I was away for the weekend attending my nephew’s wedding in Dallas and I didn’t find the time to do a cool links post. But now I have some time to make one.
1 – Thanks to Andy Dickinson for a link to the Flip Video Spotlight site. Under the Resources tab are videos about shooting [...]
October 26, 2009
Categories: Computers, Cool Downloads, Cool Links, Design, Online Tools, Photography, Resources, State of Media Careers, Video, Web, Writing . . Author: teachj . Comments: 2 Comments
This post is not a journalism one really, but I just had to share the experience.
I went to see the movie Where The Wild Things Are at the local megaplex Friday instead of football for a change. Took the whole family, mi esposa, my favorite daughter (only have one – family joke) and my son [...]
October 19, 2009
Categories: Advising, Just For Fun, Writing . . Author: teachj . Comments: Leave a Comment
We teachers who blog often put our emotions and feelings out on display. We put our experiences and teaching technique in public for all to see. Most of the time, it is rewarding and helpful. It has connected me to a number of teachers from Maine to California. I literally have a whole network of [...]
October 17, 2009
Categories: Advising, Computers, Journalism, Lesson Ideas, Newspaper/Magazine, Online Tools, Photography, Video . . Author: teachj . Comments: 3 Comments
I don’t know about you, but I dread staff development days.
First, I am a department of one. Being a journalism teacher and a technology teacher, there is simply no one in my district with the same course list as me. So, when I go to staff development sessions, they either don’t apply to my content [...]
October 12, 2009
Categories: Teaching . . Author: teachj . Comments: 3 Comments
We’ve had a spell of weird weather in Houston and it has rained or threatened to rain nearly every Friday Night and dampened our Football Lights. This week it made for a soggy Homecoming. We also had a power outage on the same day, making for a wicked, wild, weird October weekend. So, we are [...]
October 11, 2009
Categories: Journalism, Lesson Ideas, Newspaper/Magazine, Photography, Publications, State of Media Careers, Teaching, Video, Web, Yearbook . . Author: teachj . Comments: 1 Comment
Today was a crazy day. We lost power, but only in part of the building. I actually sat in air conditioned splendor during the entire event. But because we lost power in about 70 percent of the building – during lunch no less – we ended up sending the students home.
This happened on Homecoming Friday. [...]
October 9, 2009
Categories: Advising, Classroom Managment, Photography, Teaching . . Author: teachj . Comments: 1 Comment
I had a great time at the TAJE Houston Journalism Workshop yesterday. It was almost all about new media and convergence journalism. It actually got me excited about all the crazy changes we’re going through right now. Here are the links.
1 – You ever wonder what HIPPA or FERPA stand for? Well, wonder no longer [...]
October 4, 2009
Categories: Computers, Cool Links, Just For Fun, Lesson Ideas, Online Tools, Photography, Resources, State of Media Careers, Teaching, Video, Writing, Yearbook . . Author: teachj . Comments: Leave a Comment
