2007 GIFT SCHOLARS

• Single Syllable Shortcut
  How to rewrite like a pro into (mostly) single syllables
  Patricia Baldwin, North Carolina-Asheville
  
  
• Set the Style
  How to teach students how accuracy, fairness and word choice intersect
  Andy Bechtel, North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  
  
• Banana Split 2.0
  How to teach innovation in a sweet way
  Clyde Bentley, Missouri-Columbia
  
  
• Once Upon a Times
  How to use fairytales to teach beat reporting and review lead writing
  S. Camille Broadway, Texas-Arlington
  
  
• Get Out and �Glocalize�
  How to seek out�and connect with�diverse sources
  Susan Brockus, California State-Chico
  
  
• What�s On Your iPod?
  How to integrate vodcasting into existing courses to enhance the college experience for all
  Patrice Clemson and John Chapin, Penn State
  
  
• Bleachers of Fury
  How to teach freedom of information through an interactive role-playing slideshow
  David Cuillier, Arizona
  
  
• Lead Poker
  How to teach the value of words
  Juanita Darling, California State-Monterey Bay
  
  
• All Together Now
  How to use �Speed Dating� to increase learning and minimize conflicts
  Douglas Fisher, South Carolina
  
  
• Hearing Voices
  How to help students learn the elements of voice and find their own
  Ellen J. Gerl, Ohio
  
  
• QQQ
  How to generate discussion in a seminar course
  Joel Geske, Iowa State
  
  
• Sources of Diversity
  How to broaden students� understanding of diversity using standard interview techniques
  Steve Hallock, Southern Illinois-Carbondale
  
  
• Painting a Target Audience Portrait
  How to bring a target audience to life for advertising agency creatives
  Daniel M. Haygood, Tennessee
  
  
• Using Blogs for Community Learning
  The intersection of Web 2.0 and convergence education
  Susan Jacobson, Temple
  
  
• Fostering Visual Creativity with Cre848
  Brian K. Johnson, Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
  
  
• Style Stars
  How to help students collaboratively learn and demonstrate the essence of Associated Press style
  Rick Kenney, Central Florida
  
  
• T-shirt Ethics
  How to engage students in learning ethical approaches
  Susan Lewis, Abilene Christian
  
  
• Don�t Rely On Chicken Scratch
  How to take notes quickly and accurately
  Renee Martin-Kratzer, Florida
  
  
• Caution: Media Convergence Zone Ahead
  How to construct a student news blog centered on community reporting
  Jennifer Mullins and Teresa Lamsam, Nebraska-Omaha
  
  
• Snowballing Sourcebook
  How to introduce students to an ethnic neighborhood and help them build a common sourcebook for reporting
  Paul Niwa, Emerson
  
  
• Do Students at Your College Follow the News?
  How to foster youths� understanding of current events, survey methods and their own media consumption
  Jennifer Rauch, Long Island
  
  
• Breaking the College News Bubble
  How to excite reporting and editing students about current events
  Daniel Reimold, Ohio
  
  
• Diversity Snapshot
  How to ease students into writing about diversity with skill and sensibility
  Carol Schwalbe, Arizona State
  
  
• The Windup and the Pitch
  How to motivate students to develop better story ideas and budget lines
  Jeff South, Virginia Commonwealth
  
  
• We All Have to Eat and Sleep
  How to incorporate math into a reporting assignment
  Kathleen Wickham, Mississippi