Start Your Upload: Free Workshop!
workshops | Dec 09, 2009 | Comments 0
Learn how to get your publication online during our three-day workshop on Ball State’s campus! June 18 – 20, 2010. Through a generous grant from The McCormick Foundation, this workshop is free!
Web sites. Blogs. Twitter. Text messaging. YouTube. We know we hear these words from our students constantly. But we’re starting to hear it from professional journaists, too. It’s clear professional journalism is changing, and to be viable and relevant to young readers and viewers, scholastic journalism also must change. This workshop will help you make the switch to the Web. Plus, you’ll learn how to use emerging media technologies to help your students better connect with their readers. In their world. Now.
What will I learn?
You’ll walk away from the class having set up a basic publications Web site. Plus, we’ll go over exciting new media opportunities, including how to use social networking to connect with readers. Don’t worry about the cost of all this, by the way! We’ll show you how to be state-of-the-art without blowing through the entire year’s budget by talking about affordable (and free) options.
Click here to see Web sites our participants made at last year’s free workshop!
Who should apply?
All advisers are welcome to apply. Preference will be given to advisers from diverse backgrounds and diverse schools and those who meet financial need. Preference will be given to teachers who are new to advising but have had some teaching experience.
How much will it cost me?
Nothing. Through a generous grant from The McCormick Foundation, the fees for the workshop and housing are covered. You’d be responsible only for your transportation and some food. Only a limited amount of travel assistance is available and will be discussed upon acceptance into the program. If you elect to receive graduate credit for this workshop, you’d pay those fees. Call us about taking it for credit at 765-285-8900.
Now what?
Click here to fill out an online application. The deadline to apply is May 21, 2010.
What if I don’t get in?
Check out our three-day intensive summer courses. Leave with a Web site that’s ready for your students to use (using the same software we used to build this Web site)!
Click here for more information.
But I am a high school student and want to make a Web site!
Sign up for our Five-Day Student Workshop Online Journalism class. Leave campus with a Web site ready for your school’s publication staff to use!
Click here for more information.
Check out just a few of the Web sites built on Ball State’s campus by advisers at our Adviser Workshops:
Bob Kay, Grayslake (Ill.) Central High School
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