Comments on: Ideas for visiting Virginia Commonwealth University graduate journalism class http://www.greglinch.com/2009/10/visiting-vcu-journalism-class.html Greg Linch on journalism, technology and education. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:03:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Higdon http://www.greglinch.com/2009/10/visiting-vcu-journalism-class.html/comment-page-1#comment-2048 Mike Higdon Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:35:28 +0000 http://www.greglinch.com/?p=1292#comment-2048 Asking the students what they want to talk about is a tough approach, they'll expect you to have something & might think they know it all already. Have a solid back up if you get no response. I often get the blank stare when asking people what they want to know first because people aren't sure where to start. They could want to talk about their direction in personal relationships or how many molecules are in Leonard Nimoy's butt. Get the ball rolling/be their brain coffee first. Keeping it interactive is important though, as I feel like I'm able to connect to people better if they have to shout things out or raise their hand or play. After you get started in a direction, you can more easily assess where people are lacking knowledge/are interested in. Have fun! Asking the students what they want to talk about is a tough approach, they’ll expect you to have something & might think they know it all already. Have a solid back up if you get no response. I often get the blank stare when asking people what they want to know first because people aren’t sure where to start. They could want to talk about their direction in personal relationships or how many molecules are in Leonard Nimoy’s butt. Get the ball rolling/be their brain coffee first.

Keeping it interactive is important though, as I feel like I’m able to connect to people better if they have to shout things out or raise their hand or play. After you get started in a direction, you can more easily assess where people are lacking knowledge/are interested in.

Have fun!

]]> By: Craig Kanalley http://www.greglinch.com/2009/10/visiting-vcu-journalism-class.html/comment-page-1#comment-2045 Craig Kanalley Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:11:43 +0000 http://www.greglinch.com/?p=1292#comment-2045 Fantastic! Love how you pulled in the tweets with Publish2 using the WP plug-in. This sounds like a great plan. Best of luck and have fun. Fantastic! Love how you pulled in the tweets with Publish2 using the WP plug-in. This sounds like a great plan. Best of luck and have fun.

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