Weekly Response 7: Confessions from the Media Classroom (Powerpoint Presentation)

For this presentation I wanted to focus on the key ideas from the articles by Levine, Buckingham and Harvey that related to my experience specifically with the Video Journalism course at the Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush. I saw a strong correlation between teaching civic and media education to teaching journalism to the students at Rush. … Read more

Weekly Response 6

My experience in the field this week was yet again another week full of a lot of learning experiences for my students and myself. I was able to go to the Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush twice this week, Tuesday and Wednesday, but Monday was a holiday (Columbus Day). I also visited the Science Leadership … Read more

Weekly Response 5: The Field Experience

This week was not my first week at my field experience locations, but it was the first full week working at both locations, the Science Leadership Academy and the Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush. Both of the locations are high schools, 9-12, in the School District of Philadelphia, but I am working with and observing … Read more