Catholic schools in Delaware use TVs for learning, building community

Published: 2007-01-22

WILMINGTON, Del. (CNS) -- Television, long regarded by teachers and parents as an enemy of homework and imagination, is now welcomed in classrooms as a learning tool. Thanks to electronic miniaturization and affordability of equipment, students in several elementary schools in the Diocese of Wilmington are learning public speaking, language and leadership skills by participating in closed-circuit telecasts that spread school news and build community. The Wilmington area schools each go about their work a bit differently. St. Ann's, for example, has a periodic magazine-style show. Immaculate Heart of Mary's program, in its first year, is produced daily by a faculty member. St. Matthew's and Holy Rosary both offer daily, student-produced telecasts; St. Matthew's is taped a half-hour before broadcast while Holy Rosary goes live.

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