TEN
TRI-STATE AREA SCHOOLS
TO
RECEIVE THE FIRST ANNUAL
JPMORGAN CHASE “MULTIMEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM” AWARDS,
FRIDAY,
MARCH 24
AT
THE CELEBRATION
OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
Using blogs, GPS technology,
video, Flash animation, iMovie software, and other technologies, 10 teams of
students and teachers from across the tri-state area have created innovative,
multimedia-based projects that enhance learning in the K-12 curriculum. On Friday,
In addition, they will receive full
access to all programs offered at the Celebration
of Teaching and Learning. This
unprecedented, two-day conference for tri-state teachers, parents, students,
administrators, policy makers, business leaders, and others who support education
is hosted by Thirteen/WNET New
York and WLIW21.
“Just viewing the
10 projects is ample evidence that there is no shortage of creativity,
imagination and knowledge in our classrooms,” Kimberly B. Davis, president of
the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, said.
“Whether the students were using media and the Web to illuminate history
and mythology, document a clothing drive by autistic students, demonstrate
science projects, or describe community life in post-9/11 New York, each
project became memorable through communication technology.”
“Just as public television did in its
nascent years, multimedia allows us to learn in ways we never before imagined,”
added William F. Baker, chief executive of the Educational Broadcasting
Corporation, licensee of Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21. “We applaud the JPMorgan Chase Awards program
for helping to inspire fresh new approaches to the discovery of knowledge in
the classroom. As these winning projects
demonstrate, astonishing things can happen when students take learning into their
own hands.”
The winning projects
were selected from a diverse group of nearly 70 submissions from throughout the
region. They include:
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Ditmas, Brooklyn: “What’s In a Name?” – Students documented their research
on the slavery
era and the origin of their school’s name with audio and visual clips.
·
Elisabeth
Morrow School, Englewood, NJ: “Revolutionary War Video” – Students and
teachers produced a video to make a textbook history lesson come alive with an
original script, props and costumes.
·
Guilderland
High School, Guilderland Center, NY:
“Motivation” – Journalism students used wide-screen videography they shot on a
field trip to New York City to report on community life after the 9/11
terrorist attacks.
·
Farragut
Middle School, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY:
“Colonial Blog” – seventh grade social studies students assumed the identities
of colonists and researched historical data to learn about the events preceding
the Revolutionary War.
·
Townsend
Harris High Schools, Flushing: “Pandora’s Box” – Alexandra Stergiou, a
student of Classical Greek, produced, scripted, cast, directed, and edited a
short video to research and interpret the fabled myth.
·
P.S.
108Q, South Ozone Park: “Me? Live with Lions?” – Students were responsible
for all aspects of a Web Quest project, from page layout and design to
graphics, music, and original artwork.
·
The
Theatre Arts Production Co. School, Bronx: “How to Use the Laptops” – In
response to computer misuse at school, eighth graders produced an amusing video
to teach students and teachers how to use the laptop cart in the classroom.
The JPMorgan Chase
“Multimedia in the Classroom” Awards are part of Thirteen’s Celebration of Teaching and Learning, a
landmark two-day event featuring seminars with renowned experts, hands-on
workshops, a town hall meeting, performances, an exhibition of education
products and services, and more.
Scheduled guests include journalists Tom Brokaw and Gwen Ifill, author
and teacher Frank McCourt and actor Richard Dreyfuss.
For more information about the Celebration of
Teaching and Learning, log on to www.thirteencelebration.org.
About
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Educational
Broadcasting Corporation, headquartered in New York City, is the parent company
of public broadcasters Thirteen/WNET New York and WLIW21 New York. Thirteen is
America’s most-watched public television station and WLIW21 has the
fourth-largest public television audience in the nation. Both stations are
major producers of programming for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) seen
on public television stations across the country. In addition to its well-known
analog channels, EBC is the provider of a number of digital public television
services, including Thirteen HD, Thirteen World, Kids Thirteen, WLIW Create,
and Thirteen On Demand. EBC also creates,
manages and distributes a wide range of educational outreach and online
programs, projects and services that extend the power and relevance of public
television programming at the local, national and international levels. More
information about Thirteen and WLIW is available at www.thirteen.org
and www.wliw.org.
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