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August 30, 2017

by abrinelson

News Gathering

Digital dictation tools

August 22, 2017

by sadwers

Marketing and Audience Engagement

Branding your staff through social media

August 14, 2017

by abrinelson

Creating an easy cell phone video with Adobe Premiere Clip

Description When students are covering an event as part of a beat or other piece of online coverage, they may find themselves in a situation that would be complemented by a video clip. However, the student is all alone and nobody with a video camera is …

August 14, 2017

by abrinelson

Covering an event for a beat

Description As the primary type of coverage done on the web, students need to quickly become proficient in writing beats online. In this lesson, students will learn how to plan beat coverage and then, as a class, cover a schoolwide event. It would be helpful for …

August 14, 2017

by abrinelson

Writing

Finding features: 20 stories about lockers

Description Feature stories are all around us, sometimes literally in the architecture that lines our walls. This brainstorming lesson demonstrates just how easy it can be to come up with some great ideas. Students will individually brainstorm 20 stories about lockers, share ideas, and develop those …

August 12, 2017

by abrinelson

Creating infographics with Piktochart

Description Students will learn about stories on the web that highlight data and the rationale for using a free online creation tool called Piktochart. Then they will create their own data visualization using this tool. Objectives Students will create a multimedia data visualization. Students will appropriately …

August 12, 2017

by abrinelson

Creating a Timeline with Knight Lab

Description Students will learn about the stories on the web that highlight time frames and the rationale for using a free online creation tool from Knight Lab called Timeline. Then, they will create their own data visualization using this tool. Objectives Students will create a multimedia …

December 10, 2016

by sarahnichols

News Gathering

Gathering data

This lesson introduces students to main sources of big data on the web and gives them an opportunity to explore web-based tools for gathering data.

October 29, 2016

by sarahnichols

Keep readers from leaving your site

In this lesson, students learn how to improve a website quickly and simply with a focus on multimedia tools that are easy to use and include.

September 6, 2016

by sarahnichols

Headlines and Search Engine Optimization

This lesson will help students to understand the difference between writing headlines for print and online stories. Specifically, students will understand how search engines work and the relationship between good headlines and improved search results or more web traffic.

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Digital dictation tools

Branding your staff through social media

Creating an easy cell phone video with Adobe Premiere Clip

Covering an event for a beat

Finding features: 20 stories about lockers

Creating infographics with Piktochart

Creating a Timeline with Knight Lab

Gathering data

Keep readers from leaving your site

Headlines and Search Engine Optimization