In Class:
Warm-up-- Using one of the following hypothetical situations, write a story using a strong lede and the inverted pyramid style:
* You won the lottery!
* Your ideal, unlimited, no-holds-barred birthday celebration
* The best concert you could ever imagine
Housekeeping: Reviewed missing work reports and returned graded work.
As a class, we read "Putting Twitter's World to Use" by Claire Cain Miller. We discussed how Twitter is not just an avenue of inane record-keeping, but also a means of communicating and connecting, of documenting important information and advertising causes. Then, practiced by investigating the hashtag #boulderflood.
On Twitter…
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Click the “Search” button in the top right
(magnifying glass)
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Search the hashtag #boulderflood
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Copy three or more tweets/retweets to a separate
sheet of paper
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From between 9/13/13 and 12/31/13
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Demonstrates the use of Twitter to
support/communicate with/connect flood victims
On Instagram…
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Click the “Explore” button the bottom panel
(compass rose)
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In the search bar, choose the “Hashtags” tab and
search #boulderflood
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Find three or more photos and copy down the user’s
handle and time since post.
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Represents, reflects on, or documents the flood Students used the remainder of class to work independently on the following assignments:
* Read "Journalism is About People, Not Technology" from JournalismNext, and answer the questions on the handout.
* Catch up on missing work.
* Work on Journalist Assignments.
Exit ticket: Define multimedia.
Homework:
Finish "Journalism is About People, Not Technology" reading and questions.
Write at least three questions for our CU Journalism guest speaker next class.
Catch up on missing work.
Work on Journalist Assignments.
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