Web possibilities

Oh, the places you’ll goGetting your staff online

and getting the most out of the experience

Jim Streisel, MJEHiLite adviser and communications adviser

Carmel (IN) High School

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The good ol’ days 1937 1944 1971 1982

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Just yesterday(metaphorically)

BroadsheetColor

Publish every two weeks

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Then…

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...the Web1996-97

1999ish

Early 2000s

Mid to late 2000s

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Today

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Arrrghhhh!

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That’s pretty scary.How do you keep up?

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Take a breath...

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Now...

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Now...Think about what you want to accomplish.

• Just get online? How often? How many new posts?

• Be more social? Why? Who?

• Share video? Audio?

• What does your student body use most often?

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Pick one

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Pick one...then explore.

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Websites

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Websites

• This is the building block/canvas for all of your expansion.

• Most use the free Wordpress content management system (CMS) - could use Drupal, Joomla, etc. (also free)

• A way to post breaking news, updates, visuals (slideshows, videos, etc.)

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Lots of ‘themes’

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What’s new?‘Responsive’ themes

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What to store?

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Photos

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Photos: Why?

• Readers love slideshows.

• Great to utilize all those photos you (should) already have but weren’t able to place in print.

• Easy to upload.

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Photos: How?

Lots of free services available online:

• FlickR

• Fotolog

• Picasa

• Photobucket

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Videos

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Videos: Why?• Can help tell visual and auditory stories

better.

• Can enhance existing print coverage.

• Like photos, easy to upload.

• You don’t have to be a broadcast genius. Short clips work best. >>

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Videos: How?

Lots of free services available online:

• YouTube

• SchoolTube

• Vimeo

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Issuu

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Issuu: Why?

• Archives content

• Great for parents/alumni

• My favorite way to look at the paper.

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Issuu: How?

• Get PDFs of your publication.

• Go to www.issuu.com

• Follow the instructions. (It’s pretty straightforward.)

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Let’s get social.

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So many options…

• Facebook

• Twitter

• Pinterest

• Foursquare

• More…

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Facebook…Pages

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Facebook…Have an identity and a personality.

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Twitter

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Twitter…diversify

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Pinterest

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Put it all together…

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Storify

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Great way for students to ‘build their brand.’

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Branding

(left) From the Kirkwood Call, Kirkwood High School

(above) From the HiLite, Carmel High School

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Other cool stuff

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QR codes

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CoverItLive

Election coverageSports coverageOlympicsFantasy sportsOther???

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CoverItLive in action

From Westside Wired, Westside High School

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Aurasma

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Or you can get really cool…

From FHNToday, Francis Howell North High School

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Bringing it all together

From the Foothill Dragon Press, Foothill Technology High School

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So what’s all this mean?

How do your readers read?

Play to those habits.

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Use analytics

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Resourceswww.jeadigitalmedia.orghttp://www.studentpress.org/nspa/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa/http://www.facebook.com/journalists

On Twitter:@manfull@dgoble2001@storify@ericasmith@jeadigitalmedia

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Contact info and then questions

Jim Streiseljstreise@ccs.k12.in.us

@CarmelJim

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