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From the archives: Channel One’s bad message about drugs
From the archives: Channel One News tells kids, Half of your parents tried pot. (1997)
This story from 1997 is the first time we taped a Channel One News story that sent a wrong drug message to students. How demoralizing is it to be in middle school and hear this “reporter” tell you that 1/2 of all parents...
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From the archives: Drugs, Sex, and Channel One News
March 10, 2016 Note: Channel One News has a long history of advertising movies and TV shows that normalize and even glamorize teen drinking and teen drug use. Search for “drugs” and “teen drinking” on this site and you will be nauseated by what Channel One and its advertisers put in front of American teens...
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“Thanks for watching!” and we REALLY mean it!
From Jim Metrock: I check in on Channel One News only occasionally now. The company is a shell of its former self. Fewer and fewer students see Channel One’s advertising, news, and fluffy filler content. American schools are so much better with the fall of Channel One News. Below is a February 25th Facebook post...
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Houghton Mifflin’s Channel One asks third graders about “dirty dancing”
From Jim Metrock: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Channel One wants schoolchildren, down to eight, to tackle the important issue of dirty dancing. HMH’s Channel One News maintains one website for all its student audiences, ranging from high school seniors to third grade students. Channel One recently ask students, “Do you think schools should cancel dances because...
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“I don’t think we would be gaining very much from this at all.”
From Jim Metrock: Last year I posted an article about Skoollive being rejected by Plattsmouth, Nebraska public schools. I found this longer article about the vote. A quote by board member Karen Parsons may be helpful to other school board members across the country. “I seriously don’t see how this would help us,” Karen Parsons, board member, said....
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The National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy is not happy with Skoollive.
The National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy is an organization that works to safeguard student privacy from predatory military recruitment practices. The NCPSP has written about Skoollive. You don’t have to be a psychic to know they’re not happy about Skoollive’s hallway billboards (kiosks). SkoolLive – Skool Jive – A new, interactive digital invasion of...
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Skoollive readies advertising assault on skoolkids.
From Jim Metrock: Digi International makes cellular routers. In its recent first quarter financial release, the company boasts of winning the Skoollive account. I post this because it gives schools and the public more insight into Skoollive’s real intentions. The key sentence is: The interactive ability allows advertisers to engage...
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Major Jason C. Hall reporting for Skoollive duty.
From Jim Metrock: The newest salesman for Skoollive is Jason Hall. I don’t quite understand Skoollive’s military plans, but I am sure it will be entertaining.
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Too cool for Skool.
No comment needed. http://www.skoollive.com/#!rates/dg008
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Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic: Skoollive updates website
From Jim Metrock: Skoollive is still afloat! The company has been quietly rebranding itself as “the first nationwide, on-campus digital network.” No joke. That’s what they are calling themselves now. They have changed their website (www.skoollive.com) but they still have the same product and business model that so underwhelmed American schools in 2014. But who...
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Evaluating Skoollive’s Twitter account.
From Jim Metrock: This is a screen shot of Skoollive’s Twitter page taken today November 10. After three years on Twitter and after extensive regional and national marketing efforts, the company has managed to accumulate 91 followers (and two of those are Obligation and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood). Having only 16 “likes”...
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Schools continue to say “No!” to Skoollive.
Plattsmouth School Board Votes Against SkoolLive Kiosks November 9, 2015 PLATTSMOUTH – The Plattsmouth Board of Education had some concerns about new kiosks that had potential to raise money for the school. The SkoolLive digital kiosks were going to be used to promote school activities and provide third-party content on goods, products and services....
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Looking back: Skoollive comes to Marysville Joint Unified School District (CA)
Off Beat: ‘Kool’ kiosks coming to MJUSD Posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014 By Harold Kruger You know it’s cool, because it’s happening at “Skool.” Yes, school is going to be a lot cooler in the Marysville Joint Unified School District because some of the students will have advertising kiosks to divert their attention. District trustees...
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California school district rejects Skoollive kiosks
“unanimously rejected a proposed contract with Skoollive, LLC” From Jim Metrock: Congratulations to the Hemet Unified School District Board of governors for saying “no thanks” to the youth marketing firm Skoollive. School districts who do their research will make the same decision as this California school district. From the Idyllwild Town Crier: http://idyllwildtowncrier.com/2015/10/15/husd-board-meets-in-idyllwild-honors-barbara-longbrook/ There was...
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Gulfport High still shows Channel One News. Sorta.
From Jim Metrock: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s miserable unit Channel One Network is helpless when schools trash their TV show. Consider Gulfport High School’s refusal to show Channel One News according to the “contract” they have with the company. On a regular day the school allows five minutes for school announcements and any remaining time...
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Oak Ridge thinks twice about Skoollive, parents not in favor
Digital kiosks placed on Oak Ridge Schools’ back burner Bob Fowler 4:57 PM, Sep 29, 2015 OAK RIDGE — A proposal to place digital kiosks carrying advertising and school announcements in the city’s two middle schools and the high school has been quietly placed on the back burner. “It has been removed from consideration...
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Skoollive to advertisers: “Average annual income of a 12-14 year old: $2,167” Don’t you want a piece of that?
From Jim Metrock: Dear School Board member: In the future you may find a salesperson standing in front of your board urging your district to sign a three-year contract with Skoollive. You need to be prepared for his or her slick sales pitch. Unfortunately sometimes you won’t recognize the Skoollive salesperson, because the...
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