Ball State University Journalism Workshops

Adviser Workshops

workshops | Dec 09, 2009 | Comments 0

Workshop dates: June 18 – 20 and June 25 – 27, 2010

Earn CRUs and up to three graduate credit hours per course!

The non-credit workshop fee is $325 per course. If you are interested in earning up to three graduate credits, additional associated fees are required ($266 per credit hour). Note on the online application that you are interested in receiving graduate credit and click here to begin the process of applying for credit.

June 18-20, 2010 course offerings:

Build a Web site - Create a Web site for your student publication! In this course, you won’t just learn how to create and manage a Web site, you’ll actually make one, meaning your students will have a new journalistic tool when they return to school in the fall. Course topics also include content management, the difference between online journalism and traditional print journalism and how to create an online environment conducive to incorporating photos, podcasts, videos and more.
Media Advising Strategies – Whether you advise newspaper, yearbook or another medium, you’ll learn strategies to help you become a better adviser. Topics include staff organization, grading, budgets, flow charts, editorial policies and deadline management.
Journalistic Writing for English Teachers – Designed primarily for English teachers, the course covers reporting, interviewing, writing and editing techniques currently practiced in the professional media. This class will be great for any teacher interested in learning a new style of writing, and is open to teachers in any subject area.
Journalistic Writing for Advisers – Learn the latest writing and editing techniques for both print and online publications that will help you better teach your students.

June 25-27, 2010 course offerings:

Build a Web site - Create a Web site for your student publication! In this course, you won’t just learn how to create and manage a Web site, you’ll actually make one, meaning your students will have a new journalistic tool when they return to school in the fall. Course topics also include content management, the difference between online journalism and traditional print journalism and how to create an online environment conducive to incorporating photos, podcasts, videos and more.
Media Advising Strategies – Whether you advise newspaper, yearbook or another medium, you’ll learn strategies to help you become a better adviser. Topics include staff organization, grading, budgets, flow charts, editorial policies and deadline management.
Publication Design Using InDesign and Photoshop – Learn the principles of design and how to apply them to high school newspapers, yearbooks and magazines.
Media Law – Stay up-to-date on media laws affecting high school publications. With an emphasis on new and emerging media law and ethics, this course covers the intricacies of media law, ethics and copyright law.

Register

Click here to register!

Can’t make it to campus?

If you’re unable to make it here this summer, you can earn up to three hours of graduate credit by completing a special independent study project. Past projects have included the creation of new high school journalism classes, realignment of curriculum to standards and creation of staff policy/design manuals, to name a few.

Call us at 765-285-8900 if you are interested, to find out more about this option!

Want to move your students’ publication online?

As media audiences consume less traditional media and more online and social media, today’s high school students are tomorrow’s digital journalists. Give your students the tools they need to excel in today’s media landscape.

Using content management system training at our Build a Web site adviser workshop, we can help you get your school’s publication online. Just check out these Web sites, created at our 2009 adviser workshops:

Jason Block, Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, Ill.

Josh Davis, Beachwood (Ohio) High School

Melissa Deavers, Portage (Ind.) High School

Wendy Eberhardt-Gilliam, Eastern Hancock High School, Chalottesville, Ind.

Christie Gold, Freedom High School, Tampa, Fla.

Mark Haab, Warren Central High School, Indianapolis

Michelle Harmon, Borah (Idaho) High School

Sara Hennes, Kettering High School, Detroit, Mich.

Cindy Horchem, Piper High School, Kansas City, Kan.

Kathy Jesse, Broad Ripple High School, Indianapolis

Bob Kay, Grayslake (Ill.) Central High School

Shea Kerkhoff, Knightdale (N.C.) High School