Tools

We recently distributed our new issue to junior high and high schools across the state. In addition to new feature stories and tools for students within the magazine, we also revamped our Classroom Activity Guide for teachers. We added interactive assignments to the guide that could easily be done at school in the classroom, if technology permits.

That's why we were very excited to receive the following letter and the accompanying photos from 12th-grade guidance counselor, Vera Leath, who's seeing how the magazine can be used to the students' benefit in the classroom - in a really unique, high-tech way!

"Thank you for sending the 2012 edition of Arkansas Next to our school this year. I wanted to share with you how one of our English teachers, Dinah McClurg, is using your magazine and activity guide in her classroom. She incorporated the scavenger hunt and interactive assignment with her curriculum frameworks and her new classroom set of iPads.  The students love researching about colleges on the iPads and are learning many things about college admission, degree programs, costs, etc. The iPads allow students to research individual interests at the same time rather than viewing one college together on a teacher computer and projector in class.Our superintendant and assistant superintendent visited her classroom to see how the students were working, and I am scheduled to meet with our English faculty next week to discuss how we can maximize the use of these activities in their classrooms. 

Thanks again for providing this magazine which is very beneficial for our students." 

-Vera Leath, 12th-grade counselor, Nettleton High School

We hope you'll share feedback from your experiences with the magazine and/or the classroom activity guide with us too. We want to hear from you.

  • How is your school using the activity guide or magazine to guide students in their future?
  • Students, what stories do you find the most useful?

We look forward to hearing your comments and receiving more letters from you.