Many factors to consider in determining whether we should have a list of “required” books for U.S. students. A journalism educator colleague who also teaches high school English has joined in the discussion. In his blog and in comments to my post, he raises an important issue related to any assigned reading: Are students “ready” […]
When I was in graduate school studying curriculum and instruction, a neighbor was a graduate student from India who was studying biology. Sometimes we would discuss our coursework and projects. One day he asked me, “What are the five books that all American students read?” “What do you mean?” I asked. “In India, every high […]
States adopt Common Core Standards — education beat reporters and the public not following the story
I was skimming the e-mailed Education Week and spotted this headline — “Common Standards Watch: Tally Reaches 20.” That’s almost half the states in the country have adopted the proposed national standards. Where have I been that I’ve missed hearing and reading about the adoption rate? I know I haven’t been in high school faculty […]
It was a whirlwind week at the Indiana University High School Journalism Institute for the teachers taking Multimedia for High School Journalism Educators. Each created a blog in WordPress and then added content. Writing commentary. Finding appropriate online sources and embedding links. Taking photos and optimizing them for the Web. Uploading individual photos and a […]
The teachers in our High School Journalism Institute have started their own blogs — posting photos, writing entries, including links, and writing comments on their classmates’ blogs. The discussion this morning moved to issues about legal issues related to having a blog — as an individual or using the blog for the student media. What […]
The teachers in the High School Journalism Institute are creating their blogs. I think only one of the class previously has had a blog. So we’re blazing a new media frontier. I have two books that I think are excellent for helping one get into the mindset of the professional blogger. Guerrilla Marketing was recommended […]
Reading the three-column series that Judy Robinson and I wrote for Quill & Scroll Magazine can be helpful as you work on starting your own blog. “Aggregate and read other blogs” discusses the value of reading and comments on other blogs before starting your own blog and how to use Google Reader to receive blogs. […]
Class is underway for Technology for High School Journalism Educators. The group just learned that the big project for the week is creating a blog and creating content — text, audio, photos, links, etc. Judy is showing the class how to set up Google Reader to subscribe to blogs. From my iPhone
Julie Dodd 