Category higher education
PepsiCo’s iPhone app provides example for media ethics discussion
As an iPhone owner, I’m always interested in new apps (applications) for the iPhone. One of the recent — and controversial — apps was “Amp Up Before You Score,” released and then withdrawn by PepsiCo Inc. The app was to promote PepsiCo’s Amp Energy drink. The app provided 24 types of women — such as […]
College classroom behavior problems can stem from many factors
My last post about discipline problems in the college classroom received a response from Joan Azarva, a college learning specialist who provides counseling student students with LD or ADD — http://www.conquercollegewithld.com/ Let me share her comments (in green) and then my thoughts: In my humble opinion, the students with LD are usually very meek and […]
Potential discipline problems of major concern to teaching assistants and future college teachers
Students who talk with classmates during class. Students who fall asleep in class. Students who pack up several minutes before class is over. Students who argue about how you graded an assignment. Students who text message during class or are on their laptops checking their Facebook pages. All of these discipline problems are concerns that […]
“Can we lie?” — The followup discussion
“Can we lie?” was a question a student asked during a class discussion on interviewing a few weeks ago. Two issues helped me decide how to respond: First was timing. As often happens in teaching, we had a lot to “cover” in the class time. The students would be starting their own interviewing soon, and […]
We were ready to try out Mediasite, but Mediasite wasn’t ready for us
My 6th-period lecture on Thursday was to be the debut of Mediasite for me. I had decided I was interested in trying out this new technology setup when I learned that Gannett Auditorium was one of the auditoriums at the University of Florida that was to be equipped with Mediasite. Mediasite was being installed in […]
Interviews provide students with information about H1N1 swine flu — for reporting assignment and for personal application
The guest speakers in yesterday’s class were to help the students get ready to write a story about the H1N1 flu. I provided the expert sources for the story — Dr. Guy Nicolette, chief of staff at the University of Florida’s Student Health Care Center (SHCC), and Paul Myers, assistant director of the Alachua County […]
University of Florida sells The Florida Flu Kit
The Florida Flu Kit is being sold on the University of Florida campus to encourage sick students to stay home — but to be prepared to deal with the flu. he kits were on sale outside the Student Health Care Center for $10. The kits also are on sale at the SHCC pharmacy. The kit […]
University of Florida’s emergency plan for zombie attack not funny
The University of Florida typically is eager to get publicity as the university tries to move into the Top 10 Public Universities in the U.S. News & World Reporting rankings. But today’s coverage wasn’t what the university had in mind. UF is making headlines and is on TV news not because of studies on student […]
National core standards for English and math proposed for K-12
When I was a graduate student in Administration and Supervision in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky, one of my professors told of a recent trip he had taken to France where he had visited schools and met with national education officials. He was in the office of one of the top […]
AP Stylebook now an iPhone app — at $28.99
When I read Mallary Jean Tenore‘s story on the Poynter Web site that the Associated Press now has an AP Stylebook app, I was ready to go the App Store and download it. I’ve been waiting for an AP Stylebook app. The app seems like such a great application for media professionals, media students and […]
Julie Dodd 