January 5, 2009
December 22, 2008
December 15, 2008
December 8, 2008
Presidential Power and the War on Terror December 1, 2008
Mumbai November 24, 2008
Happy times in the Oval Office 45 years ago November 17, 2008
Post-election: what does it all mean? November 10, 2008
November 3, 2008
October 27, 2008
October 22, 2008
October 20, 2008
Internet filters and education: just give it to me straight
Making choices
Is technology making us stupid? What's in store for us this winter? September 22, 2008
Middletown's Frankie Molina scored the only touchdown of the game and points to the sky after the win. 9-20-08 Times Herald-Record September 11, 2008
7 years later: the meaning of September 11th
Welcome to the new school year
9/11 conspiracy theories put to rest?
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about this website One of the goals of the courses offered in the TV studio at Middletown High School is to help students learn to read and write with new electronic media. The point of our web log is to inspire students to pay more attention to news and current events, and to be mindful of where they seek out news and information. more. |
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Electronic Communication at Middletown High School
Both our classroom and this web site are learning spaces - one real, one virtual. Any changes you would like to see? Post a comment on our discussion board. |
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What you need to know about the US Freedom of Information Act What you need to know about the New York State Freedom of Information Law "The people's right to know the process of governmental decision-making and to review the documents and statistics leading to determinations is basic to our society. Access to such information should not be thwarted by shrouding it with the cloak of secrecy or confidentiality. The legislature therefore declares that government is the public's business and that the public, individually and collectively and represented by a free press, should have access to the records of government in accordance with the provisions of this article." From the New York State Freedom of Information Law |
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Assignments for spring semester 2008 1. Register as a user in the electronicenglish discussion board. Read the news. Read your classmates' comments. Post your own. 2. Create your own blog using blogger.com. Post entries on topics that interest you. Post comments on your classmates' blogs. 3. Use iMovie to make a song length slide show. Tell us about your world through a careful arrangement of images and sound. 4. Watch a documentary then give us your opinion. 5. Use Flash to create an interactive window, or magazine, CD, or DVD cover with clickable links to websites 6. Vox pop. Ask six people the same good question. Shoot and edit the responses along with your intro and outro. 7. Practice journalism with one of these follow up assignments - Create an interactive news magazine cover. - Use iMovie and the mic on a camcorder to make a vox pop podcast. - Create a slideshow with captions using a Flash template. - Add b-roll to your video interviews. 8. Create a list of web links using del.icio.us, do research, and network with the class. 9. Create a Google map complete with photos and text to tell a story. 10. Contribute to the class wiki. 11. Final research project. |
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Who is your New York State Senator? Who is your New York State Assemblywoman? Who is your US Congressman? |
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Visit Unembedded to view photos taken in Iraq by journalists who were out on their own, rather than "embedded" with American troops. One of the four photo journalists is Middletown High School graduate, Kael Alford. |
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