as a result Stan taught an improvised class on how to set up an Avid System. He was surprised and encouraged by their enthusiasm. Stan will begin teaching basic Avid Technology next week.
Our third class on pre-production went very well. There were a lot of good questions and interactions. This is only the classroom instruction; I can only image how these guys are going to react when we finally get into the hands-on portion of the class.