Updates and Instructions for 8.31.10

Here's a new look. Same announcements, but with a little more panache.

Remember to keep updating your story document online. Wojo is checking those.

Please come in the room at lunch (doesn't matter which one) if you need to work or have questions. Wojo's schedule this week:
Monday: lunch yes
Tuesday: lunch no
Wednesday: lunch yes
Thursday: lunch and afterschool yes
Friday: lunch yes
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From the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club:

High school journalism boot camp set for Oct. 1

Attention high school newspaper advisers: Save Friday, Oct. 1, for the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club's High School Journalism Boot Camp! It will again be at College of San Mateo (but in a new, bigger space) from 1-4:30 p.m. More information on speakers and presentations to come. Your entire staff is welcome!

If you are interested in attending, please let Wojo know. This is a Friday. We would leave school after second period that day to drive down to College of San Mateo. We will have lunch before the workshops begin. This is a great opportunity to you for no out of pocket costs. This will count for first quarter professional development.
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And another opportunity:

The California Newspaper Publishers Association is hosting a one-day workshop in Sacramento, October 16. This workshop, to be held at the office of the Sacramento Bee, will have sessions for beginning, intermediate and advanced student journalists. There are even workshops for online media and social media. Check out the link here, for more information. Your registration fee will be covered if you attend this event. Please let Wojo know if you are interested in attending.



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Current events quiz this Friday. To get into practice, answer the questions below. No, you don't have to turn them in, but it would be a good idea to practice with them.

Current Events Quiz
Week of Aug. 23 - 27, 2010

Questions:
1. Which state passed a controversial immigration law last spring that is still being challenged in court?

2. A federal judge this week blocked an attempt to expand what type of medical research?

3.  Several brands of what food item have been recalled now in more than 14 states due to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning?

4. What athlete, in the news since last November because of his marital troubles, again made headlines this week because his divorce was finalized?

5. What Asian country has had 17 million people affected by recent flooding?

6. Sales of what item hit a 15-year low in figures released this week, dropping more than 27 percent since June?

7. "Race to the Top" grant competition gave out more than $4 billion to states this week to help them change and improve what?
Extra credit: Name one that received some of this money.

8.  What country is the site of a cave-in that has had 33 miners trapped underground for almost three weeks although they are now receiving supplies through a 4-inch-wide tube?

When you finish, go to Wojo's desk to check your answers.

The New York Times is an excellent resource to help you prepare for your weekly quizzes. Of course you can go to http://www.nytimes.com anytime, but as a student in journalism (newspaper, online, yearbook) you also have access to the online e-edition (the print newspaper online):

Type into your Internet Browser:  http://eedition.nytimes.com

At the log in screen, use your Classroom Account Number as Username and Password:

Username: 200278513      Password:   200278513

Then Click on LOG IN. 

When you get to the Classroom Subscription screen, click on the newspaper image to launch the E-Edition

You will need to keep these instructions. You can access this from any internet connected computer.