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 BA>        What is project Newsday?
Subj:NEWSDAY> 1996 Fall Newsday
Date:96-07-24 19:25:15 EDT
From:graham@gsn.org (Graham Hellewell)
Sender:owner-newsday-l@gsn.org
Reply-to:graham@gsn.org (Graham Hellewell)
To:newsday@gsn.org
 
Please print and distribute this call for collaboration to teachers
you know who may be interested in participating.
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Project Name: NEWSDAY
 
Date:         Register by SEPTEMBER 26.
              NEWSDAY is October 23-November 1
              See complete timeline below (Note: we will run another
              section of Newsday to start near the end of February
              to accommodate southern hemisphere schools who are
              still on "summer vacation" in January.)
 
Summary:      NEWSDAY is a multi-curricular project in which your
              students produce their own newspaper based on the news
              articles submitted to the Newsday news wire by
              cooperating student correspondents. Your students
              become news gatherers and reporters, editors, layout
              and graphics artists, and publishers. Participation on
              an international scale leads to understanding of broad
              issues which transcend local concerns. This project
              can involve your students in weeks of cross-curricular
              activity.
 
              You can use a wide variety of methods to produce the
              papers, ranging from simple word processor cut and
              paste to full desktop publishing packages.
 
              The payoff comes when you receive a copy of each
              newspaper produced by the other participants in the
              NEWSDAY project.
 
Grade Levels: Upper elementary, junior high, high school. Material
              coming off the news wire will appeal to all age levels.
              This is an excellent project to encourage profitable
              inter-grade participation.
 
Purpose:      To address and improve:
              * Academic skills - reading, writing, editing,
                revising, interviewing, literature appreciation and
                understanding
              * Social Skills: cooperative learning, leadership,
                listening, discussing, encouraging, sharing.
              * Technical Skills: word processing, file management,
                keyboarding; telecommunications:  terminal software
                commands, uploading and downloading.
 
Content Area: Many content areas may be included during NEWSDAY. By
              deciding what kinds of articles and features to write,
              you can include a focus in almost any content area.
              Possible content areas:
              Writing             Reading             Language
              Art                 Social Studies      Science
              Environmental Science
 
Number of participants:     10 to 35 schools. If fewer than 10 schools
              register, NEWSDAY may be canceled at the discretion of
              the project coordinator. Upon the 35th registration a
              new Newsday section will be opened.
 
Newsday Theme: Heroes (see description below)
 
Project        Graham Hellewell
Coordinator:   Global SchoolNet Foundation
Email:         newshelp@gsn.org
 
Registration: Complete the Registration Form below and email it to
              NEWSREG@GSN.ORG by SEPTEMBER 26
 
World Wide Web: http://www.gsn.org/gsn/proj/newsd/index.html
 
NEWSDAY REGISTRATION
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In order to participate you must agree to do the following:
 
           a. Register by completing the information requested below
              and send your registration to the indicated address.
           b. Upload at least five of your best articles (but no
              more than 10) on NEWSDAY.
           c. Send a copy of your newspaper to each of the other
              participants (as many as 35 newspapers).
           d. Send the Global SchoolNet Foundation three copies of
              your newspaper, one of which must be on white paper
              suitable for reproduction.
 
To register for NEWSDAY, please complete and return the following
registration form to:        NEWSREG@GSN.ORG
 
We will send you in-depth lesson guides for this project when we
receive your registration form.
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