Our resident Freepaholic, Tommy, asked you some time back to join in supporting a journalism project to help make tomorrow’s media. In just a day you had that one handled the way you’d handled the two I asked about the week prior, andhere are the results:
The teacher involved writes:
I
had originally anticipated that the LCD projector would be most
beneficial to my senior Journalism students because we do a lot of
PowerPoint lessons, surfing the net, and blogging as part of the class;
however, I discovered that my freshmen Grammar & Composition
classes also excelled in phrases, clauses, and sentence types with the
use of projected and interactive lessons. In fact, the freshmen were
disappointed that I didn’t think of them when I wrote the proposal.
They were pleased to reap the rewards of having it in the classroom
though!
I cannot begin to explain what a boon the LCD projector
has been to all of my students. It has allowed my Journalism students
to critique layouts of both professional and student newspapers as a
large group. It has helped me show my students how to avoid plagiarism
by navigating websites that show proper citation and sticky situations
to avoid. It has reminded my students that there are people, unrelated
to education in a direct way, that want them to succeed and are willing
to facilitate that success.
Thank you so much for your generous donations. My students and I very much appreciate your help.
With gratitude,
Ms. D.
I love that it’s being used to teach not justooh shiny toy but basic skills, because the skill set — communicating clearly and intelligently — crosses platforms and will apply to journalistic tools the kids may have to use that aren’t in wide circulation yet. I also love that the lesson they’re learning is that they as future journalists and future media consumers are important and that we care.
Well done, everybody.
A.