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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!
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
Celebrate!
First completed newspaperFirst quarter of publicationEnd of the year of publication
