Podcasting Basics for Beginners
The “War of the Worlds” hoax, Edward R. Murrow covering the bombing of London from rooftops during WWII and FDR’s
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Month: March 2014
Join a pro online April 11 to talk data as part of the “Conversations with Journalists who Code” series
Seven two person teams from around the country will be selected to participate in a pilot project to connect student journalists with
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TodaysMeet an easy feedback tool
TodaysMeet is an easy-to-use social media tool for presenters and audiences. A presenter (classroom teacher, newspaper adviser, fill in the
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Newsela.com adjusts online news articles to student lexile level
The email from the school librarian seemed too good to be true. It stated, “https://www.newsela.com/ High Interest daily articles from major
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Like Getty Images, should school sites share free photos?
High school photographers and staff may wish to consider a cautionary tale playing out in professional media, namely Getty Images.
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3 Options for Creating “Which ____ are you?” Quizzes
Quizzes. My goodness, the quizzes. If your Facebook feed has been anything like mine, it’s been filled with quizzes (mostly
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Use Hype to create interactive, animated presentations
One of my staff’s goals is to bring the same variety of storytelling models to the web that they offer
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Use Narrable to create and embed audioslideshows
One of my staff’s goals is to bring the same variety of storytelling models to the web that they offer
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Use Scribd to embed a document viewer within a post
One of my staff’s goals is to bring the same variety of storytelling models to the web that they offer
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