Broadening Participation in Media Technology via Interactive Journalism
Posted January 31st, 2008 by Ursula Wolz
| Conference | 2008 NMC Summer Conference |
| Conference Track | Digital Stories and New Approaches to Content |
| Session Mode | Breakout Session |
| Session Audience | all |
| Skill Level | all |
| Co-presenters | Kim Pearson, Sarah Monisha Pulimood, Mary Switzer, Meredith Stone |
| Session URL | http://www.tcnj.edu/~IJIMS |
Session Description
Increasing diversity in the media technology workforce is a national concern. This presentation discusses an innovative project for middle school students, which develops awareness, interest and skills by immersing them in an Interactive Journalism Institute. Students build and maintain an online magazine, learn principled journalism and media technology skills. The underlying core belief is that a child’s career path choices are influenced by perceived competency, and those perceptions are dependent upon experiences in which students are creators rather than merely consumers of media.
