Rachel+Lutzker+-megan

Dear Ms Lutzker,

We would like to invite you to be on our Lunch Time Leaders Podcast that we do as part of our Social Studies class at Moran Middle School in Wallingford, CT. We interview leaders in our community and beyond to talk about the challenges of being successfully prepared for the 21st Century. We were interested in contacting you because you report a lot of the events that are currently going on in our community and you utilize a great deal of technology. We would like to do the interview on October 29, 2008 at 11:30 AM. The interviews are usually approximately 15 minutes long. The interview would require us to have us call you on your phone in order for our system to record it, do it with Skype if you have that capability, or doing it live in our school is also an option. You can view our website and see examples of our other interviews on our podcast website, [|http://lunchtimeleaders.podomatic.com] or http://lunchtimeleaders.wikispaces.com. A list of the questions that would be asked are below. We look forward to hearing from you, Megan Souza


 * 1) What skills/abilities do you feel students need to have to be successful in the broadcasting business?
 * 2) What skills/abilities do students need to have to be successful citizens in a globally-interconnected world?
 * 3) Looking at the people you currently see entering broadcasting, what are their strengths and what are their weaknesses?
 * 4) There is a lot of discussion in K-12 education about the importance of content knowledge (knowing a lot of “stuff” about math, science, social studies, language arts, etc.) versus the importance of learning skills and students being able to construct their own understanding of material/ideas that are new to them (being able to “learn how to learn”). For a person entering broadcasting would it be more important to have content knowledge or the ability to learn/adapt/grow?
 * 5) There is also a lot of discussion in education on the tension between being successful as an individual and being successful as part of a group or team. What are your opinions on working in groups as opposed to working independently?
 * 6) Tell us a little bit about any changes you foresee for broadcasting in the next 5-15 years (and beyond). What do you think this means for students currently in high school and for K-12 education in general?
 * 7) What types of technologies should our students be proficient at using?
 * 8) What was the best learning/educational experience you have had? Why?
 * 9) If you were going to design a 21st century school from the ground up, what are three key features you would include? These features could be physical (building features), pedagogical (teaching techniques/approach), structural (curriculum, schedule, etc.), technological (specific tools/software/experiences), etc.
 * 10) When we're done today, what's the one most important "take-away" message you'd like our teachers and students to hear?