Author Archives: Julie Dodd
No land lineI asked the students in my 6th-period lecture course how many do not have a land line. Almost none of them do. This supports what I heard on an advisory council panel yesterday that 1 in 3 adults under the age of 30 don’t have a land line. That can affect the results of political polls that are based on telephone surveys — that are based on land line phone numbers. But I certainly don’t want to surveyers to find my cell phone number.
No land line I asked the students in my 6th-period lecture course how many do not have a land line. Almost none of them do. This supports what I heard on an advisory council panel yesterday that 1 in 3 adults under the age of 30 don’t have a land line. That can affect the […]
Thinking about the job market
A panel of media professionals discussed the job market and offered advice. Yes, jobs are available but very competitive. Factors for success in obtaining a media job: Internships – Even if volunteer Passion about the work Multimedia experience – Tomorrow is the College’s Job & Internship Fair. The recruiter from The Sun-Sentinel discarded any resume […]
Sharing with the advisory councils what we’re doing in the College. Here a colleague talks about Eye Trac research of news readers in print and online. The Journalism Dept shared progress on our curriculum review.
Sharing with the advisory councils what we’re doing in the College. Here a colleague talks about Eye Trac research of news readers in print and online. The Journalism Dept shared progress on our curriculum review.
Media, New Technology and The Elections
Members of the College of Journalism and Communications advisory councils spent the day making presentations and then meeting with students. This panel discussed how technology use by the candidates has changed the Presidential campaign and how the media have changed their coverage and reporting. A few highlights from the panel — from left to right […]
Who needs PowerPoint?
In Mass Communication Teaching, everyone has taught class for 10 minutes, explaining an educational theory/theorist and using PowerPoint. In preparing for this short presentation, the class discussed PowerPoint. Everyone agreed that PowerPoint is used too often and typically not that effectively. But we agreed that PPT is an expected tool in one’s teaching strategies so […]
Flooding impacts homeowners & University of Iowa
I’m at the University of Iowa for the annual board meeting of Quill and Scroll, the International Honor Society for High School Journalists. Before the meeting started, I had time to run on Edgewater Drive (in Coralville just outside of Iowa City), which is downhill from the hotel where the board members are staying. As […]
Quill & Scroll board meeting in Hall of Fame Room. Executive Director Vanessa Shelton and retired Executve Director Dick Johns.
Quill & Scroll board meeting in Hall of Fame Room. Executive Director Vanessa Shelton and retired Executve Director Dick Johns.
Runway Run
A challenge of business meetings can be just getting to the meeting. That was true today as I made my was to Iowa City and the Quill & Scroll board meeting. I literally ran on the runway to the next gate where my flight was getting ready to take off because the flight I arrived […]
National Punctuation Day In class today, I asked how many had celebrated the big event yesterday. Most looked puzzled as they were trying to decide what they’d missed. But quite a few called out: “National Punctuation Day.” I discovered the event when I developed online grammar resources for the course Web site. The National Punctuation Day Web site includes rules about punctuation use and promotes Sept. 24 as National Punctuation Day. In a recent lecture, I’d shown the class the list of resources and visited several of the grammar sites, including National Punctuation Day. I hope the ones who remembered the event also remember some of those punctuation rules. To get into the spirit of the day, I wore a National Punctuation Day T-shrit yesterday. The National Punctuation Day Web site offers a selection of T-shirts and other products. I went with the sun and the ellipsis rather than the T-shirt with “A semicolon is not a surgical procedure.”
National Punctuation Day In class today, I asked how many had celebrated the big event yesterday. Most looked puzzled as they were trying to decide what they’d missed. But quite a few called out: “National Punctuation Day.” I discovered the event when I developed online grammar resources for the course Web site. The National Punctuation […]
Julie Dodd 