Archive for 'Schools Online'
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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From Small to Big: The Challenges of Staff Size
Posted on 12. Sep, 2011 by Evelyn Lauer.
Tweet Five students. At the beginning of last year, that’s all I had in my newspaper production class. I wondered: How is anything going to get done? Twenty-five: The current number of students in my newspaper class. I still wonder: How is anything going to get done? The circumstances maybe the different, but the challenge [...]
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A Look Back at Our First Year
Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 by Matt Rasgorshek.
Tweet “We need to go online”. Most of us have said it. A lot of us have done it. All of us are still learning it. We decided to go “all in” this past year and I would have to say that, in my nine years of advising, it has been the most frustrating and [...]
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How I’m surviving my first year as adviser: The Final Month
Posted on 01. May, 2011 by Evelyn Lauer.
Tweet May: It’s one of the best times to be a teacher; and it’s one of the worst. How do you motivate your staff to finish the year strong? At our school, with May comes: prom, awards ceremonies, senior sports nights, AP testing, dance marathon, a talent show, an art show, the last week of [...]
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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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CSPA Announces Online Gold and Silver Crown Winners
Posted on 18. Mar, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet In a ceremony earlier today, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced their Gold and Silver Crown winners. Nine sites earned Gold Crowns while another 11 were honored with Silver Crowns. Congratulations to all the winners.
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How I’m surviving my first year as adviser: Immediate Content
Posted on 15. Mar, 2011 by Evelyn Lauer.
Tweet When Niles West News debuted, I knew we had to update often; otherwise, readers wouldn’t come back to the site. But how immediate does an a student-run website need to be? Once you and your staff make the decision to “go online,” the ability (and the pressure) to be immediate is there. For most [...]
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CSPA Announces Online Crown Award Winners
Posted on 20. Feb, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet The Columbia Scholastic Press Association named their list of 2011 Crown Award Winners earlier this week. Gold and Silver Crowns will be announced March 18 in New York City during CSPA’s annual convention. You can see the list of honorees here.
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