MEDIA WORKSHOP'S CONTEST WINNERS

Thank you to everyone who entered in Media Workshop's September 11th Contest. We received over a hundred entries. The awards were announced at the Bertelsmann Building, on June 19, 2002. Congratulations to all of the winners!

Original Teacher Lesson Plan:
FIRST PLACE
9/11 America Web by Mr. J. Zwerling
English, 12th grade at Brooklyn Comprehensive Night High School
Overview: In response to the tragedies of 9/11, Mr. Zwerling designed a project based unit integrating Language Arts, current events, journalism, and computer technology to provide a forum for student expression. The unit culminated in student created digital and hard copy portfolios, and this work is highlighted in a CD and magazine.

HONORABLE MENTION
Post-September 11th Lesson Plan by Stacy Fell-Eisenkraft
Humanities, 8th Grade at Dr. Sun Yat Sen-Sen Middle School 131
Objective: to raise awareness, to push the students to take a critical lens to the media surrounding them.

HONORABLE MENTION
Creating a webquest by Jordan Pincus
Social Studies, 12th grade at Forest Hills High School
Overview: This is a mini-unit on the (proposed) anti-terrorism legislation and its potential impact on the Fourth Amendment rights. It is geared toward American Government students.

Personal Essay
FIRST PLACE, 5th-8th Grade
Life After September 11 by Geng You (Karen)
Dr. Sun Yat Sen-Sen Middle School 131, Grade 8
"Since September 11, I get lost a lot. Even though I have lived in Chinatown almost four and a half years, I still do not know the streets very well. I get lost almost every time when I take the subway. You know, it is every embarrassing to get lost almost every time I go out by myself.... "

FIRST PLACE, 9th-12th Grade
Terrorism, Civil Liberties, and a Safer America by Roman
Bayard Rustin High School for Humanities, Grade 11
"In the wake of the horrendous terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001, both the politicians and the media have been rather effusive in using the word "war" to describe the resulting state of affairs..."

HONORABLE MENTION, 5th-8th Grade
What Happened After September 11 by Max Lin
Dr. Sun Yat Sen-Sen Middle School 131, Grade 8
"When I first heard of the attack on the World Trade Center, I actually felt "happy." The reason I felt this way was I thought that I might not have school for a few days, and it would be fun to not have homework. It is true that there was not school from Wednesday to Friday, but I did not know...."

New Media
First Place, 9th-12th Grade
Sparkle’s Search by Lori Khoshanoff
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, Grade 10
A PowerPoint presentation based on an original book Lori wrote about a young sparrow in New York City.

Honorable Mention, 9th-12th Grade
Anthony, The Little Angel by Steven M.
Humanities High School, Grade 10
An original on-line book that he wrote and illustrated about a Little Angel who was given an important job on September 11th.