In order to teach future journalists, we have to be trained well enough to prepare them for what is ahead. The ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication has asked us to be cross-platform journalism educators to model for students what they will face as they enter the professional world.
As we crossed a shaded parking garage and downtown streets and stepped into the newsroom, I noticed journalism educators exercising technology skills. Teachers photographed editors, tweeted quotes from the professionals, and videotaped our group while others took out notepads and did some old-fashioned interviews. Educators must employ multiple platforms if they ask students to do so, and if today was any indication, they practice daily.
Rhonda Dickens
Chisholm Trail High School
Fort Worth, Texas
Knowing that I am going to go back to a class that utilizes print and web media as well as video broadcasting, this statement helped to confirm the calling. Thanks for the reminder!
ReplyDeleteStephanie Platter
King's High School
Seattle, Wash.
Alas, the video I shot was too shaky for a time-lapse movie of our trip over. Lesson learned.
ReplyDeleteSteve Elliott
Arizona State University
Phoenix
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ReplyDeleteNice post, Rhonda. I thought that message really came out as well. It's one thing to talk about it, but another to see how much it has permeated a mainstream media publication.
ReplyDelete-- Steve Caswell
Rhonda,
ReplyDeleteYou brought up a salient point for us educators. Because journalism is changing, because our world and our students' world is changing, the way we have to reach them is changing too. For once in my short career, I feel like I might be able to come up with something novel to draw in my students and find their interest - using many platforms and social media. The coolest thing is that it doesn't even need to take much time to do it and time is better than gold during the school year.
Awesome points!
Hannah Sagaser
Mandan High School
Mandan, ND