CLASSROOM SCREENING: "America's Dangerous Pipelines"

PROJECT #1: Our TOPICS and BLOG HUBS

Due for Tuesday, February 3's class - for your first post, research and hyperlink your FOUR digital media platform sources at your own blog. Be prepared to present these in class. Also, set up and list your GOOGLE ALERT key word search - train information to find you!

James G on Hydrofracking.

Rebecca B on Rising Sea Levels/Maldives.

Kelsey M on Climate Refugees/Pacific Islands.

Shawna M on Home Grown Wind Power/Vermont.

Sarah T on Orca Captivity/Sea World.

Marianna N on Whales/Climate Change/Atlantic Ocean.

August K on Austria/Vermont collaboration/Biomass.

Morgan P on Dairy farming/water pollution/Vermont.

Caroline T on Nuclear Waste/Russia.

Ally S on renewable energy/New York state.

Mike B on Vermont food supply.

Lisa R on community-supported agriculture in Vermont.

Ryder S on coastal erosion in southern New England.

Abby on Cape Wind/Cape Cod.

Bobcat on Deforestation in British Columbia, Canada.

Dylan Pasco on Lake George Stormwater Runoff.

CLASSROOM READING #1: "Aspen and the End of Snow"

Click here to read this Men's Journal article.

CLASSROOM SCREENING #1: New York Times OP/DOC - "Running On Fumes In North Dakota"

Click here to watch this powerful environmental journalism text.

Project #2: "GREEN BEAT" MULTIMEDIA ARTICLE

Research, write and produce an 8 paragraph professional MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM ARTICLE in which you educate a broad audience about your environmental news topic. 

To earn an “A,” be sure your final articles:

1. Have a specific THESIS statement, grounded in TIME and PLACE, in your opening paragraph.

2. Consist of 8 paragraphs of between 5-7 sentences each.

3. Contain no grammar, spelling, or mechanical errors.

4. Be illustrated with AT LEAST one photo or video embed for EACH paragraph. Draw on your new digital media platforms here for content.

5. Provide AT LEAST one direct quotation from AT LEAST 6 different sources and 4 new digital media platforms. (Remember your INTERVIEWS!)

6. Be presented with confidence in class (excerpted sections.)

Project #1: ENVIRO NEWS BLOG

Select a PLACE-based environmental topic, and create an ENVIRO NEWS BLOG where you will report on JOURNALISTS COVERING YOUR TOPIC, and use WEB 2.0 TOOLS to research, find and share articles and multimedia information about your topic. 

(Example: The Environmental Debates Surrounding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s Basing @ Burlington International Airport). 

You must actively visit and engage with at least FOUR different new digital media platforms - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Vimeo, Blogger, or LinkedIn – and interview at least FOUR different people re: your topic, either by email, by phone, or in person, and capture your interviews at your blog.

Visit Blogger.com to create your blog, and then post your blog URL here at this thread.

Week #16: Final Articles - Oral Presentations