Lauren's Classroom

2 stories due on Wednesday, 3/10, now up in the assignments tab!

The handout for “Writing a Story” is up under the handouts tab.

Remember, follow the first 4 steps for your upcoming assignment.

The Assignment Guideline sheet is posted under the “Handouts” tab (just ignore the date above it).  Print it out and memorize it - the more assignments you do for this class, the more strictly I will adhere to those guidelines.

The assignments due Wednesday, 2/17 are posted under the Assignments tab.  There are 3 links that you will need to click on to open up the assignments.  Remember, they must be printed out (no handwritten assignments accepted) and stapled.

Don’t forget to read Chapter 5 for Wednesday!

Both of these can now be found on the “Assignments” page.

Let me know if you have any issues opening them.  Remember, you must email them both to me by the specified due date.

1. Go to https://www.newsu.org/ and register yourself.  It is FREE to do this.

2. Log in

3. Select the tab marked “Courses” at the top of the page, under the Poynter Logo.

4. In the search bar, type “Watching TV News: How to be a Smarter Viewer.  Hit enter.  This should bring up the course.

4a. If that does not work, you can search for the course the long way by looking at the gray “Browse Courses By” box.  Select “Self Directed Courses” and then select “Broadcast”.  The course should be the last one listed.

5. Launch the course.  Take the entire thing.  It is three hours, but you can leave and come back to it at any point.  It does not have to be done in one sitting.

6. Take the quiz on this site by the appropriate date.  The quiz will be posted both here and on the assignments page.  The quiz needs to be emailed to me by Midnight on Friday, Feb 5th.  Remember, if it’s not to me by midnight, you will receive a 0.

Ready to buy an audio recorder?  Here are several options for you that fall in different budget ranges.  Realize that you will continue to use an audio recorder throughout your career, so buying a higher end one will be a good investment.

I recommend the Olympus - the VN5200-PC is a good one.  Whatever you buy, it MUST have the following:

- Mic Jack

- Headphone Jack

-  A USB output for transferring the audio files to a computer for editing

If it doesn’t have these three things, then do not buy it.

If you have questions, let me know!