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Facebook Groups: Tips and Reasons Not To Outlaw Them
Posted on 09. Jan, 2012 by Jonathan Rogers.
Tweet With the possibility of new legislation in Missouri and other states forbidding Facebook interaction with students I wanted to take a stand on why I believe they should not be outlawed. A Facebook group for The Little Hawk has become an invaluable resource over the last year for students to communicate, debate story ideas, [...]
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How to Make Twitter Lists and Link to Media
Posted on 06. Dec, 2011 by Jonathan Rogers.
Tweet Recently, I have been using Twitter lists in my classroom to share writer’s recent work and also to show the journalism class what other high schools are up to on their websites. It is a resource that can help get you and your staff connected, while landing more Tweeps or followers. The links below [...]
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How To Auto-tune Your Voice in Garageband
Posted on 07. Oct, 2011 by Jonathan Rogers.
Tweet CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE TUTORIAL Recently, a number of high schools have created auto-tuned karoake style raps that are pretty fun ways to do parodies or learning activities. Above is a JING that I created to teach a class how to auto-tune their voice. It should also be noted that there are [...]
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Going Online: A Guide to Start a WordPress Website
Posted on 28. Sep, 2011 by Jonathan Rogers.
Tweet CLICK HERE FOR THE GUIDE Are you thinking about setting up a WordPress website? Well, if you are then the following guide will serve as a good reference to get things going. Once on the viewer there is also a print icon that will let you print out a hard copy. Most of the [...]
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Hotspots: A new addition for mobile reporting
Posted on 25. Aug, 2011 by Jonathan Rogers.
Tweet This year the the mobile reporting staff has added a hotspot to their equipment. At the end of last year one of the biggest limitations to reporting school events with speed was having to come back to the newslab or go home to post stories. To solve this problem the staff has purchased a [...]
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Creating a Facebook Group for a Staff
Posted on 03. May, 2011 by Jonathan Rogers.
Tweet Recently my family, a work group, book groups, and my college golfing buddies have all set up closed Facebook groups. I have to say I love the semi-private nature of the groups. Last month, the newspaper staff also decided to create a group to hopefully improve communication. Students have used the group to discuss story [...]
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118 Amazing High School Twitter Feeds
Posted on 18. Apr, 2011 by Jonathan Rogers.
Tweet 118 Amazing High School Twitter Feeds This past winter I had the pleasure of listening to Logan Aimone talk about Twitter lists at the IHSPA Winter Thaw. Aimone discussed how his Twitter lists for high school journalism, college journalism, and numerous other news feeds give him a good sense of what is going on [...]
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Column: A Beastly Newsweek
Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by Jonathan Rogers.
Tweet RESOURCE TINA BROWN: NPR Merger of ‘The Daily Beast’ and ‘Newsweek’ WEBSITES SHOULD… Break News Weekly and Monthly Publications Should… Go In-Depth and Focus on the Future After a year of discussing how a website and the old paper should work together I found the above podcast very useful for students to [...]
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Chickens, Dinosaurs and Internet Teams
Posted on 31. Jan, 2011 by Jonathan Rogers.
Tweet For the new year I decided to try a new organizational strategy to encourage more posts on the Web site and integration with the print publication. The idea is to use Internet Teams that compete against each other. Each team will have a week to rack up as many points as possible. Points are [...]
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