Reporting the NewsForms of Communication

NEWS• Why are people so interested in the

NEWS? • From the beginning of time people have

wanted to know what was happening in their community and around the world.

Did you know?

• Did you know that information was once communicated by messengers who would run from their home to other communities which at times where many, many miles away.

Did you know?

• Did you know that native Americans would communicate by using smoke signals and drum beats?

We’ve come a long way

• Today we communicate with people around the world in mere seconds. Computer technology means that we can now access information on every available topic instantaneously.

Your Task

• Choose a news item… this could be a current affair that is happening anywhere in the world, or perhaps you would prefer to stay a little closer to home and report on an event within your school.

Presenting the NewsChoose a method to report the news. You may like to:• Create a Microsoft PowerPoint

presentation• Write a newspaper article in Microsoft

Publisher or Microsoft Word• Publish a web page created in Microsoft

Front Page

Presenting the News

• Record a video presentation and edit it using Microsoft Movie Maker

• Create a video clip from still images and narration using Microsoft Photo Story

• Combine a PowerPoint presentation with video in Microsoft Producer

The choice is yours!

Evaluating the Task

• You will be required to present your published project to your class.

• Your classmates will all have a feedback form to fill out. When completing the feedback questionnaire, remember to praise a job well done and make suggestions on how to improve.

• Enjoy learning about forms of communication!