tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72740013732674702972011-12-07T11:44:50.111-08:00The latest news about the work of the Interactive Journalism Institute for Middle SchoolersIJIMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10271377456074371100noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274001373267470297.post-18315250465645858982010-01-29T08:14:00.000-08:002010-01-29T08:15:19.124-08:00

Professor Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807935503499288638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274001373267470297.post-79607684257599129782009-07-23T10:18:00.000-07:002009-07-30T08:01:45.332-07:00

For the second summer, students from Fisher Middle School produced a multimedia magazine packed with features on everything from one man's quest to bring the Scratch programming language to Tanzania to a young woman's popular debut novel. The students were rising 7th and 8th graders participating in the Interactive Journalism Institute for Middle Schoolers (IJIMS). Students attended the

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To create IJIMS, six undergraduate students (of varying backgrounds) were brought into the collaboration process of bringing computer programming to middle school students.Here are their reflections: Becky Bernot:: I hadn’t imagined that there would be many situations in my undergraduate career where I would be called to draw upon my dual background in mathematics

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Scott Kieffer is a graduating senior at The College of New Jersey who worked as a research collaborator and mentor-counselor for the IJIMS summer camp. This article appeared on the Poynter Institute E-Media Tidbits blog on Dec. 9, 2008. "Scavenger hunts may seem like an odd choice for journalism education, but they were precisely what I needed this past summer to help train a group of young

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From the Scratch@MIT conference July 24-26, 2008Scratch in the Interactive Journalism Institute for Middle School Students Ursula Wolz, Kim Pearson, Mary Switzer, Monisha Pulimood, Meredith StoneOur presentation was accompanied by a iWork Keynote presentation that included 2 videos. The media were designed for a live presentation, not for the web. Consequently these documents are large and will

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Our IJIMS project is part of the National Science Foundation's Broadening Participation in Computing Program, a national effort to enlarge and diversify the pipeline for computing professionals. While our project is fairly unusual in its focus on middle-schoolers and its use of journalism as a tool for engaging students in computer science, we are part of a national community of education,

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Overview: Journalism has undergone a profound shift due to the Internet and now provides the potential to engage students who might not see themselves as “computing types.” Our goal is to develop middle school student interest in 21st century writing, media, math and computing skills to motivate and prepare them for careers in computing rich fields. Rationale: There is an acute shortage of

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