How to be awesome IHSPA 2015

Jonathon Rogers IHSPA President JEA Professional Outreach Chair - MJE - JEA Digital Media Board@jon_rogers

How to be...

AWESOME!It's not even that hard.

SLIDE SHARE: http://www.slideshare.net/jashmorerogers

@jon_rogers

STUDENTS AMAZE ME!

Let students have control!#createculture #TSTL Good Enough Is Not Good Enough #beawesome

DESIGN

NSPA MAGAZINE COVER DESIGN OF THE YEAR

Emotion and Dominant Image

Behance Portfolio

PHOTOSPhoto by Kierra ZapfNSPAEnvironmental Photo of the YearHM

Photo by Ryan Young - NSPA Sports Photo of the Year 3rd Place

1st PlacePhoto by Cora Bern-Klug - IHSPA Photo of the Year

Life is too short for crappy gear

BULLYING

Minorities in AP

RACIALPROFILING

LOCALIZE

Changed ICCSD policies on AP and formed a group to encourage more middle school minorities in advanced classes.

Profiled - Best of SNO - By Payton Evans, Caroline Brown and Anton Buri

BREAK NEWS

#selloutDIVINERS Video Story

USE VIDEO

YouTube Channel Screencast Bloggin

Snow FallIncorporated amazing writing, video interviews, motion graphics and about any other form of journalism you can imagine. Set aside an hour.

LONG FORM DIGITAL FEATURES

USE YOUR PHONES

PHONE TRIPODS

PHONE MICSVideo Games

OSMO

BACKUPBATTERYPOWER

Create a Podcasting Studio

BRAND YOURSELF!

BLOG

Student Blogs

CINEFUNMovies

NERD NOOKVideo Games

Elise’s EdibleEndeavorsFood

Amanda PelletierHealth issue

Brett StoryPunk music

TRAVEL BLOGS ECUACORA & STOP THIS DAY

What should you name your blog?

Hint: Not Mr. Rogers’ Blog

My favorite blog names…

Nerd Tears - Grantland

Nerd Nook - HawkeyeNation

Fashionista - Eatocracy

What should you post?

Content is king!

Have a news peg!

Write about something that is trending.

Write about something that is new.

Link to a bunch of other things on the web.

Don’t steal copyrighted photos or videos. (embed)

Write with voice.

Tell stories.

Crowd source videos and photos.

POST REGULARLY

Blog posts don’t have to be long.

Be current

Be the #1 source of news about your topic.

Be an Expert

Research topics…

Provide people with new information

Use Social Media

Make sure to tweet out your blogs.

Be proud of what you write and produce.

Interact with other bloggers in your field.

Follow other bloggers that are writing about your topic.

Instagram - Snapchat - Twitter

SOCIAL MEDIAAre you using it like Mike and Mike?

Use social media as a teachable skill.

LINK TO DOC

@jon_rogers

Use Tweetdeck and Lists

SNAPCHATAre you using it?

The NY Times, Wash Post, and Mike and Mike are...

The NY Times: Writer Q and A

Snapchat 101: @jon_rogers

TIPS● Use Snapchat to teach social

media responsibility.

● How are you branding yourself?

● Teach students how to use Snapchat to absorb news.

● Keep it real

● Tell stories! Have a beginning middle and an end.

Moresnapchat

ghosts to scan

Snapchat 101: @jon_rogers

Moresnapchat

ghosts to scan

Snapchat 101: @jon_rogers

INSTAGRAM

Run Web Contests

Get Wireless Mics

It feels awesome to have on a wireless micInterviews are much more serious

SELL ADS

REQUIRE EVERYONE TO SELL AN AD20% of what they sell

they can choose what to do with...

GO BE AWESOME!