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Three more participants share their most innovative/effective classroom assignments. What worked? How did you grade the assignment? Show us a result
#1 Dan Close-Wichita State University- teaching my students how to do "street interviews" similar to "Humans of New York" http://www.humansofnewyork.com/
#2 Angela Anderson-Emerson University-a speed dating approach to teaching students to pitch their stories
#3 Gail B MacDonald University of Connecticut We called our project Not Forgotten UCONN and I worked with my public affairs reporting students on it. They completed profiles of people who played significant roles on our campus but were somehow connected to marginalized communities. Students had to complete research using original documents, archival information and also do interviews. They had to make the stories readable and put them into an historical and contemporary context. I am now vetting their pieces, editing and fact-checking. The end goal is getting them published. The students enjoyed the project, did significant journalism and learned a lot.
