Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Transitioning from blogs to?

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After using blogs with my classes for almost four years now, it is a little disturbing to think that soon the format I use will be gone. My...
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Monday, August 27, 2007

Citizen Journalism - Massaro Update

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I must admit that spending two days in Bloomsbury talking to residents and writing about Monica Massaro's murder made me obsessed with...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Internship - Last: My Reflection Column

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This summer I’ve had the opportunity to practice what I teach. During my four week internship, I traded in my identity as Mr. McHale, Englis...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Internship Pt. 4: More Murder Story

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Once the article appeared on Thursday (August 9), we began to receive feedback. Letters to the editor complained that Monica was much more ...
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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Internship Pt. 3: Reporting on a Murder

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On Tuesday, July 29, our assignment editor came in with a tip that there was a murder in the small town of Bloomsbury in the northwest corne...
Friday, August 10, 2007

Internship Pt. 2

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A good deal of my internship has been spent living the life of a new reporter. This meant writing obituaries and press releases. These could...
Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Internship Halftime

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I’ve now completed two weeks of my internship made possible through the New Jersey Press Foundation and taking place at the Hunterdon Count...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

My Summer Vacation

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I’m beginning the second week of an intensive journalistic experience. I am completing a four week + internship with the Hunterdon County D...
Thursday, May 24, 2007

Dealing with the Distraction Factor

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One of the things I struggle with, in classes taught in computer labs, is the distraction factor. My Journalism 2 course is structured so t...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Only with a weblog

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One of the things I love about using weblogs with my students is the flexibility it can build into the curriculum. Case in point: In the las...
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Monday, March 13, 2006

Reflections on Disapointments and Near Misses - Part 1

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In the past few months many of the projects and goals that I have excitedly written about have taken some unexpected turns or have become th...
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Monday, February 13, 2006

I'm Back.....

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It’s been quite a while since I last posted.  I’ve found myself trying to do too much and as a result not producing anything (blogwise) at a...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Feedback from the Researchers

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Right before the holiday break I collected research papers from my 11th and 12th grade students.  I’ve blogged about the process we used in ...
Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Research Blogging-The Early Returns are In

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About two thirds of my students opted to complete blog posts rather than note cards for the research process.  The results of these posts we...
Sunday, December 04, 2005

Blogging the Research Process: A Blog Post Rubric

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As mentioned in an earlier post , I'm trying to incorporate blogging in the research process in the hope that it will result in a bette...
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