National Association for Media Literacy Education
 Conference  Critical Connections in a Digital World
August 1 - August 4
Detroit was selected as the site for the 2009 Conference. Find out more information about NAMLE and the 2009 Conference.
 

THTV - ANNOUNCEMENTS

National Association for Media Literacy Education

Detroit Public TV

Specs Howard
School of
Broadcasting Arts

Thurston morning announcements will never be the same again. After months of waiting and anticipation the Thurston Communication Arts Center opens in January 2007.

Communication Arts Center.

THTV did extremely well in this year’s DAFT Film Festival.  For the first time in THTV history, we won a Best of Show award.  This award involves a choice of prizes including an eight month scholarship to Specs Howard, along with many other very nice choices.  The Best of Show was for a video that Chelsey Rochon and Tiffany Wheeler produced called, “Anna”  which deals with the theme of suicide.  In addition, the following  videos won Award of Excellence  (equivalent to a 1^st place in their category). These videos include:

 “Are You Listening?”  by Delisha Frazier which was featured in the Race is the Place program.  This won a first place in the  Public Service Announcement  PSA, category.

 “Banana” by Wesam Dababneh and Jeff Madigan also won a first place in the comedy category.

 “Dearborn,” another video produced for the Race is the Place, won an Award of Honor (equivalent to a second place) in the news story category.  This video was produced by Wesam Dababneh, Brandon Sandusky, Jeff Madigan and Kris Gotleb.

Thurston High School Presents
 Race Is the Place
Thurston received a grant from Outreach Extensions and the Annie E. Casey Foundation to address race and the media.   Stephanie Kitchen and Kara Clayton   implemented Race is the Place in October.  In January, they held an to display the students'  work. 

A combination of critical discussions, live poetry, rap, monologues and original video productions, resulted into a dynamic program.  Their work will be featured in the first 3 minutes and the last 3 minutes of the Race Is the Place documentary broadcast on WTVS Detroit Public Television.

Race Is the Place documentary aired on the WTVS Detroit Public Television Channel 56 in January, 2006. To view see thtv video  Race is the Place. 
 

Forty-One Education Innovators Selected as Finalists for Cable’s Leaders in Learning Awards

 Washington, DC – Taking the classroom on a field trip to the zoo via web cam; raising scientists to rock-star status by giving students hands-on exploration adventures; training educators to teach Internet safety so students take it to heart; turning students into crime scene investigators to bridge science to real life. These are among the examples of visionary education approaches employed by finalists for Cable’s Leaders in Learning Awards, announced today by Cable in the Classroom, the cable industry’s education foundation. 

Finalists selected include community leaders, library media specialists, administrators, and classroom educators.  Winning programs are those that expand and enhance learning opportunities and produce measurable results.

Among the finalists being recognized for creative and significant initiatives inside and outside the classroom are: 

• The creator of a summer mystery camp that teaches students science by investigating and solving a kidnapping and conducting mock trials.

• A zoo education director who brings the zoo to the classroom with web cam field trips 

• An educator who “teaches from the grave,” to transform students into community historians  

• A teacher who partners with Comcast to involve students in real science with scientists through JASON Project expeditions.

 “Education leaders in the classroom, in administration offices, and in the halls of government make an enormous, and too often uncelebrated, contribution to children’s lives and to the future of this community and the nation,” said Helen Soulé, Ph.D., executive director of Cable in the Classroom. “This award is meant to express our gratitude to them and to hold them up as models of excellence for others to emulate.”

Finalists for the 2006 Leaders in Learning Awards are:

Media Literacy Education
Kara Clayton – Redford – MI
Rob Coppo – Escondido – CA
Stephanie Long – Springfield – MO
Sue Lockwood Summers – Littleton – CO
Sister Elizabeth Thoman, CHM – Los Angeles – CA
Jennifer Van Winkle – Lincoln – NE

 General Excellence
Jane Bash – San Antonio – TX
Yvette Fagan – San Francisco – CA
Wayne Fisher – Charlotte – NC
Michael Fitzpatrick – Upton – MA
Barbara Gurian – Clearwater – FL
Kathy Long – North Augusta – SC
Edward Mickolus – Falls Church – VA
Judy Peebles – Memphis – TN
Christophe Popper – New York – NY
Harriett Romo – San Antonio – TX
Mary Rubadeau – Telluride – CO
Gretchen Seay – Lithonia – GA
Doris Voitier – Chalmette – LA
Jennifer Wagner – Corona – CA
Judson Wagner – Wilmington – DE 

 Cable Partnerships for Learning
Sally Sue Brown – Lexington – KY
Tom Gregory – Gahanna – OH
Matt Hamilton – Cathedral City – CA
Annette Jankowski – Satellite Beach – FL
Steve Kast – Newport News – VA
Bonnie Kelley – Largo – FL
Laura Kendall – Lincoln – NE
Tara Lafferty – Syracuse – NY
Marna Morris – Henderson – NV
Kathleen O'Donnell – Minneapolis – MN
Gary Olsen – Dubuque – IA
Paula Palermo – Norwalk – CT
Patricia Thornberry – Clarkston – MI
Paul Wilgenkamp – Setauket – NY