EDUO 9296: Teaching Journalism

Course Overview

Instructors will guide students to understand the components and text features of print news, the criteria of a suitable news story, and the values of a journalist.

Course Objectives

In this course participants will have opportunity to:

• Instruct students to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different
  purposes.
• Instruct students to use a variety of technological and information resources to gather and
  synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
• Create strategies for students to participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical
  members of a variety of literacy communities.

Course Relation to CCS or other Professional Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7
Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.5
Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.