TWT+2012-+Session+54

=TWT 2012 - Session 54: Using iPads and Social Media to Enhance HS Journalism=

Gary Schmidt gschmidt@post.harvard.edu Instructor of Upper School English & Journalism Friends Academy Grades 9-12 Subject areas: English/Language Arts Level of experience recommended: Basic

//This workshop will serve anyone involved in upper school English, Journalism, or publications. The presenter will share a pilot program implemented to great success at Friends Academy this year. In addition to teaching Journalism students the nuts and bolts of news reporting, students' consciousness of themselves has shifted from being consumers of news to producers and curators of news. Each student was assigned to one or two beats to follow throughout the semester, and students used Twitter feeds and iPad technology to follow current events and create compelling, interactive news stories. //

//After taking this workshop, participants will be empowered to create vivid, exciting publications enhanced by technology and social media; teach students to shift their consciousness of themselves from being consumers of news to producers and curators of news; create a school community of amateur journalists who now see themselves as always looking out for new stories to report. //

Instructions for attendees: Download the following free apps: Flipboard, Pulse News, Zite, Twitter, ProPublica, HuffPost, Hitpad, NPR, The Guardian Eyewitness, Qwiki

 

Links:

[|Twitter effectively replaces the AP news wire] [|Journalists beginning to migrate to Facebook] [|10 ways journalists use Twitter]