University Daily Kansan / Wednesday. June 21, 1989
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Teaching tongues on TV
by Christina Mann
Kansan staff writer
Imagine a time when parents will no longer yell at children for watching television instead of doing homework, teachers will let students watch television in class, and the University of Kansas will produce live broadcasts for these students.
Next fall, KU will broadcast live Japanese language classes for
students at the sixth grade level,
say Gregory Gutenko, producer/
director for the Star Schools Project
at KU.
The satellite broadcasts will be KU's part in the Midlands Consortium Star Schools Project. The six universities participating in the project are KU, Kansas State University, Oklahoma State University, the University of Alabama-Birmingham, the University of Mississippi and the Missouri School Boards Association.
Mary Jane Dunlap, hometown news editor for University Relations, said, "Anyone with the proper equipment may receive these broadcasts, but there are districts that have trouble attracting and keeping math, science and foreign language teachers."
The proper equipment to receive the broadcast costs about $7,000 and consists of a satellite dish and tuner, VCR, television monitor, radio or cordless telephone and an electronic printer, said Brenda Wiedemann, assistant in the Education Communications Center at K-State.
K-State will offer live broadcasts of Spanish classes this live, Wienck said. The fee that schools must pay for receiving the broadcasts depends on the number of students enrolled in the class, but Wienck said 2 Kansas school would pay $2,000 for an enrollment of 10
students. Out-of-state schools would pay $2,400. Eacn additional student would add $100 to the bill.
Fifty schools across Kansas, Missouri and Mississippi have been equipped to receive the broadcasts. So far, 20 schools have signed up for the Spanish class, she said. K-State will eventually serve schools in Oklahoma, Alabama and Tennessee, Wienck said.
Gutenko did it was too early to tell how much KU would charge for the Japanese program, but he explained how the transmission would work. The classes are received on monitors in classrooms. A phone number, usually toll-free, is given to students with questions can call. Phone lines remain active for 12 hours or the transmission.
In addition, the class is monitored by a teacher, called a teaching partner, who will most likely be a tutor along with his or her students.
Homework, tests and answer keys can be sent through the mail from the university so that the teacher can grade assignments. Teachers can review and printers can receive homework and tests on that equipment.
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