E514 Web Connection Activity: This, I Believe

by Jim Lang

E514 Newspapers In Education Participants:

Instructions: Examine NPR’s This I Believe website again. In particular, be sure to examine the resources marked for Educators. Please respond to the following by Monday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Leave a Comment section:

1. Your name and grade level:
2. Briefly critique the site. Is it functional for educators? What are the best parts? Areas that could use some work? 
3. Develop and describe a specific lesson plan activity in a paragraph or two that you could use in your classroom based on resources from the NPR This I Believe website. This counts as Lesson Plan #3, which you may copy and paste into a document and include in your portfolio if you’d like. 

These lesson plans will be posted throughout the week from February 6-10, so feel free to look back at this site throughout the week for ideas. Please note that the moderator must officially approve all comments, so your responses will not appear right away.

E514 Web Connection Activity: Matthew Tully’s The Manual Project

by Jim Lang

E514 Newspapers In Education Participants:

Indianapolis Star reporter Matthew Tully spent months reporting and writing stories about the Indanapolis Public School system. Now that you have read a number of his stories, please respond to the following by Friday, February 3 at 7:30 p.m.:

1. Your name and grade level:
2. Which story was your favorite? Why
3. What reporting and writing techniques did Tully use that you would use in lessons with your own students?
4. How would you use some or all of these stories in your own classroom and/or to develop your own newspaper and journalism lessons? 

Please feel free to read and respond to others’ comments and postings as well. Remember that your comments must be approved by the administrator (that’s me!), so they may not show up right away. I will update and post any new comments daily.