Texting while driving

 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/technology/02distracted.html?ref=technology

Why only for federal employeeds? Someone want to tackle the idea of texting while driving for students?

"Will books be Napsterized?"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/business/04digi.html?_r=1&ref=technology

What do you think?  What will happen to books?  Anyone have an opinion about this?

Opinion Piece from the times worth reading... what do you think?

The Public Editor: Notes About Bias, From Opposite Points of View


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/opinion/04pubed.html

Interesting story in the NY Times - No More Bake Sales in City Schools

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/nyregion/03bakesale.html  - anyone care to write a news article about this piece and/or an opinion piece about it...

you can be gathering ideas about what we write about from the newspapers... that is why you must keep reading what others write.

3rd period - if you aren't working on your article right now...

you can be signing up for an account on http://www.newsu.org/

look into one of the following web courses:
Cleaning your copy

Get me rewrite: the craft of revision

News Sense: The Building Blocks of News

What makes an idea or event a news story? Explore the who, what, when, where, why and how of news.

send me a copy of your work when you sign up... you shouldn't just be sitting around because I am not there... :)

5th period - today 10/2

Your first drafts of new articles are due on Monday, 10/5.  Please make sure you send them to me via google.docs.

All those of you, whom I asked to fix the pages you were working on, please do as I need them to send to the printer ASAP.

Anastasia, Erin, Sarah, Georgina, Livi and Eric are going to be leading class today... please be cooperative and start to plan the second issue...

Those of you who still haven't finished your first article... what are you waiting for???? please turn it in soon.

3rd period - Today, 10/2

I conferenced with most of you yesterday or have written comments on your google.docs.  Your second drafts are due on Monday and I expect to see major changes in drafts... get the student voice and NOT just of the senior class.  These articles must speak to our entire readership.

Please post what you writing about to this post so that the other class knows what not to cover.

Have a great weekend...