A full day of flying to California meant l graded 40 papers and reviewed the agenda for the New Teacher Cemter Symposium. This is the first time I’ve attended the NTC Symposium, and I’m looking forward to hearing from trainers and participants who will be involved. I’ll share with you.
The first training session for the 10 new mentors was held at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association Convention in Philadelphia, November 2007. The JEA Mentoring Committee and mentors (with the mentor’s state) are — Front: Georgia Dunn (Ohio), Dianne Gum (Colorado), Bill Flechtner (Oregon), Linda Barrington and Julie Dodd; Middle: Sandy Jacoby (Wisconsin), […]
A major concern in education today is the shortage of teachers at K-12. Thousands of veteran teachers are retiring. Almost half of new teachers of all teachers who now enter the field leave it within five years. Both the anecdotal reports of new teachers and research indicate that those who are formally mentored are more […]
Today was the first quiz in MMC 2100. I like to give a quiz before we have an exam. The students can see the format of the quiz/exam, and we can practice the testing procedures. With a class of 260, preparing the quiz involves logistics: Preparing three versions of the same quiz to reduce the […]
Washington Post reporter Anne Hull told the students her reporter’s notebook gives her more confidence, as she is working “behind” the notebook. A reporting tip: At the end of the interview, she said she closes her notebook and often sees the subject relax. That’s often when something very useful is said — and she opens […]
Anne Hull, whose stories have four times been nominated for a Pulitzer, was the Hearst Visiting Professional for UF’s College of Journalism and Communications. (Photo by Chass Bronson) Q&A: The students asked questions. I asked questions. Washington Post reporter Anne Hull answered them — with candor, insightful stories, humor and enthusiasm for her work as a […]
Washington Post reporter Anne Hull will be a special guest speaker in both of my lectures tomorrow. She is the Journalism Department’s Hearst Visiting Professional, which means we have her on campus for just a couple of days and want to have as many of our students as possible get a chance to hear her. […]
One of the reasons I set up my blog on tumblr was so I could submit blog entries from my iPhone. And it works! I just sent a trial-run e-mail and then a photo. I see that I can’t send a message with the photo. The subject line of the e-mail of the photo becomes […]
Blogging from iPhone
I was in my office during office hours when my phone rang. I answered. “This is Bob Smith (not his actual name). I’m the father of Susan Smith, who is a student in your class this semester. And she’s going to fail your class because of those damn commas.” That was a real conversation starter. […]
Julie Dodd 