Ask NBC News - classroom resources for presidential election

From an NBC News press release:

Washington, DC (January 29, 2008) – As the year’s presidential election campaign shapes up to be one of the most unpredictable and dynamic political events in history, NBC News is making available its top political reporters and experts to answer pressing questions about Decision ’08 from the nation’s students and teachers.

“Ask NBC News” is an exclusive feature of NBC News Archives on Demand, a rich compilation of thousands of primary source video resources created specifically for classroom instruction to engage students in active learning and transform classroom instruction into 21st century “e-learning” centers. The Archives on Demand are available on HotChalk, a free web-based learning management system for k-12 teachers and their students.

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Fifth Graders Reflections on Weblogs

Today I met with the fifth graders from the NewsQuest group. They completed their evaluation questionnaires.

Dane is hopeful…..

If an outsider visited your site, what would you hope he or she would think about it?

I would hope they would think of children as being capable of more than they had first anticipated.

I would hope so, too, Dane! In my book, all of the students in this group have risen to the occasion and more! I am so proud of all the students in this group, and I will miss seeing them!