[Oceania-video] Fwd: Feedback: Teacher resources

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Hey,
didn't want to send matts email to a public list without his knowledge.  
I will send to you heidi, if anyone else wants it tell me.
and.

On 16/05/2005, at 6:03 AM, Heidi Douglas wrote:

> 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:
>
> <contact.gif>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:
>>
>>> 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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