45-60 minutes | JEA Curriculum Initiative

February 2, 2021

Description After reading news stories from a variety of Black and general audience media, students will be able to analyze differences in coverage, sources and perspectives in current news. Objectives Students will be able to recognize media bias across multiple outlets. Students will be able …

February 23, 2020

by sadwers

News Gathering

The power of “how” and “why”: How curiosity can lead to great storytelling

Description Running an interview requires journalists to think on their feet and to be skilled with multiple facets of asking questions and helping the subject feel comfortable enough to open up. The finished product of a good story doesn’t show the hardest parts of interviewing. The …

December 27, 2018

by abrinelson

Critiquing your website for awards

Description The focus of this lesson is to allow students to review current design in web design and content, They will then compare their own content to what others have done and make adaptations based on that comparison. Objectives Students will understand current trends in web …

December 27, 2018

by abrinelson

Understanding and using analytics to drive traffic

Description Students will review a presentation to understand the important data included in a Google Analytics report. Students will then make judgments based on analysis of their own analytics and apply those ideas to their own website. Objectives Students will learn how to read a Google …

September 16, 2018

by megfromm