Materials used and mentioned in the February '10 Poynter educators seminar
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Downloads
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- Katy's first presentation: Talking About (R)evolution
- Second presentation: Favorite Tech in Teaching
- Third presentation: Anatomy of a Course and Physiology of an Assignment
- Final presentation: 5 Web Building Blocks
- Sample training assignment for Audacity and Soundslides (to further practice what you learned in lab)
- Dreamweaver basic training
- darn near everything I mentioned that lives online is bookmarked to the Poynter tag in my delish
My course pages
- J202, Mass Media Practices
- the Individual Story assignment sheet we discussed
- J401, In-Depth Reporting
Tutorials
These are some good references for you to learn more about the software we've covered:
- searchable pdf for my intro course (do not use this for Dreamweaver yet because it still covers tables - look for an update in May 2009)
- narrated video tutorials
- here's the specific tutorial on dealing with Soundslides on a server
5 things you can do to fill your teaching brain:
- subscribe to the daily newsletter from Mashable, the Social Media Guide
- subscribe to Al's Morning Meeting
- subscribe to the On The Media weekly podcast
- set up a Twitter account and follow media accounts (e.g., @poynter, @wsj, @nytimes), social media accounts (e.g., @mashable, @guykawasaki) and your students
- 91 journalism blogs you could follow