Jul
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Thing 7C: Random Acts of Journalism
July 13, 2008 | Tagged journalism, student_writing | Leave a Comment
In Random Acts of Journalism, Andy Carvin attends a conference for journalists and ponders what skills need to be taught in schools for citizens to participate in our democracy. The following question sums up his post:
“How many people have within them the knowledge of how to form a local group and us the group to change the structure or their society?”
Now, that is a great question! He continues to think about journalist and citizen journalists. Anyone with a camera phone and an active online presence can be a citizen journalist. The idea that random acts of journalism is or should be a part of our culture. What kids are doing today online in social networks as citizen journalists is not taught in schools but instead comes from their desire to interact with their peers.
I think teaching our students to be citizen journalists is a great idea. Any learning that plugs into peer interaction has great potential.
