Submitted Question:
Do you have any research on the benefits of having a school TV news program? We started having a morning news show this year using Visual Communicator. Our program runs about 7 minutes each day, including the pledge and moment of silence. Our problem is that the principal wants it cut down. We had been announcing the sports scores and players with a little video clip of the game, pictures of the chess team winning a tournament, etc. Now we are down to the bare bones trying to keep everything under 5 minutes. There is no extra anything! I'm sure someone has done a study of the benefits of using the TV news to increase school spirit, public speaking..... Can you help me?
Official research--no, but practical first-person research--YES! Each and every day I see my students light up with all the educational aspects that TV production offers. Teamwork, responsibility, mentoring others, computer skills, math application for creating graphics and aspect ratios, you name it!
I'd suggest Google to see what you can find out there, and look at my collection of links too for articles and more.
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