tm Linking TV and TheInternetIn the Classroom (NAPSA)—Internet and multimedia technology are converging in classrooms, giving students onair and on-line resources that makelearning exciting. This approach allows teachers to offer students motivating lessons in medialiteracy, history, science, literature, political science, geography and social studies. For example, CNN offers a combination of broadcast and Internet programming for students and teachers. The network’s daily news and educational program, CNN NEWSROOM,hasbeen used successfully in schools for more than twelve years. The program is a cost-free, commercial-free news show that airs at 4:30 a.m. (ET). Teachers simply set their VCRs and show selected segments each day in their classrooms. Each day’s program is accompanied by free lesson plans, available online (http://www.CNNfyi. com/newsroom) or automatically sent daily via e-mail to teachers who request them. The lesson plans adhere to national curriculum standards and save teachers’ valuable planning time by offering pre-prepared discussion questions andactivities tailored to each broadcast. CNNfyi.com, a Web site that presents material coordinated with the program, offers a rich source of educational materials, including news feature stories, lesson plans, interactive elements and video clips for students and teachers. In addition to its daily content, monthly Learning Adventures explore subjects in-depth witharticles, lessons and streaming Internet interviews with experts in each subject field. European-style castles like this one at Gondor, Ethiopia, are an element of CNN NEWSROOM special The OtherSide of Africa. Fall 2001 specials for CNN NEWSROOM and CNNfyi.com explore the rise in HispanicAmerican influence in the U.S,travel to the “other” side of Africa, delve into the role of insects in Earth’s ecosystem, participate in the United Nations Special Session on Children and look at Native American History. “Turner Broadcasting has the unique ability to bring school subjects to life by linking them to state-of-the-art news and entertainment productions,” says Dr. John Richards, senior vice president and general manager of Turner Learning, Turner Broadcasting System’s educationaldivision. Turner Network Television (TNT) also provides educational materials with its original programming. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, starring Patrick Stewart, aired in December 2001, and Emmy nominated war crimes drama Nuremberg, starring Alec Baldwin, airs in April 2002. Both films are accompanied by free classroom guides available online (http://www.turnerlearning.com Atntlearning).
