[Oceania-video] Fwd: Feedback: Teacher resources

[Heidi Douglas]

More on teachers resources:
  - Good to get positive feedback about the newsreal...

  - Matt's email was not included in the mail out... can whoever sent it 
out send me the email?
I am making up teacher resource kits for the Tasmanian forest film that 
was mentioned in this email and would like to follow this up with Matt.

  - Also, here is a contact from my brother in law, who has been using 
the tassie film in the newsreal for his yr 10 class.
If anyone/we newsrealers have energy for Matt's idea, this could be a 
good place to start distributing : the national body for geography 
teachers. They have a newsletter that the newsreal could be advertised 
in.
What do yas think??

This is the group we are in at school:

NSW Office Manager: Marilyn Herrod

Email: GTA NSW Email

PO Box 162 Ryde NSW 1680
Phone: 9807 3586 Fax: 9807 3589

This is the national body for geography teachers:

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Heidi hope this is of some use. I have just finished a week teaching  
all of year 10 at my school about the Styx campaign in the context of  
TWS being an example of an NGO and the role of the media in social  
issues the kids really enjoyed your DVD's and I finished of by  
expalining the Gunns 20 to them. They all think that it is a disgrace  
that people can be silenced so easily. they passed on there best  
wishes. I can bring a copy of the work if it is of any use to you?
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On 15/05/2005, at 5:11 AM, and wrote:

> nice stuff for a change :)
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Matt  .....
>> Date: 14 May 2005 8:55:04 AM
>> To: info at melbourne.indymedia.org
>> Subject: Feedback: Teacher resources
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>> Just wanted to thank you guys at indymedia, and also make a quick  
>> suggestion..
>>
>> As of this year i started a Dip Ed, and consequently had teaching  
>> rounds.  In my geography classes i based a unit of work around the  
>> issues explored in the news reals.  The feed back i got from other  
>> techers, supervisors and especially the class was excellent.
>>
>> The most common comment was that they were interesting, (\"you don\'t  
>> have to listen to some old, irrelevant guy talking.\")  It really  
>> kept the year 11 class in focus.  Most of the kids\' knowledge of  
>> these issues stemmed from what they had witnessed in the mainstream  
>> media, and consequently some were shocked and noticeably moved by  
>> what was portrayed in the DVD.  Most had no idea that the perspective  
>> of the issue shown to them, had even existed before they watched the  
>> Newsreal.   the relvance of the content was also a highlight for the  
>> class and was definately an important factor when considering why  
>> they enjoyed the material so much.  Things like the John Butler  
>> soundtrack to the Tasmanian Rainforests section went down especially  
>> well with the students.
>>
>> So this is just really a thanks, and a \'keep up the good work\' -  
>> you are definately having an impact and an important one at that.
>>
>> I was wondering when the next newsreel is due for release?  and if  
>> there are any other resources that could be used in a classroom  
>> setting.
>>
>> i am not sure if this is feasable, but it was a thought anyway.   - i  
>> consider eductation to be a key aspect of the  
>> environmental/social/etc movement, and therefore if an already well  
>> founded organisation such as Indymedia was to provide teacher  
>> resources, it could have a significant impact on the upcoming  
>> generation.
>>
>> Now, i know Indymedia is a volunteer based organisation and would  
>> probably find it difficult to resource all the projects you would  
>> already have in mind.  However, the teacher resource kits could also  
>> provide revenue for the organisation, and therefore fund itself in a  
>> sustainable fashion.  (There are many approaches you could use to  
>> make the information available to schools!)
>>
>> This was just an idea that i thought may be of interest, if you  
>> wanted to discuss this any further please feel free to contact me.  i  
>> have a background in Ecology and P.R, which might be of some help  
>> somehow.
>>
>> Anyway, keep doing your stuff - its great,
>> Matt
>>
>>

  Heidi Douglas
  AV Producer
  The Wilderness Society
  heidi.douglas at wilderness.org.au
  ph 03 6224 9122
  fax 03 6223 5112
  130 Davey Street, Hobart
  7000 Tasmania
  www.wilderness.org.au
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