Presentation materials

Elizabeth Price and Leigh Wright, who teach journalism classes at Murray State University, had their work selected as one of the Top 25 GIFTs -- Great Idea for Teachers -- at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in August 2013.

• Submission: A Twist on Keeping Up with Current Events (Google Doc)
• Handout: A How-to Guide for Implementation (PDF)
• Complete list of 2013 GIFT finalists

Kentucky Innovations conference

Price and Wright previously presented their ideas about rescuing a worn-out assignment with a technological twist during the 2013 Kentucky Innovations conference in May 2013. Discussion looked at interdisciplinary approaches to using Fotobabbles in instruction.

Here are links to their materials and presentation:

• Instructions for creating and embedding Fotobabbles in Blackboard (Google Doc)
• Grading rubric (Google Doc)
• Grading sheet: Wright (Google Spreadsheet)
• Grading sheet: Price (Google Spreadsheet)
• Presentation handout (PDF)
• Presentation hands-on activity (PDF)

Alternatives to Fotobabble

If Fotobabble doesn't meet your needs, consider one of these two products:

• Marqueed (http://www.marqueed.com/) 
• Padlet (http://padlet.com/)

If you have questions, please contact Price at eprice4@murraystate.edu or Wright at ewright@murraystate.edu.