What’s involved in writing a police story? That’s what my students in Multimedia Writing are asking because now they have to write a police story — for a grade. Most students in the class have never written news stories before and most don’t read police stories. So we spend time discussing how reporters obtain information […]
Anyone with a smartphone knows that one of the best feature of such a phone is the apps. The challenge is determining which apps are the ones to download and use. Judy Robinson and I coordinated an App Share as a session at the Scholastic Journalism Division’s meeting to let members share apps and let […]
Jeff Klinkenberg distributed a packet of his stories — published in The Tampa Bay Times and many destined to be published in another collection of his much admired feature stories. He then told us about those stories and the behind-the-scenes of getting those stories. He asks the questions that he knows that we, as teachers […]
by Casey Kochey Photos by Judy Robinson The first speaker of the afternoon research session is Kevin Hull, a PhD student at the University of Florida. Kevin presented his research on “Using Facebook in Classrooms.” To study possible applications of Facebook in the high school classroom, Kevin created a business Facebook page for his class […]
Kenny Irby is asking us to get out of our “comfort zone” to talk about diversity. “No progress without struggle, “ he reminded us. He said that in the academy, we need to be willing to have difficult conversations about diversity. When we use a case study or example to promote discussion of diversity, here […]
by Casey Kochey The second session on today’s agenda at the Scholastic Journalism Division’s AEJMC midwinter meeting is a panel discussion, titled “Where do we go from here?” focusing on developing relevant journalism curricula for the 21st century. The panelists – Vanessa Shelton, Bonnie Layton, Karla Kennedy and Julie Dodd – shared some general thoughts on […]
The midwinter meeting of the AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division is getting underway at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg. Members of the division from across the country will be there for two days of discussion about journalism education at the high school and collegiate levels. We’ll have guest speakers Kenny Irby (Poynter) and Jeff Klinkenberg […]
The moral of today’s post is to always have your camera and your curiosity with you. When I went into a store at the mall, I could see the employee in the back of the shop carving a pumpkin. As he was getting up from his workbench, I asked what he was carving. So he […]
Students in Multimedia Writing used their phones to record an in-lecture interview. I took this photo with my iPhone. An interview in class was a reminder of how technology is a part of college students’ lives and a positive contribution to their ability to work in the media. Every semester, I conduct an in-lecture interview […]
Julie Dodd 