Lesson covers map making for students
By way of introduction, this final assignment required creating a three-day lesson plan on one aspect of multimedia covered in the course. I chose map […]
Despite steep learning curve, producing video has its rewards
My students often hear me say that we learn best from our mistakes. It is my way of encouraging them to experiment, follow their curiosity, […]
Interactive journalism tools add info, flash
Map lists current Rocky Hill schools and proposed new intermediary school The map above was created using Google Maps with some help from YouTube videos. […]
High school juniors share their news habits
As I was as creating this podcast above, I texted to my family that multimedia makes my brain hurt, and I received a return text […]
Podcasting takes time, planning
Taking on a podcast is something I always thought I would like to do, but with my limited time and more limited grasp of technology, […]
Using a digital camera in manual mode requires a zen mentality
[slide-anything id=’125′] Taking pictures is not something that typically makes my head spin. I have taken plenty of pictures with a manual film camera. It […]
It’s taken a while, but I have arrived
The original impetus for this page was an assignment from a course that is required for me to obtain a master’s degree as a journalism […]
Multimedia course offers opportunity
This course, Teaching Multimedia, could not have happened at a better time. Not only is our student-run newspaper at school making a commitment to go online, […]
Week 15 — Anchored in the past; alive to the future
Early in the course, we read Jerry Mitchell’s “A Call for Conscience Journalism.” Mitchell starts by calling these dark days for the Fourth Estate. He […]
Week 14 – Adapting for the future
The future is now. At least that is the attitude journalism needs to embrace. And at the same time, has always embraced. As new technology, […]