"Throughout its history, the BBC has aimed to help audiences delve into the imagination of writers. This collection of interviews with some of the 20th Century's most read authors reveals something of those imaginations and the personalities which lie behind some of the greatest modern novels. "
"From job interview questions and tips to writing the winning resume, we've got tutorials and activities to help with your personal career development and training."
Two questions. 1) What grade level are we talking about here. 2) What is the highest level of Blooms that is likely to be reached with this assignment?
summarizing the book they just read.
Students can create an interview type show where they interview characters in the book, create a short movie trailer for the book, or actually have characters act out portions of the book.
Besides the mention of xtranormal :-) what about this one? Interview characters in the book. A movie trailer? Act out a portion of the book? Again, what grade level? What is the Essential Question for the unit? What's the highest level of Bloom's
Students should include the title and author of the book, key characters, use pictures that support the story line, and create a tag line that will make others want to read the book.
What grade level? What SUBJECT? Is this appropriate for English class or a Media class that is studying posters, etc? What level of understanding about the book do you really need in order to do this? Is this worthy of an 18 yr old?
Encourage students to create their own virtual bookshelves with Shelfari http://shelfari.com.
GREAT LIST OF SITES FOR ANALYZING BIAS IN MEDIA
"Bias is manifest in texts when authors present particular values as if they were universal. For example,
bias can be conveyed in the media through the selection of stories, sequence, and slant in newscasts;
the placement or omission of stories in newspapers; who is interviewed and left out in radio or
television talk shows and news programs; the advertisements on webpages, television, magazines,
radio shows targeted at specific audiences; the lyrics of commercial jingles and popular music,
and the images displayed with them in broadcast commercials and music videos; the goals,
procedures, and the rules of video games."
A database of and index to 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two. Includes TOP 100 speeches, movie speeches, and more.
Is technology ruining students' writing skills? Here's a interview with Stanford professor Andrea Lundsford describing her assessment of her students' writing practices.
Is technology ruining students' writing (or reading) skills? Au contraire, mes ames (Ann - apologies if I've blown the French for y'all). See this analysis of her student writing from Stanford professor Andrea Lundsford.
Includes:
-Watch the full flash video version online
-8 Things a Credit Card User Should Know
-Interviews
-A Credit Card Quiz
-More to Explore
-Discussion Boards
-NYT Report extension
-Update: Bankruptcy
After clicking on a career you might be interested in, you're led to a page of simple interviews with people working in that profession, along with other resources (including salary projections).
The Classrooms for the Future Evaluation Project completed the Year Three Evaluation Report (2008-09). This report describes the findings from the teacher and student surveys, the classroom observations, and interviews with CFF Coaches, principals, and building contacts.
"Well, we were very interested in two ideas. One was how do the patterns of brain activity differ when you're doing an internet search versus reading, since computers are such a big part of our lives these days? And then we also wanted to look at different groups of people, people who were internet-savvy and had lots of computer exposure and experience, and compared that to naive subjects - with "naive" we mean people who don't use computers or the internet very often."
I keep forgetting about this tool for getting audience input.
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Let your audience decide
Get to know your audience by letting them decide which questions, suggestions or ideas interest them most.
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Everyone's voice is heard
The voting box at the top of page focuses attention on submissions recently added and on the rise, making it simple and easy to participate.
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Be creative
Include people in your preparation for lectures, interviews and hard decisions or work together to organize feature requests and brainstorm new ideas.
This site is sponsored by best selling author, James Patterson. In previewing the site it looks fantastic. The goal is to get kids to be readers for life. There are lots of resources, lessons, book suggestions by age level. There is a tool that teachers and parents can use to help a child find a book that would interest them. There is a link about getting boys to read. There are interview with authors and famous people. There is a blog.