Teaching Journalism
Sep 13, 2009
- Posted by Mary
McGuire
A very gifted, very tech savvy and very generous multimedia professor has produced a 42-page guide to basic mutimedia skills for young journalists and made it available for anyone to download free, use and share as long as it is attributed to her. Mindy McAdams teaches multimedia journalism at the University of Florida and writes the very helpful blog Teaching Journalism Online. This guide began as a series of 15 blog posts earlier this year but when so many people requested she pull all the posts together into one document, she did. She posted the link to the PDF version of her guide on her blog, along with details about how it should be attributed.
Sep 13, 2009
- Posted by Mary
McGuire
Teaching j-students to use social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Linked In and You Tube, is something most j-schools are beginning to try, or at least consider. For those looking for guidance about how to do it, two Columbia University professors have generously posted a course outline, complete with links to resources and examples, as a Google Doc for everyone to view. Sree Sreenivasan and Adam Glenn's course is called Social-media Skills for Journalists.
Sep 01, 2009
- Posted by Mary
McGuire
One of the best sources of advice, links and lessons for anyone who wants to teach themselves or others to be better online journalists is the blog, Teaching Online Journalism, by Mindy McAdams, a journalism professor at the University of Florida. Now, she has produced a one-stop shop online with a short but valuable collection of links to some of the best tools for online journalists and great examples of multimedia journalism. This valuable handout also includes links to all 15 parts of the series she produced this summer online called the Reporters Guide to Multimedia Proficiency. It's a great set of how-to lessons for beginners.
Aug 26, 2009
- Posted by Mary
McGuire
You can find tutorials and tip sheets to teach yourself a variety of multimedia tools from making Google maps to telling stories with audio and video at a vareity of different sites online. One journalism instructor in New Jersey has pulled several key tutorials from different sources together in one helpful blog post. Mark Berkey-Gerard says based on his course evaluations last term these are ones his students appreciated.
Jun 15, 2009
- Posted by Mary
McGuire
New York University professor and PressThink blogger Jay Rosen led an online chat at Poynter recently to offer advice about to teach blogging and answer questions from educators about things such as how to construct and evaluate assignments related to blogging.
The archived chat is available at this link.
He returned a week later for an encore chat to discuss more best practices regarding the teaching of blogging with other educators.
The second chat is available at this link.
Educators have begun to share resources they use in their classrooms, at the same page, by sending comments below the chat window.
The archived chat is available at this link.
He returned a week later for an encore chat to discuss more best practices regarding the teaching of blogging with other educators.
The second chat is available at this link.
Educators have begun to share resources they use in their classrooms, at the same page, by sending comments below the chat window.
Feb 25, 2009
- Posted by Mary
McGuire
Suddenly, it seems, everyone is twittering. Or, if they're not, they feel they should be. Journalists who first dismissed it as a useless time waster are now seeing it as a good way to find sources, leads and breaking news. Journalism educators are scrambling to learn to use it well enough to teach their students to use it, too. Here's a page of resources to help get you started.
Jan 06, 2009
- Posted by Regan
Ray
In some ways the blog is similar to op-ed writing, notes online news pioneer and UBC j-prof Alfred Hermida, in this article about incorporating blogging into journalism education. Blogs have emerged as a "powerful platform" for journalists, he writes, and are a valuable learning tool for students.
In some ways the blog is similar to op-ed writing, notes online news pioneer and UBC j-prof Alfred Hermida, in this article about incorporating blogging into journalism education. Blogs have emerged as a "powerful platform" for journalists, he writes, and are a valuable learning tool for students.
Sep 09, 2008
- Posted by Mary
McGuire
This simple tutorial for creating powerful, effective digital stories is a great resource for anyone involved with multimedia journalism.
Dec 06, 2007
- Posted by Mary
McGuire
If you are trying to teach or encourage your students to use RSS feeds, specifically through Google Reader, you may find this online video tutorial helpful as a teaching aid or additional link to any course materials you post on course websites. It's a clear 10 minute guide with lots of screen captures and simple instructions. Be warned, it takes more than a few seconds to load.
Dec 03, 2007
- Posted by Mary
McGuire
The website below contains links to a library of simple, short videos that teachers may find useful to introduce lessons about a wide range of new online tools. Common Craft Productions produces videos in what it calls "Plain English" about such things as blogs, RSS, social bookmarking and wikis. They are all only a few minutes long.
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