Work Assignments: Reflecting and Planning

OVERVIEW

You have been a few weeks in your work assignments, so now is a good time to consider:

• What you have done; what your team has done
• What others are doing and how they do it (for example, professional journalists)
• And what more you could aim to do and accomplish (plan of action with a goal)

This activity will essentially be a reflection on your team participation and work assignment. It will also be a plan of action where you will explore what is going on in the professional field and creating a team goal so you could enhance your work assignment to offer more to your audiences.

Individually, you will also reflect on your own class and team participation as well as the contributions you have made to the work assignments you have been involved in.

You (and your team) will do this work online by completing submitted forms.

INSTRUCTIONS

Click here to complete the individual reflection. 

Once you have completed the individual reflection, work with your team to complete the team reflection and plan of action. 

Click here to complete the team reflection and plan of action.

Deadline: By the end of this week (Friday, Nov. 01)

SUGGESTED LINKS 
NOTE: You can also do your own searches and find other resources. Make sure to share this information when you complete the team reflection and plan of action

Podcasting 

1. The in-depth style of writing news radio stories 
2. Tips for writing news radio scripts
3. Five Interview Tips
4. Radio interview on CBC Information Morning - Fredericton
5. Tips for Sports Podcasting

The Blackville Talon - Sports

1. Online sports news at The Oxford Students
2. Athletes of the Week 
3. Team Roster

The Blackville Talon - News/Public Relations

1. Tips for Writing News Features
2. Feature Writing
3. Photo Techniques (Look at Techniques and also News and Feature Photos and People photos) 
4. Story ideas
5. Writing a Film Review (optional - depending on teams each year)
6. Tips on how to make a video news report (Video may not work, but read the article)

The Blackville Talon - Kids Corner

1. Photo Techniques (Look at Techniques and also News and Feature Photos and People photos) 
2. Fun questions to ask children

The Blackville Talon - Video

1. Student share opinions on video
2. Video News Examples
3. BuzzFeed Videos (One example with teenagers)
4. Fun questions to ask children
5. Story ideas (some ideas will be dated)

The Blackville Talon - Social Media and Photo Management

1. Online School Newspaper examples
2. Growing your social media followers
3. Promoting your social media

Video Announcements

1. Video examples 
2. Look at other schools' video announcements

Yearbook - Business Manager

1. Ideas for selling yearbooks
2. Yearbook Love on Pinterest
3. Also check Yearbook Avenue - Jostens

Yearbook - Editors

1. Yearbook Love on Pinterest
2. Also look at sections in Yearbook Avenue (For example, Story Starters)