Kevin Sites & Yahoo! In The Hot Zone
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, Yahoo! has been putting together a wide breadth of resources that are of particular interest to the education community. Today it was announced that journalist-blogger Kevin Sites will "join Yahoo! News to provide a unique, multimedia perspective on some of the world's most troubled and dangerous places."
via Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone: "One of the world's most respected war correspondents, Kevin Sites has spent the past five years covering global war and disaster for several national TV networks....A solo journalist ("SoJo"), Sites will carry a backpack of portable digital technology to shoot, write, edit, and transmit daily reports from nearly every region of the world. You'll be able to follow his endeavor through stories, photos, video and audio, and you'll be able to interact with him."
This new venture between Kevin Sites and Yahoo! may yield some very interesting education related opportunities for students and teachers alike. Students, for example, can view Kevin's photos, blog, audio, video and other multimedia reports and use it to construct a deeper understanding of world events and "the scope of world conflict." In addition, the Hot Zone will provide students with active "ways to be part of the solutions- through dialogue, debate, and avenues for action."
Conversely, teachers can use the Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone website as a platform to bring new relevance to social studies, political science, history, or area studies curriculum. The combination of multimedia and the "real world" reporting of Kevin Sites will provide teachers with a powerful platform for meaningful discussions with students on current events. Moreover, by utilizing Yahoo! Groups or MyWeb 2.0 teachers can extend the discussion outside the classroom.
As neo-millennial, and Generation C students begin to flood classrooms, they will expect activities that allow them to pick and choose multiple types of social media to support their digital learning styles. In the end this is the type of innovative blend of education and new media that will appeal to neo-millenial learners and make the curriculum more interesting and relevant....
Additional Kevin Sites Links
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via Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone: "One of the world's most respected war correspondents, Kevin Sites has spent the past five years covering global war and disaster for several national TV networks....A solo journalist ("SoJo"), Sites will carry a backpack of portable digital technology to shoot, write, edit, and transmit daily reports from nearly every region of the world. You'll be able to follow his endeavor through stories, photos, video and audio, and you'll be able to interact with him."
This new venture between Kevin Sites and Yahoo! may yield some very interesting education related opportunities for students and teachers alike. Students, for example, can view Kevin's photos, blog, audio, video and other multimedia reports and use it to construct a deeper understanding of world events and "the scope of world conflict." In addition, the Hot Zone will provide students with active "ways to be part of the solutions- through dialogue, debate, and avenues for action."
Conversely, teachers can use the Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone website as a platform to bring new relevance to social studies, political science, history, or area studies curriculum. The combination of multimedia and the "real world" reporting of Kevin Sites will provide teachers with a powerful platform for meaningful discussions with students on current events. Moreover, by utilizing Yahoo! Groups or MyWeb 2.0 teachers can extend the discussion outside the classroom.
As neo-millennial, and Generation C students begin to flood classrooms, they will expect activities that allow them to pick and choose multiple types of social media to support their digital learning styles. In the end this is the type of innovative blend of education and new media that will appeal to neo-millenial learners and make the curriculum more interesting and relevant....
Additional Kevin Sites Links
yahoo education my+web+2.0 kevin+sites yahoo+education learning education+blogging education+multimedia
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posted by Derek Baird at
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1 Comments:
I was also thinking that if Kevin Sites does some podcasts, they could end up on Yahoo! Audio Search.
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