Source Note 6

Title: Needed Fixes for No Child Left Behind Summary: The No Child Left Behind law is unable to succeed without more funding, even though its goals are admirable. Topic: Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law? Category: Journalistic What is it? An online article from the New York Times website. Publication Information: [...]

Source Note 5

Title: No Child Left Behind should be re-examined Summary: No Child Left Behind should be reformed because it does nothing to close achievement gaps and punishes schools that test poorly. Topic: Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law? Category: Journalistic What is it? Online text from an article in Progressive Magazine. Publication [...]

Source Note 4

Title: McCain, Obama, and Leaving No Child Left Behind Summary: No Child Left Behind is explained and advisers to John McCain and Barack Obama go over how the program must be reformed. . Topic: Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law? Category: Journalistic, Multimedia What is it? Broadcast and transcript from the [...]

Source Note 3

Title: Several states consider dropping out of the president’s No Child Left Behind Act Summary: Several states, including Utah and Virginia, attempted to opt out of the No Child Left Behind acts. Topic: Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law? Category: Journalistic, multimedia What is it? Multimedia clip (radio broadcast) and transcript [...]

Source Note 2

Title: Tested, but often left behind; Special-ed students need to be measured in ways other than state tests, advocates say. Summary: Most of the achievements made by disabled students are not adequately measured by the tests mandated by No Child Left Behind. Topic: Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law? Category: Journalistic [...]

Source Note 1

Title: Important Aspects of No Child Left Behind Relevant to NAEP Summary: This is a useful summary of different aspects of the No Child Left Behind act, including levels of participation, assessments and public access. Topic: Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law? Category: Institutional:  Government What is it? Information on the [...]

Obama’s Inauguration: Reflection of the Liberal Media

“Finally!” I thought when I woke up today.  “Obama’s going to be president in an hour, no more Bush.”   One interesting aspect of Obama’s inauguration is the media coverage.  Today, more forms of media than ever are used to record a certain event.  There are various media forms on every possible end of the spectrum, [...]

Should…..?

With the inauguration so soon, one of my assignments was to think of a “Should” question for the Obama administration.  Here it is:  Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law?

Ira Glass on Storytelling

 ASSIGNMENT:  Blog about what you learned from the Ira Glass videos (posted under “Course Documents Week 2″). What were some of the key points, important tips? Anything surprise you? What resonated?    The first of the Ira Glass videos was about the building blocks of a story.  The building blocks of a story are anecdote—a [...]

Interviewing and the Challenges of 10-Word Sentences

ASSIGNMENT:  Blog about your experience interviewing two people and writing up their stories. Consider the following questions: How did it go? What worked well? What didn’t? What were the challenges? In writing the story, what was it like trying to limit each sentence to 10 words? What did you learn? The subject of my first [...]