ARLA/CLUSTER: Professor americano incorpora o código morse e o radioamadorismo nas suas aulas extra curriculares

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Students learn Morse and ham radio

The Watertown Dail Times reports J.W. Leary Junior High School
students are honing skills in Morse code and ham radio operation

Seventh-grade social studies teacher Tony Cafarella KC2DIS has
incorporated Morse code and ham radio into his class as an
after-school activity. Students with parental permission, under the
supervision of Mr. Cafarella, a licensed ham radio operator, can talk
to various countries and log the contact on a map, gaining a sense of
geography and science. They’re also learning from scratch how to
interpret the dots and dashes of Morse code.

“I’m introducing the kids to a wider world and getting them used to
different things like that,” Mr. Cafarella said.

Mr. Cafarella said junior high music teacher Dave Alderson had
suggested ham radio as a way to improve the learning process. During
their free time and as appropriate after school, while some students
have been working on their Morse code, others have been sitting at the
radio, talking with other ham radio operators along the eastern
seaboard. The distance they can communicate is limited by the size of
the antenna they’re using, according to Mr. Cafarella.

Read the full story at
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news05/massena-junior-high-school-students-honing-skills-in-morse-code-ham-radio-operation-20151220