JOURNALISM, MEDIA AND BLOGGING

I've developed the Culminating Activities for the course. 20% will be attributed to Blogging. See ACTIVITY here:

Journalism Media and Blogging Google Doc

The other 10% will be a 90 minute exam where you will be asked to write creatively and examine a piece of creative writing. Date to be determined.

Please comment on this POST if you have questions or want to invite me to check out your blog.


For a list of student blogs go here:


Student Blogs- March 2012

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Brighton Beach Memoirs Test

1. Coming of Age theme- use Eugene specifically.
2. The stage vs. the screen. Major differences from the perspective of actor, writer, audience.
3. Write a scene using the proper screenplay writing format. I will give you the scenario.

PUNCTUATION

Here is my Google Presentation on Semi Colons, Dashes and Ellipsis:


Semi Colons, Dashes and Ellipsis

How I Tricked Myself Into Being Awesome

Through social media, by following certain educators and leaders in educational reform, I found a guy, who found a guy, who found a guy, who wrote 3 books by deciding to learn about a topic and blogging about it every day. To me, this is what SELF DIRECTED LEARNING looks like:


How I tricked Myself Into Being Awesome

I hope you are inspired by this as much as I am. Hmmmm... what else will I learn today?