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WHEN PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS tour Hawk Ridge Elementary School in Charlotte, NC, their longest stop is always in the media center. What's the attraction? They're drawn to our student-run TV studio, from which we broadcast live, 15-minute, daily morning news programs to our classes.
I arrived as Hawk Ridge's first media specialist four years ago with the main goal of building an audiovisual (AV) production room in the library. I ran a similar program at my previous school for six years and saw what an important means of communication it was for students. It was also a wonderful way to integrate technology and education, while enabling our K-5 students to gain hands-on broadcast experience,…