2005 GIFT SCHOLARS

• The Ad Strategy Scavenger Hunt
  How to help students find classroom concepts in the real world
  Sue Westcott Alessandri, Syracuse
  
  
• Online Journalism On Campus
  How to get students started doing online journalism using campus images
  Genelle Belmas, California State-Fullerton
  
  
• Using the Present to Teach the Past
  How to get students excited about the history of advertising and teach them something at the same time
  Jason Chambers, Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
  
  
• The Power of Team
  How to use team-based learning in communication classes
  Dale Cressman, Brigham Young
  
  
• Snowboards and Slippery Slopes
  Practicing ethical problem-solving under pressure
  Glenn Feighery, Utah
  
  
• Student �Newscasts� Without Breaking the Bank
  How to put the team back in broadcast reporting and production courses
  Jennifer Fleming, California State-Long Beach
  
  
• The First Amendment Campaign
  How to get students to think more deeply about free speech
  Kim Golombisky, South Florida
  
  
• News From Whose Perspective?
  How to introduce students to news framing, agenda-setting and diversity
  Bradley W. Gorham, Syracuse
  
  
• The Power of Words
  How to stop painting stereotypical pictures by avoiding racial identifiers
  John R. Irby, Washington State
  
  
• Where Do YOU Draw the Line? Where Do WE Draw the Line?
  How to reinforce news judgment, ethics and media law in one easy lesson
  Elena Jarvis, Daytona Beach Community
  
  
• Sub-Composition: Compositional Patterns of Meaning in Photojournalism
  How to teach students an abstract concept of composition in easy steps
  Brian K. Johnson, Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
  
  
• Extreme Makeover
  How to use a popular television format to teach both process and professionalism in publication design
  Jean P. Kelly, Otterbein
  
  
• Television News Coverage or Tragedy: Live, Breaking and Ethics
  How to merge practical training in live, breaking and ethical coverage of tragic news events
  Andrea Miller, Louisiana State
  
  
• Ubiquitous Media/Media Fast
  How to make beginning mass communication students understand how much media impacts their lives
  Jane Marcellus, Middle Tennessee State
  
  
• The Challenge of Improving Student Writing
  How to use peer review to give students feedback to ensure continuous skill development
  Emma Daugherty Phillingane, California State-Long Beach
  
  
• You Choose the News
  How to create a weekly lab focusing on news and news values in world media regions
  Jan Quarles, Middle Tennessee State
  
  
• Advertising Campaigns: Keeping It Real!
  How to make your advertising campaigns course a �real world� exercise
  Edward W. Russell, Syracuse
  
  
• Student Self-Evaluation: Know Thy Writing Strengths and Weaknesses
  How to help students assess improvement in their writing skills
  Carol B. Schwalbe, Arizona State
  
  
• As Easy As 1-2-3
  How to build student confidence and experience in the basic news writing course
  James Simon, Fairfield
  
  
• Turning Journalism Students Into Savvy News Perusers For Life
  How to connect students to credible Internet news sources
  Cheryl Spainhour, North Carolina-Charlotte
  
  
• The Web We Weave
  How to use a class blog as a collaborative learning tool
  Leslie-Jean Thornton, Arizona State
  
  
• Recognizing and Revising
  How to create more diversity-aware student journalists
  Kimberly Wilmot Voss, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
  
  
• Taking the Anxiety Out of Basic Writing
  How a question and answer campus profile eases students into reporting
  Carol Wilcox, Virginia State
  
  
• Blog, Blog, Blog
  How to use web logs effectively in journalism courses
  Eric Wiltse, Wyoming
  
  
• Faces of Faith: Confronting Religious Diversity in the Bible Belt
  How to use a multi-class group project to expose students to the diversity within a conservative culture
  John B. (Jack) Zibluk, Arkansas State