2002 GIFT SCHOLARS

• A Fairy Tale Approach for Writing for the Web
  How to use a well-known children's story to demonstrate how Web writing differs from print media writing
  Clyde H. Bentley, Missouri-Columbia
  
  
• Research, Creating and Designing a Legal Research Web Page
  How to introduce media law graduate students to the world of legal research on the Internet by having them research, create and design their own Web page focusing on legal resources on the World Wide Web
  Sandra F. Chance, Florida
  
  
• Bringing the Newsroom to the Classroom
  How to do combat videotaping to convey the messages of the newsroom battlefield
  Sue Ellen Christian, Western Michigan
  
  
• Service Learning in Audio Production
  Joan Conners, Regis
  
  
• The Game of Life and American Values
  How to teach the concept of ideology
  Mia Consalvo, Ohio
  
  
• Developing a Companion CD-ROM
  How to digitally distribute course materials
  Judi Cook, Salem State
  
  
• Micro-Creativity
  How to use "Creativity Tickler Exercises" to improve students' facility in developing fresh language for advertising assignments
  Linda Conway Correll, Florida
  
  
• The Front Page Game
  How to encourage students to develop news judgment
  Mary Carmen Cupito, Northern Kentucky
  
  
• Interviewing: The Public Radio Files
  Carolyn Stewart Dyer, Iowa
  
  
• Copy Edit the World!
  How to motivate students to be critical readers and sharper editors
  Frank E. Fee Jr., North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  
  
• Analyzing Magazine Covers Pre- and Post-Sept. 11
  How to help students think critically about the role of mass media
  Carol T. Fletcher, Hofstra
  
  
• Keeping Your Focus on Fizzies and Oprah
  How to transform your topic into a thesis statement
  Scott Fosdick, Missouri-Columbia
  
  
• The Beginner's Portfolio Project
  How to develop both conceptual and executional skills in the introductory advertising design course
  W. Glenn Griffin, Texas-Austin
  
  
• Better Than Bleeding All Over It
  How to use a tape recorder to improve feedback on student writing assignments
  Jim Hall, Virginia Commonwealth
  
  
• Teaching Financial Management the Easy Way
  How to use a computer simulation program in a media management class
  Joseph M. Harper, Kent State
  
  
• Journalism Jeopardy With (Your Name Goes Here)
  How to thoroughly enjoy one class session that is focused on journalism trivia topics like "U.S. Presidents and the press," "American newspapers," "Famous journalists" and "Journalism-NOT!"
  Cheryl Heckler, Miami-Ohio
  
  
• Writing the Personal Statement of Ethics in Communication
  How to assess the integration and application of student learning in communication ethics
  Gail Ritchie Henson, Bellarmine
  
  
• Music Video Creation as a Tool to Understand Videography and Video Editing
  How to make students spend hours learning to shoot and edit video--and love it
  Brian K. Johnson, Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
  
  
• The Chocolate Chip Cookie Taste Test
  How to recognize the relevance of brand names in the world of advertising
  Cathy Johnson, Angelo State
  
  
• This Really Happened!
  How to show students the difference between a topic and a story
  Lee Jolliffe, Drake
  
  
• Beyond Schindler's List
  How to understand the importance of government in the sunshine by keeping public records/meetings open to all
  Kenneth C. Killebrew, South Florida
  
  
• The Morning Meeting
  How to teach current events and news judgment and make the classroom real
  Richard Landesberg, North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  
  
• Student Bios as Teaching Tools
  How to personalize a large class
  Phyllis V. Larsen, Nebraska-Lincoln
  
  
• The Carolina Community Media Project
  How to put journalism theory into practice from day one
  Jock Lauterer, North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  
  
• Enliven History and Public Record Research--in the Cemetery (Award Winner)
  How to use the local cemetery to teach public record research and history in a reporting class
  Carol S. Lomicky, Nebraska-Kearney
  
  
• The Silly-Dilly Style Quiz
  How to help students learn to love the AP stylebook
  Miles Maguire, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
  
  
• Mining For Gold: Expanding Your PR Resources
  How to encourage students to identify PR literature and pioneers
  Kimberly Williams Moore, North Carolina State
  
  
• Current Events Quiz Bowl
  How to turn ordinary, apathetic students into news junkies!
  Jackie S. Nirenberg, Texas-Pan American
  
  
• Bringing "Real" Deadline Pressure to the Classroom
  How to give students a taste of a real newsroom
  Paula I. Otto, Virginia Commonwealth
  
  
• Let's Get Creative: Representing Myself!
  How to establish a framework for learning creative advertising strategy
  Donnalyn Pompper, Florida State
  
  
• Community Journalism: Expanding the Classroom
  How to utilize local resources in photojournalism education
  Regene Radniecki, Minnesota State-Moorhead
  
  
• Using PDAs to Check to Check Your Knowledge of AP Style
  How to use and write quizzes for PDAs (Portable Digital Assistants)
  Judy L. Robinson, Florida
  
  
• Now I Get It!
  How to use reflective memos in news writing
  James Simon, Fairfield
  
  
• Forging Partnerships Through Promotion
  How to make service learning an integral part of the public relations writing course
  Andi Stein, California State-Fullerton
  
  
• Democracy in Action
  How to connect students with the communication reconnection process
  Kristie Alley Swain, Texas A&M
  
  
• Using Daily "Quick Quizzes" to Motivate Students
  How to increase regular class attendance and participation
  Brad Thompson, Penn State
  
  
• Creating Individual Codes of Ethics
  How to integrate theory and practice
  Kathleen Woodruff Wickham, Mississippi
  
  
• Project Access
  How to provide students hands-on experience with the Freedom of Information Act
  Terry L. Wimmer, West Virginia
  
  
• The Live Remote
  How to bring professionals to students
  Bradford L. Yates, West Georgia State