Month: March 2017

Resources Social Media Social Media Policies Staff Manuals Staff Structure Tips 

Check out NPR’s Guide on How to Run a Branded News Account on Twitter

March 31, 2017March 25, 2017 Aaron Manfull 2046 Views 0 Comments Facebook, hashtags, Instagram, live, snapchat, Tumblr, Twitter

  NPR has some great resources to guide staffs on managing social media accounts. One of their guides is “How

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Resources Workshops 

Join the JEA Digital Media Committee at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 8, in Seattle (and bring a friend)

March 29, 2017February 10, 2017 Aaron Manfull 1303 Views 0 Comments JEA, national convention, NSPA, seattle

The JEA Digital Media Committee (the group responsible for this site and a host of other things) will be meeting

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Shooting Tips Tips Videography Videography 

Vimeo’s Video School video helps explain Frame Rate v. Shutter Speed

March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 Kevin Berns 1891 Views 0 Comments

One of the hardest things for my Digital Media students to grasp is frame rate. They get it confused with

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Best practices Grading Resources Staff Structure Tips 

Adapting the Rule of 3 for a Middle School Journalism Program

March 24, 2017March 26, 2017 Jennifer Parsons 4041 Views 3 Comments Middle School, Rule of 3

  As both a newspaper and yearbook teacher, the one thing that I find most difficult is finding curriculum for

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Best practices Contests High School Media Online Honored Work Resources Schools Online 

CSPA Announces 2017 Online Gold and Silver Crown Award Recipients

March 20, 2017March 20, 2017 Aaron Manfull 1628 Views 0 Comments CSPA, Gold Crown, Silver Crown

Friday, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced its 2017 Gold and Silver Crown Award recipients. Websites were honored in the

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Engaging Your Audience Getting More Traffic Marketing Your Site Social Media Tips 

How to make images in Twitter link to websites when clicked

March 17, 2017March 17, 2017 Isaiah Bryant 1922 Views 0 Comments plugins, Twitter, Twitter Cards, Wordpress

Ever been scrolling through Twitter and click on a picture to enlarge it, and instead been taken to an article?

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Podcasts Staff & Advising 

JERDCAST: Flipping the J-Room

March 15, 2017March 13, 2017 Matt Rasgorshek 1839 Views 0 Comments aaron manfull, flip classroom, jerdcast, podcast

Francis Howell North adviser, Aaron Manfull has been flipping out! Horrible puns aside, we talk about what a flipped classroom

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Copyright Fair Use Law & Ethics Photography Tips 

JEA Curriculum Highlight: Understanding Copyright and Creative Commons

March 13, 2017March 13, 2017 Aaron Manfull 2437 Views 0 Comments copyright, Creative Commons, curriculum, fair use

Looking for a lesson to get students to understand copyright and Creative Commons a bit better? The JEA Curriculum has

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Contests Honored Work Resources Schools Online 

NSPA Announces 2017 Online Pacemaker Finalists

March 10, 2017 Aaron Manfull 1559 Views 0 Comments NSPA, Pacemaker

Earlier this week the National Scholastic Press Association named the 2017 Online Pacemaker Finalists. Winners will be announced April 8

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