As I prepared to introduce Storify to my students, I wanted a fun task that they could do with a high level of success and ease. I decided on the Top Ten list project. Students will select their own topis and build a Storify. I want students to use this inquiry method to dive right in and see what Storify… Read more →
Curation Journalism is rapidly becoming a buzz word. In the field of journalism and digital education, meaning making is still going on about exactly what Curation Journalism is and how it will impact or reframe the craft of journalism. As curation evolves, the means to curate a story inevitably will, too. There are dozens of free curation tools, but Storify… Read more →
Last Thursday, the usual support and admiration, humorous or not, of GoDaddy’s assets, disintegrated. A boycott against the domain name giant for its support of Stop Internet Piracy Act (“SOPA”) caused the company to change lanes and not only stop supporting SOPSA, but to come out and publically oppose the act. CNET,reported that GoDaddy CEO Warren Adelman saw as increase… Read more →
As an avid iProduct user, I was hesitant to even consider the Android market. The $199 price tag on the Kindle Fire and two girls, age 3 and 6, who always manage to wander off with my iPad2 caused me to walk into Target and part with the $600 needed to equip everyone in my house with Kindle Fires. I… Read more →
“Shh!” “No cameras allowed.” “No cell phones allowed during the show.” Those admonitions used to be pretty standard fare during any movie or Broadway production. Not so anymore. In fact, in many U.S. cities, Broadway patrons are being encouraged to use their cell phones and tablets during performances. In early 2011, the Fox Theater in Atlanta gave this new found acceptance of… Read more →
“Congratulations! Your Roundtable submission, Rethinking and Retooling Literacy Paradigms: An Epistemological Model for Implementing Constructivist Practices in the Digital Classroom, has been accepted for presentation at the 2012 Annual Eastern Educational Research Association Conference at the Westin Hilton Head Island on February 15-18, 2012.” Well, it is official, the news came today! I have been holding my breath for a… Read more →
Survey Monkey is a program that allows you to create a myriad of different types of surveys, send them out via email, facebook, embed code, or bookmark on a class computer. Survey Monkey is often used by researchers and marketers. There are some great implications for the classroom as well. Because the data is available to run analytics, it provides… Read more →
So, you are ready to take the dive into the online media world? Maybe you are a journalism adviser, a teacher looking to communicate with your own blog, or just managing your club or associations web site. Either way, you have done your research and know that Word Press is the only way to go. Now that you are up… Read more →
