Topic: Prayer in school
Identify resources students will use to create their print texts, people to interview, phenomenon to observe that would enable your student to become a citizen journalist:
Students could view scholarly journals, newspapers, books, blogs, YouTube videos, Wikipedia, or Google. Students could interview principals, teachers, students, members of the community, and religious leaders. They could interview them to get their opinion; whether or not they believe prayer should be permitted in school.
Identify lesson plans or resources that you would use to design a citizen journalism project:
I would have students read Prayer and the Public Schools
Lesson Plan - Education for Freedom- sample lesson plan
I would have students read Are Prayers Allowed in School
I would have students read Wikipedia - School Prayer to learn about evaluating resources. I would ask them to determine whether this source is reliable.
I would have students read The Case Against Prayer in School to research the side that is against prayer in school. I would ask them to determine bias.
Identify the media tools student will use to create their final product:
Students could create a Prezi, Illuminated Text, Photo Story, or blog.
In a blog posting describe your citizen journalism project:
I want to develop a citizen journalism project on whether or not prayer should be allowed in public schools. I think this is an important topic that effects the community and that most people have a strong opinion about. In addition to researching journals, blogs, websites, etc. I want my students to interview school personnel, students, and members of the community to get their opinion on the subject. At the end of the project I would like them to create their project using one of the digital tools listed above.
Wow, I think this is a great citizen journalism project to do. I wish I would have thought about it. :-) Great job! However, you should look up some Youtube videos on the subject, rather than just have students reading articles.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Heather, I am much more of a listen and watch kind of girl as opposed to reading articles. But, I must say this is a great topic! I also agree with Heather - I wish I would have thought about that! Great Job!
ReplyDeleteI think watching a YouTube video along with some readings is good advice. It provides students with a variety of media to work with. Remember, with citizen journalism students are reporting on an issue. It would be important to have students find out id students are praying at school in their local communities and more importantly if teachers are leading prayer. Many athletic teams say a prayer before an event. Does this count as school prayer? What do school personal think? What do community members think? What do students think?
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