Tales...Story 2: Technology and Trees
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Series: Tales from Urban Forests
Length: 04:44
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We visit an inner city high school where students are learning how software tools can be used for urban planning, right on their school grounds. They are using Geographic Information Systems software in their efforts to increase tree canopy in the nation's capital.
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Piece Description
We visit an inner city high school where students are learning how software tools can be used for urban planning, right on their school grounds. They are using Geographic Information Systems software in their efforts to increase tree canopy in the nation's capital.
Transcript
NARRATION: IT’S A SUNNY MONDAY MORNING AT MCKINLEY TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON DC.
Katie: This looks like hard work.
Student: In our area there are a lot of rocks, so we’ve been hitting rocks all day.
Narration: A GROUP OF 10TH GRADERS ARE SWEATING IT OUT PLANTING MAGNOLIA AND HOLLY TREES ON THEIR SCHOOL GROUNDS.
Student: We had a lot of reason trees are important, for soil erosion and to clean the air and environment, to reduce greenhouse effect and global warming.
Narration: TODAY’S PLANTING IS MORE THAN JUST BEAUTIFYING THE SCHOOL. IT’S PART OF AN URBAN PLANNING PROJECT THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DESIGNING, ON THEIR COMPUTERS.
Student: We use a program called GIS and we have an aerial picture of McKinley tech high school so we digitize the trees and then we map where we would like trees. It’s a complete layout of the area from high up, so...
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Timing and Cues
Intro: The Chesapeake Bay watershed encompasses 64,000 square miles, including Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. And what’s happening in urban areas of the watershed is affecting the health of the Bay. One DC high school is taking on the mission of improving the environment in their city, starting with their school grounds. Katie Gott from SOUNDPRINT reports.
Outro: While urban development in Washington, DC has implications for the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed, one of the biggest challenges facing the health of the Bay is runoff from rural areas in the watershed. In our next program, we’ll hear a success story from a landowner in New Market, Virginia. This program is part of the ongoing series, Tales from Urban Forests. The series is produced by the SOUNDPRINT Media Center, and supported in part by American Forests and the U.S. Forest Service. For more information on the series, please visit trees.soundprint.org.
Promo: In the next episode of Tales from Urban Forests, we visit an inner city high school where students are learning how software tools can be used for urban planning, right on their school grounds.
Timing: 4'45"
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Mario Armstrong
Posted on May 29, 2006 at 06:50 AM | Permalink
Review of Tales...Story 2: Technology and Trees
Great piece on the use of technology at an inner city high school. The sound is very rich and gives a great feel of being there. The piece educates you about how young students using technology could learn more about the importance of their environment and even see how urban planners could use technology for Urban Planning decisions. THe only downside I heard is that the piece ended too abruptly (but thats me nitpicking). I intend to run this piece on our show.