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.
Getting Started:
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?
Teachers/parents should subscribe to the KIDPROJ-COORD list by sending email to:
In body type:
subscribe kidproj-coord firstname lastname
To subscribe send email to:
In body type: subscribe kidproj firstname lastname
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)
3. CHOOSING THE NEWS ITEMS:
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 certainplaces? (role of geography, politics, natural environment,etc.)
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