Legal & Ethical Issues in Cyber Journalism panel addressed a variety of topics. Who is teaching appropriate Internet use. Internet filtering in schools. Students are leaving “digital breadcrumbs.” Attribution is not same as permission with copyrighted material.
Jacqueline Marino uses her blog for posting good Web writing examples for her students – inspiremejprof.kent.edu
Jacqueline Marino offered advice for teachers. 1) All Web writing doesn’t have to be short. Most sites include long stories of investigative nature. 2)Ttreat blog as a form of journalism. See Sunlight Project and Reznet. 3) Experiment with writing that isn’t nonfiction, such as poetry (livehopelove.com) and comic book (Ottawa Citizen – 70 year of […]
Good Writing on the Web – Jacqeline Marino conducted research to find best practices for writing for the Web. A good source for examples is http://www.interactivenarratives.org.
What a great way to start the semester — attending a Scholastic Journalism Division meeting at the Poynter Institute in St. Pete. Thought-provoking discussions, colleagues with interesting teaching and research ideas, uplifting setting and terrific weather. This is a photo in Poynter’s Great Hall.
Mass Communications Teaching class ended the semester with discussion of how to prepare a college teaching application, including writing a teaching philosophy.
The board voted to extend the program through the 2012-2013 school year. The board voted to increase the funding for the program that will allow for training more mentors each year. The first Mentor Forum went well with 11 attending the 1st Mentor Forum. Lots of idea swapping and team building. The convention program included […]
Linda Barrington and I explained the new mentor stipend scholarship fund at the Scholastic Press Association roundtable. Representatives from more than 20 scholastic press organizations attended.
Dinner visit with Cheryl Pell from MIPA, Judy Robinson and JEA officers Bob Bair and Ann Visser. The dinner was part of the judging process at the convention. Judy and I judged the podcast entries.
Kay Phillips (North Carolina) and other mentors helped in judging JEA write-offs. For those of you who know Kay, you’ll know her judging category — copy editing. While serving as the director of the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association, Kay taught the Grammar Slammer at UNC.
Julie Dodd 