At my school TV news is done on a daily basis by the media specialists. Everyone is tuned in to Channel One Network at noon. This network was bought by Dekalb County Schools. Every school is able to show this network. This channel shares news with teens that inspires conversations between teens and peers, teens and parents, and teens and educators. It is a student news broadcast which captures high school students attention. Furthermore, this channel trains and informs student's on today's issues, politics, and interviews. Channel One has a history of training teens how to become journalists. It provides a web sites, http://www.channelonenetwork.com/ to enhance guided discussions between educators, students, and parents. The students at my school really enjoy viewing this station. They are provided with critical thinking strategies which is a lifelong skill.
Georgia Public Broadcasting resources are used as an integration into teachers' lesson plans at my school. For example, many teachers use United Streaming to download videos for their class whenever they are implementing a specific lesson. Also teachers are using podcasts for students to create oral book reviews. Georgia Public Broadcasting Digital Library is a great place to find resources in audio/media. Teachers are using http://www.georgiastandards.org/ to create their lessons to line up with Georgia Department of Education curriculum. These are all outstanding collaborative tools to help teachers and students to become successful in education.
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I have seen Channel 1 in use at our local highschool and the media specialist spoke well of it. She stated that the programming was free because the school agreed to do some type of advertising, but for the life of me I cannot remember specifically how the program is free. I'll have tocheck back on that one. I wonder of there is a news program available for elementary students? I think that it is important that students be aware of today's issues, but on their level
I remember watching a news broadcast via Channel 1 some years ago at school I taught at previously. The segements always seemed releveant and kept the students' attention. GPB is also a great resource for teachers. I use unitedstreaming.com almost daily for videos, articles, and images for classes.
Channel One network sounds like a fabulous resource. This experience would build self-confidence as well as inform others whether or not they ultimately become journalists. I'm sure it is interesting to teens to be able to see their peers do the news--a lot more interesting to them than watching network news where the "old people" do the broadcast. I'm sure it would be just as uplifting for an elementary school to watch.
It sounds like someone at your school is promoting GPB resources--or at least "talking it up." I will have to pursue this. I'm sure I can locate videos to integrate into my lessons even at the kindergarten level. If I can become familiar with it now, I will be able to promote this resource as a media specialist.
I love the idea of using Channel One to make students think about, and to open up a dialogue about, real issues impacting the world today.It is important for there to be true, authentic discussions taking place in our schools. In the last face to face, the first digital storytelling example Dr. Bennett shared with us featured statistics regarding students' perspectives of the validity of their school educations. The numbers show us that students don't feel what they are learning in school is relevant. Part of that can be attributed to their naivete, but despite that, we must work to make material relevant for them, and school news is one way we can connect with what students feel is important and worthy of note. Also, how lucky are the students today who are considering delving into journalism? School news programs provide them with the opportunity to really experience what it would be like to be a journalist before they blindly pursue that avenue in college. I wish I had had such an opportunity. Such programs help better prepare our students for what lies ahead.
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