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Description:
On Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1997,
students from around the world will go through their local media - print,
broadcast, etc. and decide what they think the 3 most important news items
are for that date. They then post the headlines and a brief summary of
their three chosen news items. The news items will be posted on the website
and organized by grade level (4-6, 7-9, 10-12). Students should comment
or post detailed analyses through the news group section on the website.
KIDLINK requires all participants
to answer 4 introductory questions.
Email student responses to:
response@listserv.nodak.edu
The KIDLINK questions
are:
2. What do I want to be when
I grow up?
3. How do I want the world
to be different when I'm grown up?
4. What can I do now to make
this happen? A. Teachers/parents should subscribe
to the KIDPROJ-COORD, KIDPROJ, and Kidlink lists by sending email to: listserv@listserv.nodak.edu
Multiple lists can be subscribed in one message as long as each
subscription is on a separate line.
To subscribe send email to:
To Participate:
1.REGISTRATION:
All interested teachers need to register from the web
or with me at my personal email address liora@mail.snunit.k12.il
(NOT to the KIDPROJ list).
When you register, please send in the following information:
- your school name
- the city/state or country
where you are located
- the grades you plan to have
participate Please register as soon as
possible and no later than Nov 30th. Even if you have participated
previously, you need to register again.
All participants should introduce themselves either as a class or
a group. Introductions should include information on who the participants
are, their interests, hobbies, etc. and something about their school, city
or country. Please try to consolidate introductions before you post them.
For student groups just joining Kidlink,
the responses to the 4
Kidlink questions may be consolidated
and used for the group introductions. Please send in all introductions
as soon as possible. Introductions should be sent to the KIDPROJ email
list at kidproj@listserv.nodak.edu
using the subject line:
Journalism:Intro from
(school,city,state,country)
Before Dec. 2nd, students should read, watch, or listen to their local
media so that on the 2nd. They can easily decide what they think the top
news stories are for that day. (Please use only local news services and
not international ones.) They might look at what items get the most coverage,
where the item appears in the newspaper or broadcast, etc.
4. POSTING THE INFORMATION:
Please try and post your information
to the KIDPROJ list within the week following Dec. 2nd. Each class or group
of students should post the headlines and a brief summary of what they
think the top three news items are for that date. KIDLINK users may post
to KIDPROJ LISTSERV, with the subject line:
JOURNALISM:news from......(enter
city and state or country)
5. ANALYZING THE DATA:
All participants are encouraged
to analyze the data and post their conclusions.
Some suggestions for
analyzing the data:
b. What were students' expectations?
Did they expect the top newsitems to be the same from place to place? different?
c. What were the most common
types of news stories? Least common? most unusual? most interesting?
d. Why do they think certain
types of news appear in certain places? (role of geography, politics, natural
environment,etc.)
Please post all requests to register
and class introductions by November 30th, 1997. (Registrations should be
sent to my personal mailbox which is listed above.)
Liora Minkin
Israel
Information Contact: Patti
Weeg, Title 1 Computer Teacher, Delmar El. School, Delmar, Maryland,
USA. Home Page: http://www.globalclassroom.org
Getting Started:
In body type:
subscribe kidlink firstname lastname
subscribe kidproj-coord firstname
lastname
subscribe kidproj firstname lastname
Listserv@listserv.nodak.edu
In body type: subscribe kidproj
firstname lastname
3. CHOOSING THE NEWS ITEMS:
Quick
Start
Register
Project
Moderator:
My personal email address is:
My website is at: http://www6.snunit.k12.il/projects/journalism
