Journalism professors' use of emerging online tools
Crowdsourcing quotes from journalism professors for a post on PBS MediaShift about their use of new online tools in the classroom.
- I then posted a series of @replies to groups of journalism professors to get their attention.
@cressman @drcarp @jbatsell @sethgitner @wfryer @profsamuels_nyu @sethclewis @sarahjpurdy Ever used these in class? bit.ly/dO8x4N- @kegill @richgor @journochat @jrue @426multimedia @thekrg @bgillesp @digidickinson Ever used these in class? bit.ly/dO8x4N
- @markbriggs @gmarkham @webbmedia @justinryanbeck @darthcheeta @sree @macloo @rcnee @JourProf Ever used these in class? bit.ly/dO8x4N
- @girljournalist @webjournalist @lilyciric @marcusmessner @PamCytrynbaum @JimMacMillan Ever used these in class? bit.ly/dO8x4N
- This is close to spam, but I think it worked because it was clearly relevant to their work. In addition to making them aware of the question, it made them aware of each other. (If you were looking for other j-profs to follow, this list is a good place to start.)
@ModernJourno I made an FB group, but it's mostly useful for announcements. I've talked about /shown examples of Storify but not used yet.- @SuziSteffen Thx for reply! Re:Facebook group, did you find that students would talk among themselves and share links, ideas?
- @ModernJourno I should clarify. Reporting 1 (#J361) class=announcements. For Writing About the Arts (#J463Arts), much disc/links/sharing.
@ModernJourno I haven't used that tech (yet) but am happy to RT to help you find other profs who have!
@ModernJourno I used FB private group for a course called "Media of Religion" to discussion media produced by religious orgs, bands, etc.- @ModernJourno I use WordPress for course blogging in several classes. Haven't done group blogging/content curation. Would like to.
@ModernJourno Haven't had students directly use Storify in class, but we've discussed it & 1 student used for this story: j.mp/eWpPST- @Lavrusik Have you written about your experience using Tumblr group blog for class? I'm researching tools for j-profs bit.ly/dO8x4N
@ModernJourno here are a few quick points: bit.ly/gXJ1rB Planning on writing something longer soon.
@ModernJourno Use FB class fan pages. Only talked about Storify and Tumblr. bit.ly/dO8x4N- @ModernJourno My class fan pages are on.fb.me/f3hMVb and on.fb.me/hUivVC My post about it: bit.ly/gcUtYq
- @drcarp I'm writing a piece for @PBSMediaShift and will likely quote your post. I'll be writing about FB group benefits, too.
- A direct message led to an email conversation with @kegill. She clarified her use of TypeWith.me was to collect information from students and not specifically related to a class assignment.
She also mentioned a somewhat unsuccessful attempt to use Storify and Curated.by during last fall's election. She said at the time they didn't allow collaboration. After checking, I verified that Curated.by now allows multiple authors to contribute to the same bundle. Storify allows users to give access to each other's accounts, but not limited to individual projects. 
@ModernJourno I've used iEtherpad / Etherpad a LOT with preservice education students - Spr10 & Fall 11 - I LOVE it!
