Social Media in the Classroom
Teachers from across the country share their best tips and tools for incorporating
social media in the classroom on Wednesday, August 4 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. FIRST LOOK: NEW "Social Media in the Classroom" BLOG (http://aejmc.blogspot.com/) |
Presidents and the Press
AEJMC 2009-10 President, Carol J. Pardun and W. Joseph Campbell will lead panelists in a discussion on presidents and the press Wednesday, August 4 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
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Covering the Oil-Covered Gulf
Experts discuss and debate how the media reported the Deepwater Horizon tragedy on Thursday, August 5 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
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Exhibitors on Tap for Denver
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A record-number of educators - 1,850 to 1,900 - is expected to attend the Denver, CO, conference. So, the 2010 AEJMC conference will be the market place for companies who need to reach the educators and administrators who specialize in mass communication education.
The following advertisers and exhibitors are on tap for the 2010 AEJMC Denver Conference. For a complete list, visit the AEJMC Denver website.
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 AJA Video Systems and Advanced Systems Group join forces to highlight the "Newsroom of the Future," presenting the latest technology and components using the Apple computing platform. Learn from experts who conceptualized and installed the broadcast facilities at ASU's Cronkite School of Journalism and NBC affiliate KTUU in Anchorage, Alaska.
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 American University's School of Communication is about innovation in communication education, research, and production. It's a laboratory for professional education - where students work across media platforms in programs that focus on public affairs and public service. Programs include journalism, public communication, film and media arts, political communication and international media.
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 Come visit USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism in the exhibit hall. Professor Joe Saltzman will be available to discuss the Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture. Also, join us for a breakfast research presentation on Wikipedia and the Future of News at 8:15 am (Windows, Tower Building).
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 We have always known that what happens in the classroom matters, and at Bedford/St. Martin's, you'll find what you need for class today: classroom tools that really work; real choice in pedagogy, delivery, and price; media that adds value to your course; and the support you need, when you need it.
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 Innovative academic publisher Cambria Press is recognized for rigorous double-blind review, strong editorial support, author focus, and aggressive publication timelines. Proposals for the Mass Communication Convergence Book Series by series editor Kenn Gaither (Elon University) may be submitted at the submissions page at www.cambriapress.com or e-mailed to masscomm@cambriapress.com.
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 The Department of Media and Communication at City University of Hong Kong will host three major international conferences in November and December 2010 in commemoration of the landmark Multimedia Building. The Department also invites applications for the positions of Chair Professor/Professor/Associate Professor. For details, please visit www.cityu.edu.hk/com.
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 Colorado State University's Ph.D. program in Public Communication & Technology has reached it's full enrollment milestone. We are recruiting for admission to our fourth cohort in this innovative new program. We admit only five new students per year. Please also see our AEJMC Job Placement listing for PhD GTA positions.
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 Please visit Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in booth #207 at AEJMC in Denver. We look forward to sharing information about our innovative new joint-degree program in Journalism and Computer Science, offered in collaboration with Columbia's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. We will begin accepting students this fall.
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 ComSHER hopes you will join us Wednesday morning for our annual field trip. This year we will visit the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Participants will visit the museum and hear from museum leadership. See our ComSHER schedule and find out how to sign up at: http://push.communication.utexas.edu/ComSHER/prod75_031306.html
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 The Fulbright Scholar Program sends more than 1,200 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year to teach or conduct research in more than 125 countries. The 2011-2012 Core Fulbright Scholar competition offers 41 awards in engineering and 175 awards open to all disciplines. Application deadline: August 2.
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 Emond Montgomery Publications will have two titles featured at the conference's joint display table: The New Journalist: Roles, Skills, and Critical Thinking ("Here's a map for the future." - Robert Washburn) and The Bigger Picture: Elements of Feature Writing ("Too much fun to be a textbook" - Mark Kramer)
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 The School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) at Florida International University, which is located in the vibrant, exciting, magical city of Miami, prides itself on taking the lead in journalism and mass communication education by educating and graduating professionally-oriented global citizens who are worlds ahead.
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 The International Communication Association (ICA) is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication. ICA began more than 50 years ago as a small association of U.S. researchers and is now a truly international association with more than 4200 members in over 80 countries. Since 2003, ICA has been officially associated with the United Nations as a nongovernmental association (NGO).
