Reporting the News

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Reporting the News

• Forms of Communication

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NEWS

• Why are people so interested in the NEWS?
• From the beginning of time people have wanted to
  know what was happening in their community and
  around the world.

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Did you know?

• Did you know that information was once
  communicated by messengers who would run from
  their home to other communities which at times
  where many, many miles away.

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Did you know?

• Did you know that native Americans would
  communicate by using smoke signals and drum beats?

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Weve come a long way

• Today we communicate with people around the world
  in mere seconds. Computer technology means that
  we can now access information on every available
  topic instantaneously.

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Your Task

• Choose a news item this could be a current
  affair that is happening anywhere in the world,
  or perhaps you would prefer to stay a little
  closer to home and report on an event within your
  school.

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Presenting the News

• Choose a method to report the news. You
• may like to
• Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation
• Write a newspaper article in Microsoft Publisher
  or Microsoft Word
• Publish a web page created in Microsoft Front
  Page

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Presenting the News

• Record a video presentation and edit it using
  Microsoft Movie Maker
• Create a video clip from still images and
  narration using Microsoft Photo Story
• Combine a PowerPoint presentation with video in
  Microsoft Producer
• The choice is yours!

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Evaluating the Task

• You will be required to present your published
  project to your class.
• Your classmates will all have a feedback form to
  fill out. When completing the feedback
  questionnaire, remember to praise a job well done
  and make suggestions on how to improve.
• Enjoy learning about forms of communication!