ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY * Bertelsen, M.J. (1996)

This article is a project paper which discusses the use of journalism techniques (including the taking photographs) as a means of enhancing the writing skills of bilingual students. Specifically, it is noted that teaching students journalism techniques (through having them produce a bilingual newsletter) is an effective way to improve the writing abilities of Hispanic high school students in English and Spanish. Additionally, the creation of a bilingual newsletter was said to increase the students' awareness of as well as their participation in community issues.

This project paper analyzes why teaching journalism is valuable to students and outlines the kinds of skills that students can gain from these instructional methods. Further, the paper presents a 10-day long curriculum which offers teachers lessons on how to implement a newsletter in their own classrooms.

The article presents several appendixes containing such resources as a list of rules for conducting interviews, an interview evaluation sheet, a newsletter style guide, a good deal of advice on how to take photographs, a general advertising contract, advertising rules, practice sheets for advertising, two sample texts for use with "Pagemaker"(TM) software, and a sa

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n the camera as a powerful teaching tool. The meaning and characteristics of visual learning as well as the psychological and learning implications for early childhood in particular are discussed in the article. In addition, the article offers several concrete suggestions for introducing photography to the young child. Also, specific visual literacy-related camera activities are described. Based on the model of visual literacy and camera use constructed in the article, it is concluded that the most cogent reason for using the camera as a teaching tool is that it engenders a relevant learning environment that necessitates active student participation. In other words, using the camera to take their own pictures helps children to identify with the material in which they are being instructed and gets them actively involved in the class. Thus, their learning is improved over traditional instruction methods. * Sinatra, R. (1988). Examining the use of photo essays on students' writing ability. Special issue: Visual literacy and its relationships to written literacy. Reading Psychology, 9(4), 399-408. This article makes the point that cameras and photography offer children a tool for investigating interesting scenes in their
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Child Development, Reading Psychology, School Arts, Reproduction ED, Experience Approach, Spanish Additionally, Service ED, CINDY Please, Walsh CE, Gray RA, taking photographs, written literacy, photo essays, teaching tool, eric document reproduction, eric document, document reproduction, using photography, visual learning, literacy skills, bilingual newsletter, low literacy achievement, literacy achievement students, hispanic school students, reproduction service ed,
Approximate Word count = 1492
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)