Need some virtual learning? New Unit Available: Making Sense of the Coronavirus Through Media Making

March 16, 2020March 14, 2020 Julie Tiedens 2045 Views 0 Comments broadcast, coronavirus, COVID-19, online learning, video lesson, virtual learning

If you’re like many of us, you’re moving to online learning after your school closed to slow the spread of COVID-19. PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs just published a new unit that gives you and your students the power to take action and report from your own community.

There are three pathways in the resource that allow you and your students to tailor their coverage to match their abilities, resources and interests. It’s a living document, so it will be updated with more resources and your suggestions.

Want to see more? Here’s the link: SRL Unit: Making Sense of Coronavirus Through Media and Storytelling. You’ll find some great videos, graphic organizers and more.

Julie Tiedens

Julie Tiedens is a high school journalism and English teacher at Black River Falls High School, a school of 500 students in rural Wisconsin. She advises the student online newspaper, a daily announcements show, the yearbook and a PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs school site. Over the last two decades, one of her biggest goals has been to make her students better media consumers and creators. Another goal? Raise a son who loves the news just as much as she does.

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