Show uy 'lukatev Hf serves as By Leslie Ann Snow Newspaper in Education Coordinator i or world to make a good comparison study So far this school year we have had over 50 requests for Tne Herald Journal for activities Target Date across the county Currently there are 154 who have newspapers to participate in agreed Target Date activities “Give TTiem'nje Keys” is the theme for Newspaper in Education (NIB) month The major thrust and focus of this theme is on improving reading skills among all students school-age- d Newspapers around- - the' woridwill celebrate this annual observance NIE is a long standing program sponsored by Ideal schools and newspapers 7 Using newspapers to strengthen instruction at dl levels is the goal of Newspaper in Education ' NIE programs (1) help students become informed and involved citizens who can determine and guide their own destiniesin a demoo ratio society (2) help students develop stalls of critical reading by teaching competence in newspaper reading and (3) provide educators with an economical effective and exciting teaching tool for lessons in writing history mathematics current events consumer affairs ecology and a multitude of other sub- jects How does NIE work? Newspaper in Education ’a cooperative effort of newspapers and thousands of schools in the United States Canada and other nations where the newspaper is used as gn additional method v of instruction Publishers provide : copies of their newspapers to schools ' sponsor teacher educational and training workshops offer instructional resource materials and provide incentives to help schools develop news-paper use for student learn'A jv ing is : ’ - About 750 newspaper papa to schools in their fecalareas Thereareat ' least as many ways for art r NIE program to function as : Partners in Learning - :x 1- -’ Ds there are combinations of money save time get informed constantly leam newspapers and communihence 730 different something get entertained ty NIE programs! and find entertainment and On' a basic level an NIE it lasts all day long (someprogram may involve noth- times longer Man! What ing more than the weekday a deal! It’s the best thing delivery of newspapers to a out there” school On an active level an NIE program involves Valuable resource “The Herald Journal has several newspaper staff members an extensive been a tremendous asset to package of products and enhancing the curriculum services including teacher in several of my classes in training workshops and US history sociology and activities throughout the the Employment school year TneHerald Preparation classes said Journal s Newspaper in Tbrral Taggart teacher at Education program strives LManlfighSchool The newspaper links stutoward the latter role NIE is designed to make reading dents real world It and newspapers 'a fun and helps motivate students to profitable learning experi- read and build lifelong ence the key wad being reading habits It is a cost fun How do we do than effective way to educate K students because it can By providing a living useivmend-lin inform as well as teach y a daily format less intimidating Newspapers can be adapted and more appealing to stu- to all curriculum areas and dents To quote-anNIgrade levels They are also colleague Andy Harris ideal for building many from me Quad-Cit-y Times basic thinking abilities and “ The is best for increasingunderstand-in- g the newspaper deal in any town anywhere of human events Alas! When I spend 50 cents on A newspaper is easy to use a can of pop it lasts about because itcan be matted five minutes When I buy a cut pasted folded - into newspaper for 50 cents I hats and utilized m other can make money save creative ways ' to-tb- e text-boo- - ThrgetDate What is Operation Target Date? Target Date has been a long standing NIE activity for years It involves compiling a Collection of newspapers published on the same date from differant locales and using them in a comparison study- - The date can Be chosen at random by students and teachers or it can be one of special significance Date are not limited to tary or secondary schools they are often used by university and secondaiy journalism students tP study the concepts of news judgment newspaper layout design localizing and writing styles Younger school-age- d students generally use Target Date newspapers fa their geography and state1' 'history studies : Students write business request letters fa targeted newspapers in advance of the date they and their teacher selected as Target Date ' It usually takes at 15 newspapers' least 10 from around the state province region country a : The Herald Journal NIE program delivers newspapers to over 60 classrooms in Cache Box Elder and Franklin counties The program is supported in part By the involvement of local businesses and individuals They have become ‘partners in learning” by helping cover the cost of tne newspapers delivered to classrooms This school year businesses and individuals can choose from different levels: partnership Platinum level delivers 1000 papers to a school or classroom(s) Gold level delivers 600 papers Silver ' level delivers 300 papers and the Bronze level delivers 150 papers the school year throughout “Partners in Learning” can choose a school or classroom to sponsa awe choose one for them wherever there is the neatest need This year 25 busi- nesses and individuals have sponsored one or two classrooms We need additional sponsors and welcome any donation to the program also This program involves classroom presentations and tours of The Herald Journal building 75 West 300 Noth in Logan any class group is welcome to schedule a tour Pot more information about The Herald Journal Newspaper in Education program workshops spon- -' soring a classroom or Tkrget Date call Leslie Snow at (435) 752-21- a - 21 88 259-763- 1 a : |