Creating a Student Online School Newspaper

Creating an Online School Newspaper

What do we have to do?

Why?

Problem-based Learning

Student Driven

Real Life Project

ChallengingOpen-ended

Collaborative

Students enjoy it!

What does it look like?

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The Clarion 2010-11 October Jobs

Chief Editor Photography/Movie Editor

School News Editor

Sports Editor Entertainment Editor

Staff Position

Eliza Rivers Porter Geer Sam Eason Sarah Pritchard

Owen Navarro Colton Lodge

Oversees all editors

Oversees photography

Is responsible for the school news

stories

Is responsible for the CDS Sports

News

Is responsible for Entertainment

news

Is responsible for working with

editor Sets deadlines with Mrs. Perry

and other editors

Assigns photography, PowerPoint, and movie projects

Communicates with CDS division heads to find story

leads

Meets with coaches to obtain

story ideas

Suggests story, cartoons, and polls; seeks appropriate

students and projects

Completes projects on time

Brainstorms a list of story

assignments with other

editors

Helps upload photos; manages embedding

widgets into wiki

Assigns stories to fellow students

Assigns stories to fellow students

Assigns projects to fellow students

Collaborates with others

Reviews work and checks to

see that published

projects meet design

standards

Creates appropriate captions for each

photo

Makes certain that stories are

completed by deadline

Makes certain that stories are completed by

deadline

Makes certain that projects are

completed by deadline

Writes stories, takes photos,

and works to the best of one’s

ability.

Makes certain that projects are

published by deadline

Makes certain that stories are

published by deadline

Makes certain that stories are published by

deadline

Makes certain that projects are

published by deadline

Interested in working in

each section of newspaper

Catherine Maybank Mena Kerrison

Matthew Leadem

Etta Elliott

Edward Thomas

Lawton Burris Robert Lowery

Etta Elliott Gwen Cox Penelope

Analyze: Identify Student Skills

Tech skillsWriting skillsCollaborative skillsLeadership skills

Survey Student Interests

Newspaper sections—sports, news, entertainment

Jobs interest students?Groups and teams?

Permissions

Headmaster/principalReview parent/student permissions for

online photos and publication permissions

Technology Standards

National Technology StandardsState

School or district

Design: Mini Lessons

…About the writing process– Investigative reporting—5 W’s– How to conduct an interview– Appropriate headlines– Colorful writing

Design: Mini Lessons/Tutorials

…About the technology process– Creating a wiki banner– Formatting text– Uploading to wiki– Taking good photos– Inserting hyperlinks– Embedding videos, slide shows,

polls– Design

Develop: Wiki

Create the basic wikiSet permissionsManage settings for email, discussionCreate tutorialsCreate and post handouts/how to guidesCreate accounts for each student

Implement: Collaborate

With language arts teacher for editing student work

With division heads to help guide school policy procedures

With classroom teachers to gather information for school newspaper

Establish Procedures

For writing articlesFor turning in workFor uploading to wikiFor keep newspaper currentFor creating teams

Evaluate

Student evaluationsTeacher evaluationsParent surveysSurveys from students in other grades

What does it look like?

Celebrate!

First completed newspaperFirst quarter of publicationEnd of the year of publication