KMCV tech news on NMC shown on CNN

For the second time, CNMI’s KMCV made it to CNN’s World Report last Saturday when its news segment highlighting the Northern Marianas College’s latest high tech instructional tool called “Blogging” was picked up by the Atlanta-based network.

KMCV co-anchor and reporter Tina Chau confirmed yesterday that her report in the KMCV daily news segment called Tech Tuesday was indeed picked up by CNN.

Chau said she got word from the news network that her segment on “Blogging at NMC as an education tool in the CNMI” would be aired on an international broadcast.

NMC president Tony V. Deleon Guerrero, who was elated with the global exposure for the college, said the story showed students in instructor Barry Wicksman’s English EN 084 class.

“It featured how blogging is used as an educational tool and how this new technology is helping students master the English language,” he said.

Deleon Guerrero said he was honored that NMC students were featured in this segment that was aired across Asia via CNN Asia-World Reports last Saturday afternoon.

“This is exciting news for NMC…this demonstrates the importance of technology to the rest of the world and reported the hard work and effort of NMC instructor Barry Wicksman in learning the use of new technology to engage and motivate his students to learn English,” the NMC president said.

Chau said she was happy and excited that her hard work was picked by CNN. She said she featured blogging at NMC because she found it very interesting since the community college accepts international students from all over Asia.

NMC’s instructional designer MaryAnne Campo said that she was thrilled and exhilarated to find out that the Commonwealth was given a spot in the CNN World Report. She said that blogging was introduced to NMC last year and now the students have shown great interest in this new medium of instruction.

Campo said blogging has enabled the students to have their work and projects be seen and read by their families back in their home countries.

“The international students are very happy that they can now connect with their families back home,” she added.

Currently, NMC holds classes with 20 students per session. Campo said for one computer is provided every student. She said there is a minimum of one-hour session per student but since students are now engrossed with the new medium of education, they exceed the one-hour required session. Students spend more time in the class writing their stories and other class projects through the new medium, said Campo.

Chau said for that those who want to take a glimpse of her segment on CNN, they could see it through the CNN website. She added that KMCV has a copy but not the CNN-edited version.