Hello Boys and Girls,
Have I got something exciting to share with you!
As you know, when you headed back to school this year, so did I! I have been attending classes at the UAAK-9 Journalism School. With the help of GCI School Access, some of my classes are taken on the Internet. Distance Learning is a way that students can take classes by using the Internet so that the students don’t have to all be in the same building to take the class. My classmates are from all around the world! I have met a lot of new friends. I’ve been learning a lot about journalism, too. I am very busy with all of my assignments and projects. I love every minute of being back in school.
One of our Professors, Dr. Livingston, gave us a very exciting project to work on this year. She has assigned us to work in teams and create an on line blog. I knew that this was going to be a lot of fun and couldn’t wait to get started. I also knew that it was going to be a very important project that we’d be graded on, so I took this seriously, just like you should take all of your homework projects seriously. Since I’m employed as a K-9 reporter for Iditarod, I suggested to the group I was assigned, that we make our project all about the Iditarod.
I am very lucky to have the finest K-9 journalism students on my team. We have decided to each pick areas that we want to write about and combine our canine efforts to bring you the best Iditarod coverage ever! We’ve been busy planning our project. As you will soon see, our team members will be writing about different topics. Sometimes we’ll have guest reporters, too. We know you will love our project!
The blog will have different areas for you to click on to help you learn more about the race and Alaska. You will also be able to click on areas to read articles from each K-9 team member. Are you wondering who the team members are? Their names are Gypsy, Sanka, and Libby. Each has written to you so you can learn all about them!
Lots of Tail Wags,
Zuma
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How very cool this is that Zuma has a blog and three new K-9 reporters! What a great way to get humans interacting with K-9s. I wonder, have students realized that K-9 is short for “canine”? Where else in the human world of work does “K-9″ appear?
That is a great thought, Martha! Boys and Girls, I’d like to challenge you to answer the question that was asked, “Where else in the human world of work does ‘K-9′ appear?”
Zuma