IditaProject Featured on APRN Today

[Johncn]

Hello,

Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN) has run a feature today about IditaProject on the their show AK.



APRN's Ellen Lockyer interviewed several of the IditaProject students and staff while she was out in Unalakleet for the race. She then went down on Wedndesday of this past week to the ASAA 1A/2A Alaska State Basketball Championships to see a different group of SBT kids in action there producing the game webcasts.

The result is a nice feature where she talks about the roots of the Student Broadcast Team in the Foxfire project, the role of cultural journalism, and the importance of YOU guys...an authentic audience. This forum is pushing 10,000 posts in its first month of existence

Lights, Camera, Action! - Unalakleet TV Kids
Ellen Lockyer - APRN

The ancient village of Unalakleet is home to some pretty amazing technical wonders, thanks to the Bering Strait School District’s student-produced web-stream broadcasts — which bring village life and the Iditarod into schools across the US. AK’s Ellen Lockyer visits with the broadcast-savvy students, and speaks with BSSD coordinator of educational technology John Concilus and BSSD distance learning facilitator Damon Hargraves.

I will send the link the forum thread here to Ellen if you want to leave comments for her, or you can do so on the AK website in the comment form at the bottom of the page.

Regards,

Johncn

[Heidi]

Just finished listening to that...very interesting. Thanks John.

[Di*]

Excellent broadcast John!
It answered a lot of questions I've had about the organization of the BSSD and how that all fits into the scope of the curriculum. Glad that you are getting some coverage from APR & I will send a comment thanking them for this!

[dilli]

Thanks for sharing this APRN clip, JohncAn

Team BSSD, SBT and GCI .. what a beneficial, successful partnership and endeavor in every way! The entire BSSD program, including the Idita-project, deserves voluntary international public participation and multi-level support to help the future generations to grow and prosper.

[fladogfan]

Thanks for making us aware of Ellen's report. Nice to know BSSD is getting recognized for their wonderful teaching program.

We, your Iditarod forum audience, certainly appriciate the students' efforts.

Thanks for your good report Ellen.