Vanguard Academy Journalism

I've created this blog for our journalism class. Rather than settle for a a regular journalism class, I-- along with other motivated students-- feel this is a a good opportunity to try and do something different with journalism. In effect, this means everyone will actually be writing, posting, and publishing articles. Although the purpose of your assignments will range, learning about modern forms of journalism works best by actually having students writing and sharing their work to others. As a journalism teacher, I HAVE TO COME UP WITH WORK AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR THIS CLASS. I NEED TO HAVE GRADES FOR YOU ALL. I believe this approach to class can actually make this class more interesting, more engaging, and more FUN, actually. Your primary audience will be your teacher and your fellow, senior classmates; however, as these BLOGS are open to others in the internet, basically anyone online might stumble on your writings and musings. What better way to participate in a journalism class than by writing and participating in it yourself. Some of you will be interested in contributing to certain publications (blogs) more than others, while some of you will have to be assigned to contribute to specific blogs. Some of you will be responsible to run the blogs, yourselves. Either way, you will be earning your grades by writing, reading, thinking and contributing. So, be positive about this. I can always go back and teach journalism in a traditional sense, or, I we can embrace this approach to class and make the most of it. One thing is for sure, if you are not writing or contributing, you will not be passing. You work will never be lost because it will appear in the blogs; furthermore, if you are not participating, it will clearly appear in the blogs, as well.