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Analyzing two Twitter accounts that represent The Chicago Tribune
We’re now comparing two Twitter accounts for The Chicago Tribune — @chicagotribune vs. @ColonelTribune @chicagotribune – Headlines.10,000 tweets, 334 following, 68,800 followers. @ColonelTribune – More conversational with engagement with followers. Also has opinions about stories. 18,276 tweets, 23,443 foloowing, 817,382 followers. How many people are behind each of the Twitter? Do we know who those […]
Twitter can promote more active student engagement in class — even large classes
Ellyn Angelotti showed The Twitter Experiment that has teachers and students talking about how they are using Twitter to ask questions and share information in class. After the video, she encouraged us to just do it. Once we identify a social media that could have journalism implications, we should make a class assignment to try […]
Ellyn Angelotti helps us think about using social media in teaching
“New Media, New Tools and the New News Cycle” is Ellyn Angelotti’s topic this afternoon. She started with an into graphic to illustrate how the news cycle has changed with people who aren’t “journalists” can be breaking the news and then the news media picking up and reporting on that. She put us in groups […]
AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division kicks off meeting at Poynter Institute
The sun is shining. The temperatures are in the high 70s. A light breeze is blowing. Great weather for the start of our mid-winter meeting at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg. David Bulla, division head, has welcomed us and asked everyone to introduce themselves. With a few announcements about sessions and evening meals, we’re […]
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi promotes corporate responsibility at BlogHer 2011
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi talked about corporate responsibility, fighting the obesity problem, and her own background during an interview during the BlogHer 2011 luncheon. She drew applause in saying that companies should work with governments and concerned individuals in solving big problems, from the financial crisis to the obesity problem. In a question from an […]
Harry Potter reminds teachers about the magical impact of effective teaching and learning
The hours are ticking down to one of the big events of the summer — the opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. Thousands of fans will be in movie theaters tonight at midnight for the first showing. Millions of us worldwide eventually will watch the movie — but at a more […]
Julie Dodd 