Current Affairs Test Coming February 16

Watch this space.  Posted sixth period tomorrow.  Email answers to: joanna_g_greer@mcpsmd.org.

Not my dog . . .

Ms.Greer
John F. Kennedy High School
Silver Spring, Md

Randolph Road Sidewalk again

Randolph Road near JFK, February 15, 2010, 11:00 a.m.
School starts back up tomorrow with a two hour delay
How will students navigate this walkway with oncoming traffic?

So how do you find out who is responsible for this sidewalk?  Would you start at the State Highway?  Would you call the mayor?  Do you have a mayor in Wheaton or Silver Spring?  If the neighbors put up a fence and offending sidewalk backs up to their fence, who is responsible?   Is this a state road?  Is the state responsible?  No, maybe, Montgomery County?  The school system?

How far do they have jurisdiction off the road, ten feet?

Find the answers to these questions.  Good reporters find the answers to these questions and more.

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School
Silver Spring, Md

Cool media from The NYTIMES

Move the orange tab

NYTimes Model - Meta - morphosis

There are many more of these model metamorphosis shots.  Explore.  How is the newspaper making sure that you continue on their pages?  Remember clicks are eyeballs on pages which costs the advertisers more money.

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School
Silver Spring, Md

Photos with story

Doc photographer -- watch her video

RadioLab does it again

Will power and the slacker brain

So what do you think?

Teacher blogs about eating daily school lunches for one year

Why would a teacher care so much about this issue?  What are your thoughts on school lunches?

Could you do something every day and blog about it?  Think Julia and Julia where the young woman cooked something out of Julia Child's recipe book EVERY DAY for ONE WHOLE YEAR.  Gimmick?  You bet.  But people want to see how it turns out.  AND, sometimes you get a book and movie deal.

Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School

Brookside Gardens story

How to light holiday lights