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How to conquer j-students' fear of technology

no@spam.com (Dana Lacey) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:18:21 MDT

It's easy to assume the younger generation understands technology - but when it comes to multimedia storytelling, a lot of students admit they're computer illiterate. Jen Lee Reeves offers tips for teaching technology to Luddites.

Textbook for potential j-students

no@spam.com (Dana Lacey) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:27:10 MDT

Peter Steven’s new book, The News, uses current case studies to explore the state of online news, international and investigative coverage and Canadian news production in the wake of the economic meltdown, ideal for high school students considering J-school Lisa Bruni writes.

Media management program for executives

no@spam.com (Dana Lacey) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:40:03 MDT

The Canadian Journalism Foundation and Rotman School of Management has revamped their Media Management Executive Education program, registration ends Sept. 30...

How to teach social media in J-school

no@spam.com (Dana Lacey) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:53:26 MDT

Social media is so new, it's easy to claim you're an expert on the subject. But some journalism professors are finding ways to teach the new medium as part of the curriculum....

J-school to close at one U.S. university

no@spam.com (Mary McGuire) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:01:32 MDT

The University of Colorado at Boulder is planning to shut down its traditional journalism and mass communication programs.

In a statement on its website, the university says it wants to consider, instead, a new interdisciplinary academic program of information and communication technology and has set up an exploratory committee to help it do that.

What you missed at AEJMC 2010

no@spam.com (Dana Lacey) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:44:05 MDT

Didn't make it to the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference in Denver? Christina Mueller reports on what today's j-education leaders are saying...

Replacing textbooks with an iPad

no@spam.com (Mary McGuire) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:39:43 MDT

It's easy enough to imagine downloading texts to read them on an iPad. But imagine being able to download single chapters, rather than full texts. Imagine interacting with the content through quizzes and other feature or highlighting text for others to see and sharing comments on passages with classmates.
Those are some of the things promised by a new textbook application for the iPad that some universities in the U.S. began using this week.

Banning laptops in media classes without being a Luddite

no@spam.com (Mary McGuire) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:56:28 MDT

A new media journalism professor in the U.S. has decided to ban laptops in some of his media classes.
Jeremy Littau says he loves technology, but the evidence is building that student test scores improve in classes where laptops are banned. He is also concerned about what he calls "the halo effect."

"When a student has a laptop open, invariably the cone of people next to and behind that student get caught up watching as well. The movie playing or the Facebook page on the screen can be a huge distraction to both those students and to me."

He outlines his new "soft ban" on his blog. Other J-profs may find his thoughtful arguments and approach worth following.

Back to school advice for J-students

no@spam.com (Mary McGuire) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:14:23 MDT

Start building your audience now.
Understand that your journalism career started when you first posted anything to the Web and that j-school is about helping you improve it.
So, conduct yourself as a journalist at all times.

Those are just some of the useful tips for journalism students heading back to school posted at the Online Journalism Review by Robert Niles, a reporter, web publisher and long-time journalism instructor.

U.S. J-School considers a professional fee

no@spam.com (Mary McGuire) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:19:38 MDT

The Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkley is considering a new, professional fee for its program.

The School is considering charging its new students an additional $5,000 over and above their tuition, similar to those charged by other professional programs in law, business and medicine.

In a letter to incoming students, the dean, Neil Henry, says the fee is necessary to offset university budget cuts.

"We are proposing this because budget cuts to the University of California have hurt our ability to provide the best program possible and keep pace with technological advances that are transforming our craft and industry."