2.+Newspaper+Content

=NEWSPAPER CONTENT=

__**Students**__
 =MAIN ARTICLES= Ideas may have been suggested on the discussion board about what the main articles will be on, however, the Main Article Reporters are incharge of researching and writing main articles that will appear on the front cover and first page of the newspaper. Consider doing your article on:
 * ===remember to check out the discussion board and finalise the content of your section before commencing work. Any disagreements will be resolved in a News Crew meeting, which may need to occur briefly during a lunch break.===
 * ===Remember to save an image that relates to your article. The "Publisher" will be in charge of compiling your artices and your images into the newspaper template.===
 * an excting event coming up for our class or our school,
 * a school or education related issue,
 * an information article about something parents or your peers may be interested in, or
 * the latest in "edutainment" (education that is entertaining! Search "edutainment" using the search engines on the "Research" page).

Begin researching your chosen topic or finding ideas for your article using the links on the "Research" page. You may choose to conduct an interview on one of the teachers, staff members or students who agree to be interviewed for their opinions regarding your chosen issue or topic.

Use the NEWS article template on the 'Writing Fun' website to create the first draft of your article. --> Click on 'News' in the bottom right corner of the writing fun hompage, under 'Everyday texts'. --> View the examples provided of other news articles by clicking the numbers 1-6 along the bottom of the template. --> To type your own article into the template click 'Write Online' in the bottom right corner. -->Print your article when your done and have your first draft checked by your teacher!



=__Spoken Text__= When you have finised your article, copy and paste it into a new recording on spokentext.net. Your spoken text audio will be emailed to you. This allows you to listen to how your article sounds out loud. It will be easier for you to pick up on spelling, grammer, punctuation or typing mistakes.

Spoken Text Quick Start Guide: media type="custom" key="7190513"

 =WHAT'S HAPPENING= This section is to inform our parents, carers and families about what we are currently learning about in class and to reflect on our class projects or activities. The "What's Happening" Spelling Reporter will be in charge of compiling the spelling words for this fortnight on the wordle website. The Spelling Reporter may also like to develop their image using Tagxedo which also allows you to choose the shape your words are in. Remember to Print your final image and give this to the Printing Press Manager to be glued to the draft newspaper before the paper goes to print at the photocopy room (every thursday morning).





 =SOCIAL PAGES= Check out the School website for information about whats happening at our school. You can also view the most recent school newsletter where you might find more ideas for your events calender. You will need to provide an up to date events calender as well as write a short article about something that has occured that our class participated in, or something that we are anticpating.



 =SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT= The Sports Reporter will provide an article about the latest from our sports competitions in class and what programs are running at school. Dont forget to ask the teacher if you can use the class camera to capture an image for the newspaper.

The Artist will be responsible for creating atleast one comic strip for the entertainment section using ToonDoo. Go to the "Student Samples" to see an example in more detail and explore comic websites using the "Research" page if you want to find ideas for your comic.



 =IMAGES= The Photographer will be the person in charge of operating the classroom camera, so if you would like a picture for your article, you must ask this person to do so. It is your responsibility to find a picture to match your article, so if you would rather find one online, checkout Tag Galaxy. Simply type your key word into the white box on the main screen where it says "Enter Initial Tag" and explore images that come up. You will notice that related words show up. This can also be a good way to gain a broader understanding of your topic. Click on the image you like and when it enlarges, click on "FLICKR PAGE" which will take you to the FLICKR website. Right click on the picture and press "Save Picture As". Do not forget to write down the image location (web address) and the image owner.

Name: Tenielle Edmondson. Student number: 122 56 309. ED3441 Technology Across the Curriculum, 2010.