2007

The Viking• sports magazine is founded

The Viking Staff and Adviser Ellen Austin created the website

in a weekend

www.schoolnewspapersonline.com

TEACHERS OF MEDIA STUDIES AT PALO ALTO HIGH

• ELLEN AUSTIN• PAUL KANDELL• MIKE MCNULTY• RON WILLIAMSON• MARGO WIXOM

Are we giving away candy or what is the big attraction here for

teenagers?

#1

#1The curriculum is

relevant and exciting

#2

KIDS SHARE CONTROL OF THEIR LEARNING

# 3 LEARNING IS COLLABORATIVE

Fun to work with peers

#4

INDEPENDENCE

Choice of what to write about

Choice of what to read

#5

Give them RESPECT &TRUST

#6

TEACH THE LATEST

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

USE CLOUD COMPUTING TO SHARE

TEACH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HOW TO USE

THE

REAL WEB

Not a sanitized version

THE SINGLE LARGEST GROUP OF PEOPLE WITHOUT FREEDOM OF

EXPRESSION IN THE US

AMERICAN TEENAGERS

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) Supreme Court ruling

Allows for

Censorship of student publications in

public schools that had not been established”forums for student

expression.”

Only six states have passed legislation to protect students’ freedom of speech.

Arkansas

California

Iowa

Kansas

Massachusetts

Colorado

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

philosophy of most school IT directors is ‘when in doubt cut it out’

TEACH WRITING STYLES THAT KIDS WANT TO READ

• Features• Reviews• Opinion• Sports• news

Journalism is not dead

It just has a new platform

DIGITAL

Journalism is the

ULTIMATE

PROJECT BASED

learning program

I

JOURNALISM INTEGRATES THE CURRICULUM & TEACHES-

Writing Interviewing Art

Thinking Photography

Computers Internet Civics

Technology

Social skills Deadlines

Teamwork Passion

Collaboration Advertising

Budgeting Marketing

JOURNALISM should be taught in place of one year

of high school ENGLISHTeach the kids to write something other than the five

paragraph essay or research paper. How about something they are interested in?

If we want to get kids engaged, we need to CUT THE AIRPLANE MODE

AIRPLANE MODE (otherwise known as SCHOOL)

•Security checkpoint

•Turn off all electronic devices

•Face forward

•Sit quietly