Teaching Professional Journalism Ethics
Why does the media seem to have a slant on the news? Perhaps it’s all in your head. Continue reading Teaching Professional Journalism Ethics
Category: Education
Educators Fail on their Social Media Report Card: Perpetuating Niggas, Bitches, and Hoes
“I don’t know how define ‘cool,’ but I know it when I see it.” — Nitzana (Mamane) Floyd Teenagers are obsessed with being cool, fitting in, making a difference. They’ve discovered that they can do that, virtually (and literally) through the use of social media. After the first few years of teaching high school, I started getting a little more social media savvy — thanks … Continue reading Educators Fail on their Social Media Report Card: Perpetuating Niggas, Bitches, and Hoes
Location based social media can teach high schoolers real world experience
Reading about the many different location based social media makes me wonder how much more creative can someone be to come up with something different than what is currently available. It’s cute to earn badges. It’s always great to get free stuff. But at some point someone’s going to have to up the ante. Foursquare seems to be the leader in this arena. However, there … Continue reading Location based social media can teach high schoolers real world experience
Reflection: Photo-a-day
You would think that someone like me who teaches broadcasting and video production and loves to capture what goes on in the world around her would be more adamant about posting pictures every single day. It seems so simple: one photo a day. Perhaps something so simple is easily overlooked. When I was in high school I worked at the Raleigh Springs Mall movie theater … Continue reading Reflection: Photo-a-day
Observational Learning
Bandura (1986). “Observational Learning” Bandura discussed the process of cognitive and social development of people through models of behavior and how this modeling process creates coded information that serves as a guide for future action. He showed how social learning can be transmitted simultaneously through the use of symbolic models and “drawing on conceptions of television portrayed in words and images….” Observational learning is a modeling … Continue reading Observational Learning
#amhsSnowDays
Teaching high school students how to properly use social media. 9th grader Jalyn Johnson in 6th period is in the lead! Let’s go #Bvpmamane students! Show me your best #amhsSnowDays. #amhs Continue reading #amhsSnowDays
Decorum in the sanctified classroom
If you’ve ever been in the halls of a high school these days, you’ve probably seen earbuds plugged in, cell phones out and pants that sag way too low. This is our future workforce. Teaching teenagers how to become skilled working citizens of our country is a challenge, to say the least. A couple of years ago, I taught at the Rockdale Career Academy in … Continue reading Decorum in the sanctified classroom
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