Week 1 Reflection

I can honestly say that if the Institute were to end today, I have learned so much to take back to my classes that I would have no trouble designing the 180-day school year. It's been intense, it's been unbelievable, and I'm looking forward to another week of insightful instruction. I am glad the Institute is not ending so that I can hone some of the skills that I have been slowly acquiring.

I am now on Twitter, I now blog, and I now post videos and have a YouTube account. Does this make me an official member of the 21st century? You betcha! More importantly, I see all their relevance to journalism and the importance of teaching my students media literacy and critical analysis of this media. We will certainly take a better look at this and be more aggressive in using these tools for our school. Even though the school year has just ended, I am ready to begin the new year!

I have a video I uploaded to YouTube -- my first! -- that I am sharing on this blog. I have already shared it on Facebook. It's from a trip I took to D.C. last year and the shots I made outside the Newseum. With all the talk about technology, I wanted to show journalism's beginnings, the front pages of newspapers, and the necessity of the permanence of printed papers. Is this a vanishing species?


http://youtu.be/dv8AYkL5DMY

John Bradford
Creekview High School
Canton, GA