http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/it-opens-your-mind-a-student-made-video-about-a-year-of-reading-the-times/?_r=3
This group of students at High Tech High in New Jersey discuss the value of reading, summarizing and discussing current events in their class every day. This is an effective strategy for bridging the "relevance gap" in education, wherein students do not see the connection between course content and their lived experience. For sustained motivation and engaged learning to occur, teachers need to draw these links at every opportunity, and well-crafted journalism can be a convenient entry point and classroom resource.
This group of students at High Tech High in New Jersey discuss the value of reading, summarizing and discussing current events in their class every day. This is an effective strategy for bridging the "relevance gap" in education, wherein students do not see the connection between course content and their lived experience. For sustained motivation and engaged learning to occur, teachers need to draw these links at every opportunity, and well-crafted journalism can be a convenient entry point and classroom resource.