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 "Issues In Internet Law: Society, Technology, and the Law"
has the latest cases and trends in Internet Law. Topics include Privacy, Free
Speech, Cybercrimes, Intellectual Property, Social Networks, and more. Favored
textbook in colleges nationwide; covers complex legal issues in layman's terms,
illustrated with "ripped from the headlines" cases.
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 The University of Nebraska Press is the publisher of scholarly books and journals, including the Journal of Sports Media, a broad-based exploration of the field of sports media in terms of their practices, value, and effect on culture as a whole.
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 Drawing on four decades of foreign correspondence, Mort Rosenblum presents Little Bunch of Madmen: Elements of Global Reporting. "A rare blend of great storytelling and pure wisdom, the best thing yet written about modern journalism by one of its few true living masters," says The New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson.
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 LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication is proud to host the Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy, June 5-9, 2011 in Baton Rouge. The Academy brings select up-and-coming professionals and scholars together with seasoned administrators to share administrative strategies and insights. For more information visit http://www.manship.lsu.edu.
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 More than a half century ago, the University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication was one of the first in the nation to offer the Ph.D. in mass communication, and today, we continue that pioneering spirit. Our graduate program offers an interdisciplinary, forward-thinking approach and a diverse student cohort with a wide range of backgrounds.
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 The National Communication Association advances communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific and aesthetic inquiry.
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 NYU Journalism introduces its Hyperlocal Newsroom Summer Academy 2011,
a six-week opportunity for students to sharpen their skills in a top
professional newsroom environment. The program is centered on The Local
East Village http://journalism.nyu.edu/hyperlocalnewsroom/summer/, NYU's innovative collaboration with NYTimes.com.
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 The Nielsen Scholastic Service online curriculum offers faculty and students access to TV Media Measurement information and reports. Designed to supplement the syllabus, these activities can be used in class or outside assignments. Engaging learning modules, eBooks, and assessments offer hours of content with a facilitation guide for instructor use.
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 Carnegie-Knight News21 has assembled resources to help journalism educators set up in-depth reporting programs that foster collaboration and encourage innovative storytelling. The site, at learn.news21.com, distills best practices from the News21 initiative, a consortium of 12 of the nation's top journalism programs.
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 The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication is intensifying its focus on digital media with an experimental digital news and audience research initiative, a new Knight Chair in Digital Advertising, an innovative online master's in digital media - and by recruiting forward-thinking faculty to fill digital media and PR positions.
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 Peter Lang Publishing/USA specializes in the publication of advanced textbooks in media/communication and education. Recent Lang news includes the purchase of a portion of the frontlist from Hampton Press and Mike Conway's The Origins of Television News in America: The Visualizers of CBS in the 1940s as Tankard Award finalist.
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 The Poynter Institute's News University to present results of integrated online training survey at AEJMC Poynter's Howard Finberg will present survey results during The New NewsU: Innovations for an Integrated Online and In-Classroom Curriculum on Thursday, August 5 at 5 p.m. To date, almost 80% of respondents say they use e-learning as part of classroom work and 55% say e-learning helps make them better teachers.
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 Strata Publishing is an independent publishing house addressing the needs of college students, scholars, and professionals in communication and journalism. Dedicated to publishing books for mid-level and advanced courses, Strata strives for excellence in all aspects of the publishing process: editorial, design, production, and marketing. Please visit our website: www.stratapub.com.
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 Random House, Inc. is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher and includes an array of prestigious imprints that publish some of the foremost writers of our time.
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 Why do 11 Ph.D. journalism graduates from the University of Texas at Austin already have jobs? Faculty; Curriculum; Research Productivity Emphasis; Supportive Student Environment. Please see our ad in the AEJMC program to learn more about this year's Ph.D. graduates and their dissertation topics.
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 The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars is the leading provider of substantive internship opportunities in Washington D.C. For 35 years, over 40,000 students have participated in this full service, transformative, internship program. TWC also offers extraordinary 1-2 week seminars on Politics and the Media and other special topics.
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About AEJMC
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication is a nonprofit, educational association of journalism and mass communication educators, students and media professionals. The Association's mission is to advance education, foster scholarly research, cultivate better professional practice and promote the free flow of communication.
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