Chez PLJ

At Jon’s school, as he gained confidence, he told many of his comrades and teachers about his mash-ups of The Weather Network videos found on YouTube. This gave one of his Educational Assistants an idea, and the great folks at the Office approved it. Once a week, Jon was invited to do the weather forecast for the school over the announcements. The night before each one, he and I would consult Environment Canada and The Weather Network’s weather predictions for the next day, down to the hour Jon arrived (so he could immediately go on air with the temperature—more or less.) Then we spent about half and hour writing it. At first, Jon was frustrated with how long everything took, but he grew to expect it, and of course, it got easier. Jon even chose an opening catchphrase, as a calling card of sorts. He approached this with great enthusiasm and was quite disappointed when the project was over for the year. Who knows? Maybe he’ll be invited back to do more next year.

Jon’s Voiceover for April 29th (This was made at home on the day of the “broadcast”; despite some interest in recording him live, that has yet to happen.)