Watch ‘Blogs and Building Community’ webinar
If you missed Kay Windsor’s webinar on “Blogging and Building Community,” you can watch the webinar now. Just click on the play button on the screen below. The webinar is about 30 minutes. Thanks to Kay for the helpful webinar. Topics included: How participating in a blog community can be as simple as clicking a...
How to create a slideshow in iMovie ’11
by Judy Robinson and Julie Dodd Mentoring Committee Mentoring Monday During the JEA San Francisco convention, we delivered a hands-on session in the computer lab on how to create slideshows that would be a video to be uploaded to online newspapers, blogs or video services such as YouTube or Vimeo. At previous conventions, we’ve taught...
iMotionHD: Great iPad app for creating stop motion video
by Judy Robinson Mentoring Committee One of the several apps I shared with the mentors at the JEA/NSPA convention in San Francisco this past spring was iMotionHD. It’s a great app and worth reviewing again or sharing with those of you who weren’t able to attend in San Francisco. Creating stop-motion video or time-lapse photography...
Mentor Forum in San Francisco
The mentor forum is underway in San Francisco and we started the morning off with a discussion of technology — specifically touch screen technology. We looked at several apps that mentors could use both for themselves and share with their mentees. Apps such as GarageBand on the iPad, Scancam, Hello Sign, iMotion HD and more....
Mentor Forum: A full day of discussion and events
[slideshow] Although I am not with the mentors at the forum group, thanks to Peggy Gregory and Nick Ferentinos who have provided pictures. It’s always a full day of ideas, discussion and reuniting for the mentors. The mentors usually consult their convention programs to make decisions about sessions to attend. In addition to attending the...
Mentoring Monday: New Online Resource TED-Ed
by Digital Judy JEA Mentoring Committee An announcement for a new learning site from TED Talks called TED-Ed looks interesting. The idea behind TED-Ed takes videos from TEDTalks or YouTube and “flips” them for the students. Just so you are comfortable with the verb flip you should know that: “Flip” is meant to indicate that...
AutoStitch: Increase your horizon
by Digital Judy One of the apps I shared for the iPad/iPhone as part of the technology session at the 2012 Seattle Forum was Autostitch Panorama ($1.99). Julie Dodd introduced me to the application and she may have more photos to add to this Seattle selection. You take a series of photos horizontally and...
7 Reasons why you’ll love the Mobile Guide to Seattle JEA/NSPA convention
by Judy Robinson JEA Mentoring Committee If you have a mobile device — Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch — you’ll love the new mobile Seattle convention guidebook. It’s a new resource for this year’s convention as explained on the StudentPress blog. I look forward to fitting this mobile guide into my purse. No more forgetting my heavy...
Mentoring Monday: Interview with mentee Maggie Cogar
by Judy Robinson Mentoring Committee Member Maggie Cogar joined us at the Scholastic Press Association Roundtable at the JEA/NSPA convention in Minneapolis. I’ve been attending the SPA session for years. You don’t need to be a SPA director to attend. The roundtable, led by Julie Dodd, always has relevant information and discussion for all us...
Mentoring Monday: Creating a song as a fun way to end the Minneapolis Mentor Forum
The JEA Mentor Forums are designed to encourage group discussion and sharing of mentoring challenges and strategies. Each forum is different — with a different combination of mentors attending and with different activities. The Minneapolis Mentor Forum ended on a high note — literally. The mentors divided into two teams. Each team was to be...
Mentoring Monday: Recipes for successful mentoring cooked up at JEA Mentor Forum in Minneapolis
by Judy Robinson JEA Mentor Committee member At the Mentor Forum in Minneapolis at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association convention last week, Peggy Gregory started things cooking with a warm-up activity challenging mentors to create recipes with ingredients for success for the futures of mentors and mentees in the program. Be assured there...