Kent State University
Kent State University is offering an online master's degree for journalism educators. Janet Kerby has developed and will instruct a 3-graduate credit course for broadcast journalism teachers and prospective teachers as part of that online degree program. Parts of the course will also be available in the future for continuing education units. For more information about the degree or Kerby's course, contact Candace Perkins Bowen at cbowen@kent.edu
www.G-W.com
Phil’s textbook, Television Production, is available through Goodheart-Willcox Publisher. To view information about his textbook, search “television production” from the Goodheart-Willcox homepage or select the Technical/Trades/Technology catalog from the homepage and choose the Visual Arts category of products. Once the product page is displayed, the Look Inside tab offers two sample chapters for review.
The text addresses professional television production and focuses on students entering the television production industry as a career. To supplement traditional textbook instruction, a student workbook and an Instructor’s CD are also available. The Instructor’s CD contains syllabus, curriculum, timeline, handouts and forms, grading contracts, classroom management techniques, resource web sites, chapter tests, and answer keys for the text, workbook, and tests. Additionally, for each chapter there are discussion questions to expand on the topics presented in the text and more activities than you will ever have time to do to reinforce key chapter concepts.
www.hsbj.org
The High School Broadcast Journalism organization is sponsored by the Radio and Television Digital News Foundation. This web site offers free membership in the organization, access to a listserv with hundreds of television production and broadcast journalism teachers on it, forums, contests and much, much more.
www.studenttelevision.com
The Student Television Network has a listserv with hundreds of television production and broadcast journalism teachers on it. Put yourself in touch with all these “kindred spirits” instantly for help and advice on a whole gamut of issues with equipment and classes, contests and much, much more. STN sponsors a national convention yearly with workshops for students and teachers of broadcast journalism and video production as well as many, many contests.
www.school-video-news.com
School-Video-News is an e-magazine with free subscription that publishes monthly with lots of articles of interest to students and teachers who operate a school news operation in their buildings.
www.SchoolTube.com
SchoolTube is an outlet for student work to be played on the internet. The site is somewhat similar to YouTube, however, the only material which can be uploaded must first be approved by a teacher. Teachers who want their students work to be available for viewing by anyone on the internet receive a password from SchoolTube which is used to filter inappropriate material from becoming available. Therefore, SchoolTube is a much “safer” place for students to go to view the work of other students from all over the world. SchoolTube has much more to offer. Check out their site!
www.splc.org
This is the web site for the Student Press Law Center. If you ever have a legal question or a “sticky situation” and you need some legal advice on broadcast journalism issues or other issues related to television, this is a great place to find answers quickly and for free. They field questions via e-mail and telephone. An attorney is available for advice for teachers.
www.JEA.org
JEA is an organization for print and electronic media. They sponsor a national convention twice a year with workshops and competitions for all student media.
