Well first of all I can't tell you how much I have used GPB.org in the last four years of my new teacher experience. Short video clips aid in the teaching of very difficult physics concepts. Biology through the eyes of Georgia Public Broadcasting looks like the most exciting world to live in. It offers accompanying sheets for students to use while viewing or after viewing that help to analyze and summarize the topic. I do not use it all the time as students would grow tired of it. I have on occasion used it when I am going to be absent. It is an easy way for a substitute to give a lesson without necessarily knowing the content.
As for school TV news, we used to have it at my high school. It was the highlight of Friday at school for the students. They would scream, "Turn the TV on." Because the "student" news team might feature the basketball team, the step team or lots of shots around campus. It was always done in good humor and really impressive to me that teens could put together such a fun, informative five-minute show about their campus. It really seemed to bond this very big school.
Also at my high school, the media specialist can make videos for teacher of programs in the public TV domain. This is not used very often in high schools but it is an option. She runs what is viewed on all the TVs in the school through her output system. She can send something via the TV to a particular room if it is requested. This part of the media specialist's job sounds very exciting to me.
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The idea of your news broadcast being run by the students sounds great. I'm currently in an elementary school, but I could still see students being creative enough and responsible enough to put together a news show. Of course they would need some guidance from the media specialist (and teachers). In the past, our morning news has been conducted by the principal with little input from the students.
I love that your students are shouting "turn the TV on!" When I volunteered for one of my days in a media center I was there when they did the afternoon news. (They did it in the afternoon instead of in the morning.) The day I was there a teacher came in, he comes in once a week, and does the news with a giant puppet. (It looked a lot like the muppets. He said he gets them from a company in Texas.) He lies on the floor behind a desk and the media specialist sits off camera and responds to his questions. The fun part of it is, the students do not know who the puppet is. They used to think it was the principal until the puppet interviewed the principal. It was delightful and another good way to use the TV news.
Hi - I absolutely love the idea of students running the TV broadcast! I remember having school news in highschool (many moons ago), but unfortunately, they do not seem to exist. I regret the current distribution channel for news where I currently work because students and administrators constantly interrupt instruction the first and last period of the day with what I feel is relatively mundane news. It is annoying and never seems to stimulate the purpose for which we are there...teaching and learning.
As for GPB, that is rarely used if ever. I do not ever see evidence of TV use in the media center and we no longer have the United Streaming agreement we once had. As such, it is the responsibility of each instructor to be "innovative" with media use. For example, I have a promethean board and internet access in my computer lab which allowed me to go to ABCnews.com and show the presidential debates. That was a very enjoyable and enlightening experience for me and my students.
Margaret, I think it is wonderful that you are using GPB to emphasize your instruction. In this day and age, the students are so used to visual stimulation that when used appropriately it usually garners their attention.
It sounds like you don't have a school news show any longer. That is a shame. I know that some people don't like it because they think that it takes away from instructional time. We do our live show just before homeroom is over. This is used as a way to get students into their homerooms and ready for the day. They hear the intro music for the news show and now that they need to head for their room. If they know something is coming up that they want to hear, they will usually be in their rooms already. It is also a great way to promote unity in your school.
I agree with you about how useful United Streaming is. I had never heard of it before I moved to Georgia. I too use it all the time in my classroom to teach 4th graders so many different concepts. I guess mainly I use it for social studies and science, but there are great videos for reading, english, math, etc... All subject areas are covered an all grade levels. It is rather amazing! Think how much money the library can save on videos/DVD's if all teachers really start using it.
It is ashame your school doesn't have the student broadcast anymore. My school has one and it is run by a group of 16 fifth graders. Pretty amazing that children that age can handle such a task, but they do an amamzing job, withe the help of the media specialist and tech person! Krista
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