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Philly Bound!

A lot of my time has been preparing for our trip to JEA in Philadelphia next week. I had a parent meeting tonight. I’ve attached ...
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Grading Period Wrap Up

Here are some things I do at the end of each grading period. Grade Conference As mentioned before, at the end of each grading period, ...
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Tech Photo

Journalism 1 To wrap up the grading period, I quickly cover the technical parts of the camera. I have a few older cameras for students ...
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Photo in a Bag

Today in Journalism was one of my favorite lessons. I throw things (see list below) in 5-8 bags. Students break into teams of 4 to ...
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Classroom Tour

I was out today to get caught up on stuff from home. I’ve been wanting to share a video of my space to hopefully help ...
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The Radical Write

In Journalism 1, we are still learning about photography. But I think it’s important to consistently teach writing. So during the six weeks, this photography ...
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Senior Ad Procedures

During my 24 years, I have never missed a senior ad. I hope this video helps you get organized and show ways to check and ...
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Caption Writing

There are a bazillion resources on writing captions. The key is to constantly have your students practicing. And journalism one, during the photography unit, I ...
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Basic Photo Scavenger Hunt

Today in Journalism 1, I showed a couple of power points on the photo composition. These can be found on the Internet. Walsworth has a ...
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Selling Business Ads

All publication classes went out to sell business ads today. We find it difficult in a 5-high school town to sell business ads. The trick ...
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The Importance of Workshops

We attended Walsworth’s Elite Weekend this weekend. I can’t say enough good things about this workshop. The timing is perfect. There’s a lot of work ...
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Do Not Print List

Behind the Scenes After obtaining a list from my front office of parents who selected “do not print in school publications” during the registration process, ...
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A Fresh Start

Photojournalism The first day of a six-week grading period is photo inventory day. We look at photos over the projector to see what’s needed. The ...
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History of Photography

Journalism 1 We started the second six-week grading period today. After weeks of writing, usually, J1 students are excited to start something new. And they ...
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Leadership Training

I’ve learned later in my career and especially after COVID that teaching leadership is important and an ongoing task. This morning, we took time to ...
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