Author Archives: Julie Dodd
Judy Robinson gives six tips for search engine optimization
by Casey Kochey and Christine Eschenfelder Dr. Judy Robinson is shifting gears a little with a discussion on SEO (search engine optimization). 1. Use YouTube – Judy Robinson says YouTube is the second most powerful search engine. Including your URL before any other information in a video description can drive users to your site. 2. […]
2, 4, 6, 8 — Another live-blogging update: Cheryl Pell’s design tips
by Casey Kochey and Christine Eschenfelder Cheryl Pell is the next up with more tech tips for instructors: 3. Cheryl says to bookmark some of your favorite sites for design inspiration, showing a great clip on Vimeo, which she has tucked away for another day. She also talked about Cover Junkie, a site which stores […]
Julie Dodd, Cheryl Pell and Judy Robinson give useful tech tips for the classroom
With Julie Dodd presenting, Christine Eschenfelder and Casey Kochey have taken over the live-blogging duties… by Christine Eschenfelder and Casey Kochey With an energetic introduction, Julie Dodd, Cheryl Pell and Judy Robinson have begun their talk on technology tips for the classroom — “2, 4, 6, 8 — Tech Tips You’ll Appreciate.” (See the PDF […]
Teamwork helps in live blogging
Live blogging has kept me busy during the Scholastic Journalism Division meeting at Poynter. I’ve appreciated the assistance with the blog by colleagues Judy Robinson and Cheryl Pell, who have shot photos for me. Casey Kochey and Christine Eschenfelder, graduate students with me at the University Florida, have been assisting — taking photos, helping with […]
Lola Burnham’s research on student creation of fake MySpace pages provides implications for school media
Lola Burnham (Eastern Illinois) is presenting her research on “Can MySpace be School Space: Confusion Abounds.” Lola provided overview that although the two MySpace cases aren’t about scholastic media the cases do have potential implications to student media. J.S. vs. Blue Mountain School District case – Students created fake MySpace profile for school principal. Created […]
Bruce Konkle’s research traces how Journalism Education Association split from National Education Association
Bruce Knokle is presenting his research — “The National Education Association’s Framing of Scholastic Journalism during the 20th Century.” Bruce’s research analyzed the origin of scholastic journalism as a special interest area within the NEA. The Journalism Education Association formed as a subgroup of NEA and split out as a separate organization in the 1960s. […]
Peter Goodman describes creation of high school summer workshop at Hofstra University
Thanks to Casey Kochey for a guest post on Peter Goodman’s presentation “Hofstra High School Journalism Institute.” by Casey Kochey Next on the agenda is Peter Goodman, who runs the Hofstra High School Journalism Institute (http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/Colleges/SOC/JDIV/index.html) at Hofstra University. The program brings in 10 high school students from Long Island, New York, every summer to […]
Group discusses challenge of encouraging high school media to go online
We wrapped up Aaron Manfull’s presentation with a discussion of some of the challenges in trying to get more student media to include online media. Some said that advisers aren’t signing up for summer journalism workshop classes that focus on how to create a website. Directors of summer workshops need to rethink how they promote […]
3 tips for courses for summer high school journalism workshops
If you are involved in planning summer journalism workshops for high school students and advisers, here is advice from Aaron Manfull: 1. Courses will have to change as platforms change. 2. Most beneficial classes: “Build an Online Presence” & “We have a site, now what?” 3. If you are teaching summer workshops, select one platform. […]
5 more tips for setting up website
Aaron Manfull is offering advice about organizing the new media staff and rethinking coverage. 1. Start small and increase in increments. Can add Facebook and Twitter after site is created. 2. Do a soft launch. Set up the site and start posting. Then promote it. That way you have ways of working out any problems […]
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