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Orange and Blue = Green
The front page story in today’s Gainesville Sun highlights just what I was talking about in my previous post — the impact of college sports on universities. Here are a few highlights from Nathan Crabbe’s story: CBS and ESPN are paying the Southern Conference (SEC) more than $3 billion (that’s B) over 15 years to […]
So why do I need to take this class?
I had asked the class what questions they had about the course. It was the first day of class. I’d given an overview to Writing for Mass Communication. I’d talked about some of the challenges and concerns about careers in the media — from advertising on mobile devices to reading on a Kindle. I had […]
Teaching in the dark
I arrived a little early for lecture so I could get the computer set up with more-than-the-usual number of computer applications. Today we would discuss writing resumes and cover letters, so I had opened sample student resumes (in Word and PDF files), had loaded in my PowerPoint slides, and had connected to several Web sites. […]
Thoughts on Teaching moves from Tumblr to WordPress
I started my Thoughts on Teaching blog on Tumblr on January 3, 2008, to help prepare for a new assignment — blogging — I was going to make in Writing for Mass Communication. This will be my fourth semester of teaching blogging. The students, the course’s lab instructors and I all have learned quite a […]
Back to school can mean lots of sitting
My own experience this week of being in multiple meetings is a reminder that for students school can mean lots of sitting and often in darkened rooms with PowerPoint. As teachers, we can forget about all the sitting students are required to do, as we are on our feet, moving, talking, etc. So what can […]
From Weimer Hall
Graduate student orientation underway this morning in the college. A group meeting this morning, and small group meetings with academic advisors this afternoon.
Helping UF’s TAs get off to a good start
Helping UF’s new TAs get off to a good start. “Your Syllabus and Your First Week of Class” was my presentation for UF’s new teaching assistants — about 400 of them. I’ve been invited to present in the TA orientation for about eight years. Each year, I am amazed how many new TAs the university […]
College of Journalism and Communications leads UF in the number of faculty and staff laid off
Not only has the radio station’s format been changed, but the dean has begun the reorganization of the radio and television stations. One of his announcements at the faculty meeting was today was the day that 14 employees of the stations would be laid off. The Gainesville Sun posted the layoff list, which included faculty […]
Harry Potter and Google searches: Lesson Three
How public do you want your life to be? A Google search can be a reminder of how key words and tags for a site drives traffic to a site. If one is trying to create that traffic, the term is “search engine optimization.” If you are birthdayinabox.com, you want to generate that kind of […]
Harry Potter and Google searches: Lesson Two
Finding a niche angle on a national (or in this case, international) story — That’s what MTV did. The story started wth Rowling’s birthday but then focused on Jarvis Cocker, a musician who is an actor in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” The lesson is that media students can use dates and events […]
Julie Dodd 