Funded by a generous grant from the McCormick Foundation, all 19 advisers attended for free, staying on campus here at Ball State for three days of intensive learning.

Domain names and hosting services were provided to all attendees – meaning they’ll be able to run their sites for a year free of charge.

Here’s what some of our participants had to say about their experience:

“This workshop has given me a knowledge base which will positively impact my journalism students learning. This is real world journalism knowledge.”

“This workshop took me from feeling like I should have a website to knowing that I need a website and that it isn’t as hard to create and maintain one as perceived.”

“This is absolutely vital so that journalism teachers can keep students on the cutting edge. Teachers are not able to get this anywhere else (that I could see).”

“It’s made getting online seem possible for my program – I feel like I have a good foundation in the basics and some ideas of where to look for more information. I’ve also made some great connections and I feel like I can contact my instructors and other workshop attendees for help.”

Get Yours

Want to make a website of your own? Students can build websites at our Five-Day workshop. Advisers, check back this spring for information about web workshops next June.

Check it Out!

See the progress some of our attendees are making on their sites!

• The Flagship, Perkins HS,
• Crusader Chronicle, Scecina HS
• OTVX Online, Oldham County HS
• Washingtonian, Washington HS
  

  Online media specialist Erin Cubert (right) works with Mary Jo Napholz and Hope Ann Wallace of Perkins (Ohio) High School.

Your options are:

Graduate student – You are seeking to obtain a graduate degree from Ball State.

You must apply to the BSU Graduate School and the department in which you wish to obtain the degree. All of the information for this option, including an online application, can be found by clicking here.  From there you can review the application process, fill out an online application, look at different departmental application processes, and so on. An application fee of $50 applies. Please be sure to begin this process as soon as possible. This will ensure enough time to receive transcripts from your baccalaureate-granting institution and process all materials. Once you have been accepted to the graduate school, you will be able to be officially registered for workshop(s) through Ball State’s Office of the Registrar. Please inform us when you have been officially accepted to the grad school, and we’ll continue the registration process from there.

Guest student – You are seeking graduate credit or license renewal.

Guest students are not taking graduate credit toward any graduate degree or licensure program at Ball State and are not considered to be admitted to the Graduate School. Under the special status option, clearance is granted to students who hold a baccalaureate degree who wish only to enroll in certain workshop courses for graduate credit or license renewal. You must supply the Graduate School with an official transcript (i.e. transcript sent directly from a Registrar’s Office of the baccalaureate-granting institution) showing conferral of the baccalaureate degree (a transcript showing a master’s degree can substitute for an undergraduate degree.) You will also need to complete the online application for guest student status, making sure you indicate that you are applying for Special Status. More information about guest students and the online application can be found by clicking here. No application fee is required for clearance as a guest student. If this option fits your needs, please begin the process as soon as possible. Once you have been accepted as a guest student, you will be able to be officially registered for the workshop through Ball State’s Office of the Registrar. Please inform us when you have been given clearance by the grad school to register as a guest student, and we’ll continue the registration process from there.

Guest student with transfer of credit – You are seeking to transfer graduate credit to another institution

Guest students are not taking graduate courses toward any graduate degree or licensure program at Ball State and are not considered to be admitted to the Graduate School. Under the transfer of credit status option, clearance is granted to students who hold a baccalaureate degree and are actively pursuing a graduate degree program at another regionally accredited college or university and who wish to earn credits for transfer to that instititution. You must fill out the application, which can be done online, and indicate that you wish to be considered for the Transfer of Credit Status. Transfer of credit students will normally not be required to submit official transcipts. However, you must request the dean of your graduate school to complete the Ball State University Transfer of Credit Status Form indicating that you are in good academic standing. More information about guest students, the online application, and the transfer of credit form can be found by clicking here.  No application fee is required for clearance as a guest student. If this option fits your needs, please begin the application process as soon as possible. Once you have been accepted as a guest student, you will be able to be officially registered for workshop(s). Please inform us when you have been given clearance by the grad school to register as a guest student, and we’ll continue the registration process from there.

Click here to download a printable version of this information.

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

Lisa Koch, Little Miami High School, Morrow, Ohio

Liz Marcello, Colonial Christian School, Indianapolis

Rachel McCarver, Columbus (Ind.) North High School

Julieanne McClain, Rutherford B. Hayes High School, Delaware, Ohio

April Moss, Pike High School, Indianapolis

Karen Sipes, South Side Middle School, Anderson, Ind.

Sue Skalicky, Century High School, Bismarck, N.D.

Carolyn Wagner, Lake Zurich (Ill.) High School

Tracey Ward, Olentangy Liberty High School, Powell, Ohio