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Developing Campus-Wide Newspaper Curricula

Developing Campus-Wide Newspaper Curricula. The NiC Initiative University of Nebraska at Omaha. NiC Newspapers in Curricula. Maria Anderson Knudtson Lecturer, English NiC Coordinator. Christina Dando Assoc. Prof., Geography 3 year NiC member. Background.

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Developing Campus-Wide Newspaper Curricula

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  1. Developing Campus-Wide Newspaper Curricula The NiC Initiative University of Nebraska at Omaha

  2. NiC Newspapers in Curricula • Maria Anderson KnudtsonLecturer, English NiC Coordinator • Christina Dando Assoc. Prof., Geography 3 year NiC member

  3. Background • Newspapers in Curricula + Collegiate Readership • Develop a university wide network of faculty utilizing the newspapers as a resource for assignments supporting their course objectives. • 2007-2008 • 2008-2009 • 2009-2010

  4. Campus activities The NiC faculty group • faculty support for the development of newspaper based pedagogy . • creation of student events for promotion of the Collegiate Readership Program at UNO. • Specialty events/ opportunities • Target audiences • Target spaces

  5. Large group events Campus Conversations/ Times Talk • Purpose: contact a large number of diverse students. Introduce newspaper and topics for discussion. • Format: table conversations with moderator • Divided by specific topics • Divided by newspaper sections • Results: evaluation forms • Overwhelmingly positive responses • Event potential

  6. Space oriented events Fireplace Read-In • Purpose: reading marathon/pilot. • How much newspaper reading could take place in 90 minutes? • Results: 8 hours + • Effect: exposure to newspaper content and the joy of print! • Event potential

  7. Targeted audience events The 2+3=5 Short Story Event • Creative Writers • Target specific group to incorporate newspaper into creative project. • Results: 10 submissions • 3 selected as featured by a panel of judges/ prizes awarded. Reading held. • Event potential

  8. Faculty and Curricula Black Studies Geography Communication History Criminal Justice Political Science Education Social Work English Sociology Foreign Language, Spanish Economics • 3 years of faculty participation • 16 faculty • 12 departments • 5 colleges

  9. Examples from the classroomDennis Hoffman, Criminal Justice • class “perusing” – assists students to “see” relevant topics • article summaries and course concepts – students apply course concepts while seeing relevancy of course in current issues • NYT letter to the editor – students see connection between the paper, course work and civic engagement

  10. Examples from the classroomClaudia Garcia , Foreign Languages • Elementary – brief article summaries • Intermediate – daily journal writing, springboard for longer essays • Advanced – daily journal writing leading to a reflective piece

  11. Examples from the classroomChristina Dando, Geography/Geology • Clippings file and guided journal entries – students analyze the clippings, examining the framing of the country, role of the media • Media analysis on exams – students apply key concepts to current news • “Updating” a global conflict

  12. Examples from the classroomMaria Anderson Knudtson, English • All assignments : based on newspaper reading and research for development of arguments. • Textbook : all chapters correlated to newspaper work. • Assignments : more than just straight news and features/ also incorporate the visual rhetoric of advertisements and editorial cartoons.

  13. Examples from the classroomPedagogy • writing • critical thinking • media literacy • civic engagement

  14. Faculty to faculty events 2010-2011 Shift focus to faculty events • Workshops • Discussion events • Individual course curricula • Faculty presentations • To the NiC group internally • To departments • To other organizations on campus.

  15. Estimated Numbers 2009-2010 • Student contacts Classroom: 1200 Events: 250 Total: 1450 • Collegiate Readership program at UNO • Newspapers: 193,304 • Faculty contacts : 55 • Writing questions on NSSE survey.

  16. Go back and NiC your campus! Maria Anderson Knudtson mknudtson@unomaha.edu Christina Dando cdando@unomaha.edu

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