News Story

Name: Erich Bobka

Date: 9/26/2011

Topic: Internet Accessibility During Study Hall

Angle: Students wasting time

Script IN (for anchor): How many students spend their study hall wasting time?  Here is Erich Bobka with information on how students could better spend their study hall time.

Stand up:  In this age of technology, students often rely on the internet to do class assignments. Here at Eastview the internet is not accessible during study hall time without a pass to the cluster or media center.  So the students just go back to their normal homework method. 

1st Interview: I just go home and do it.

Segue:  Home still seems to have the benefit over school concerning the internet and little is getting done during study hall.  With computers now having wireless capabilities, it would seem the school should encourage new ways to access the internet. 

2nd Interview:  To make the internet more available, the school could allow students on the Wifi without a password.

Segue:   Availability seems to be the key, but would students take advantage of this during their study halls?

3rd Interview: If the Wifi was more accessible I would use it a couple of times per week.

Close: Hopefully we can find a way to use all of the technology that is available to make those study hall hours more useful.

Reporting for the Flash, I’m Erich.

Script OUT (for anchor):  Thanks Erich.  It sounds like easy internet accessibility is what the students want to make their study hall time more useful.  Be sure to watch for any future technology changes.