by Casey Kochey and Christine Eschenfelder Dr. Judy Robinson is shifting gears a little with a discussion on SEO (search engine optimization). 1. Use YouTube – Judy Robinson says YouTube is the second most powerful search engine. Including your URL before any other information in a video description can drive users to your site. 2. […]
by Casey Kochey and Christine Eschenfelder Cheryl Pell is the next up with more tech tips for instructors: 3. Cheryl says to bookmark some of your favorite sites for design inspiration, showing a great clip on Vimeo, which she has tucked away for another day. She also talked about Cover Junkie, a site which stores […]
With Julie Dodd presenting, Christine Eschenfelder and Casey Kochey have taken over the live-blogging duties… by Christine Eschenfelder and Casey Kochey With an energetic introduction, Julie Dodd, Cheryl Pell and Judy Robinson have begun their talk on technology tips for the classroom — “2, 4, 6, 8 — Tech Tips You’ll Appreciate.” (See the PDF […]
Live blogging has kept me busy during the Scholastic Journalism Division meeting at Poynter. I’ve appreciated the assistance with the blog by colleagues Judy Robinson and Cheryl Pell, who have shot photos for me. Casey Kochey and Christine Eschenfelder, graduate students with me at the University Florida, have been assisting — taking photos, helping with […]
Lola Burnham (Eastern Illinois) is presenting her research on “Can MySpace be School Space: Confusion Abounds.” Lola provided overview that although the two MySpace cases aren’t about scholastic media the cases do have potential implications to student media. J.S. vs. Blue Mountain School District case – Students created fake MySpace profile for school principal. Created […]
Bruce Knokle is presenting his research — “The National Education Association’s Framing of Scholastic Journalism during the 20th Century.” Bruce’s research analyzed the origin of scholastic journalism as a special interest area within the NEA. The Journalism Education Association formed as a subgroup of NEA and split out as a separate organization in the 1960s. […]
Thanks to Casey Kochey for a guest post on Peter Goodman’s presentation “Hofstra High School Journalism Institute.” by Casey Kochey Next on the agenda is Peter Goodman, who runs the Hofstra High School Journalism Institute (http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/Colleges/SOC/JDIV/index.html) at Hofstra University. The program brings in 10 high school students from Long Island, New York, every summer to […]
We wrapped up Aaron Manfull’s presentation with a discussion of some of the challenges in trying to get more student media to include online media. Some said that advisers aren’t signing up for summer journalism workshop classes that focus on how to create a website. Directors of summer workshops need to rethink how they promote […]
If you are involved in planning summer journalism workshops for high school students and advisers, here is advice from Aaron Manfull: 1. Courses will have to change as platforms change. 2. Most beneficial classes: “Build an Online Presence” & “We have a site, now what?” 3. If you are teaching summer workshops, select one platform. […]
Aaron Manfull is offering advice about organizing the new media staff and rethinking coverage. 1. Start small and increase in increments. Can add Facebook and Twitter after site is created. 2. Do a soft launch. Set up the site and start posting. Then promote it. That way you have ways of working out any problems […]
Julie Dodd 