in+class+journalism


 * __Monday, April 10__**

LOCAL CURRENT EVENT--SPONTANEOUS PRESENTATIONS 1. Find a local current event. Try to find something interesting to the class. 2. Explain it in your own words. What happened? What's still happening? Who was involved? Etc, etc. 3. Explain how it affects you personally. 4. Explain how it might affect others in your peer group. 5. Explain how it might affect some other demographic/group in or around Ithaca. 6. What do you think SHOULD happen next? 7. What do you think WILL happen next? 8. What else should be mentioned?

Friday, September 25

Today in class you're going to work with a partner to make your own version of Mike's headline writing worksheet. For the first portion of this lesson (steps 1-6), the person in the group who is less familiar with Google Docs will do all of the work while the other partner coaches (with hands off the computers!).

1. Sit with your partner. 2. Open up a new Google Doc 3. Name it. 4. Share it between you and with me. 5. Add columns. 6. Post the directions to the assignment at the top of the page (copy text below--coming in a few minutes). 7. Go to News of the Weird and find two articles each. Copy and paste them and reference the page on yours (so you're not plagiarizing). 8. Work the page so that it's neat and organized. 9. Print, write your names on it, and give it to Mike or Joshua.