By Holly Kernan, News Director, KALW public radio, 91.7 FM The current Audio Academy class is in its final weeks and we are buzzing with activity. Most of the features...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Riley, assisted by Martha Sessums I’m running in circles with excitement. I get to announce the ACE Poetry Contest winners at Alpha: Blanca Alvarado...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Lobo, assisted by Kyle Halle-Erby, Fifth Year Program Coordinator, San Francisco International High School Can you hear me howling? It’s Lobo, San...
Read MoreBy Holly Kernan, News Director, KALW Public Radio, 91.7 FM We are in our final stretch at the KALW Audio Academy. The fellows are all in heavy production. The rest of...
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Sammie and Sheba, assisted by Paul Krivonos, ACE Board Member. We’re glad that Eleanor, the cat, has jumped in to support the poets at Oakland...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Eleanor, assisted by Sailaja Suresh, Co-Principal, Oakland International High School Well, well, well…what a month for a poetry lover! Poems...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Lobo, assisted by Kyle Halle-Erby, Fifth Year Program Coordinator, San Francisco International High School Hi again. It’s me, Lobo, and I just wanted...
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Riley, Lobo and Eleanor, assisted by Martha Sessums What’s in your pocket? @@@ @ .. @ Riley Everyone knows that I want to get Treats from your...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger, Eleanor, assisted by Sailaja Suresh, Principal, Oakland International High School Good day. My name is Eleanor. I am a cat. Just thought I’d...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Lobo, assisted by Kyle Halle-Erby, SFIHS, Fifth Year Program Coordinator Hi, it’s Lobo again. ACE/San Francisco International High School Poetry...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Riley, assisted by Martha Sessums I’ve been checking out the progress of the students learning about poetry at Alpha: Blanca Alvarado Middle School....
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Lobo, assisted by Kyle Halle-Erby, SFIHS, Fifth Year Program Coordinator Hello everyone! Lobo here with some exciting news. I heard from my pal Riley...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Riley, assisted by Martha Sessums Hi, it’s me again – Riley the dog and mascot of the ACE Poetry Contest. The students at Alpha: Blanca Alvarado Middle...
Read MoreBy Holly Kernan, News Director, KALW public radio, 91.7 FM Last month, Audio Academy first year student Rachel Wong produced a lovely story about supporting foster...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Riley, assisted by Martha Sessums Hi. It’s me, Riley. Its April again, and April is National Poetry Month. That means poetry is everywhere. April...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums KALW promotes telling community stories. That focus helped inspire a set of entrepreneurs who saw a new way to use technology to support the...
Read MoreBy Holly Kernan, KALW News Director Hanzi Lo Wang, one of the NPR Code Switch journalists, lectured at Audio Academy about Code Switch, his career and reporting style....
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums Radio tells stories, and some of the best ones explore how tough it can be if you don’t have a job. The KALW Audio Academy fellows examine the issues...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums Spelling bees get all the cultural glamour, but math competitions are their modern bee counterpart. And I think they must be way harder than spelling...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums The first year students, or fellows, of the KALW Audio Academy have already created a strong collection of stories that have been aired. Like Olympic...
Read MoreBy Holly Kernan, News Director, KALW We are just entering the second semester of the first ever KALW Audio Academy and what a great experience this has been! It’s one...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums For last few years, technology has been about hardware and software in schools. The glamour was in hardware like Smartboards that brought visual...
Read MoreBy Holly Kernan, KALW News Director and Rachel Wong, KALW Audio Academy The KALW Audio Academy is in full swing and fellows are beginning to produce more broadcast...
Read MoreBy Julie Kessler, Principal, San Francisco International High School And 5th Year Students at the SFIHS/ACE Learning Center Our 5th Year program is going well and more...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums and Charlotte Silver Who knew that down the hill from KALW’s radio station on San Bruno Avenue is The Bee Farm? Or that it was located parallel to the...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums The high energy I’ve experienced in the first two weeks of 2014 was amazing. I attended the “Digital Storytelling Using Social Media” seminar at...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums and David Boyer It’s an essay test. Well, a special kind of essay test for KALW’s Audio Academy students. Their assignment was to profile a place, and...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums Students get tested all the time. So do adults. Life is often a multiple-choice test. When the results of the 2012 Program for International Student...
Read MoreStudents attending The KALW Audio Academy were asked to reflect on what they hope to achieve during the two semesters. Here is the seventh of those musings. By Guest...
Read MoreStudents attending The KALW Audio Academy were asked to reflect on what they hope to achieve during the two semesters. Here is the sixth of those musings. By Guest...
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