Week at High School Journalism Institute is good reminder of challenges for new journalism teachers
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair A week at the High School Journalism Institute at Indiana University was action-packed for the teachers who took Multimedia for High School Journalism Educators and for Judy and me, who were the instructors for the course. The class was a good reminder of the range of teaching situations...
New journalism teachers can gain needed skills through online courses and summer workshop courses
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair In a recent e-mail exchange with mentor Carla Harris (Oregon), she asked me about online journalism courses that new advisers could take. We know from our work with new advisers that many of them become journalism teachers without having taken any journalism courses. I contacted Mark Newton, JEA...