Get credit. Get skills. Give your students the advantage.
Each of our workshops carries one to three semester hours of graduate credit, by the decision of the student. Attend one, two, or three workshops this summer, and learn in the state-of-the-art Adler Journalism Building. Tuition is $359 per semester hour. Classes meet Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Publication Advising: Yearbooks and Newspapers/Newsmagazines
June 23-27, 2008 (Online Option available)           
Instructed by Jack Kennedy, award-winning adviser, Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Essentials of publication advising for beginning advisers, and career enhancements for experienced advisers are provided.  Current trends and basic principles in yearbook, newspaper and news magazine design and production will be addressed, as will planning, coordinating with a yearbook company or printer, developing an editorial policy, budgets, and job descriptions.  Learn tips for selecting staff members, providing reporting, writing, and theme development  instruction, working with photos and photographers, and understanding legal and ethical issues. May be taken on UI campus or through web cast on your computer. For information on system requirements, visit web site http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/ccp/tech-support/elluminate.htm.

Teaching Journalistic Reporting, Writing and Editing: Tools for the Digital Age
July 14-18, 2008 (Online Option available)           
Instructed by Timm Pilcher, award-winning adviser, Hoover HS, Des Moines
The world-famous writing environment of Iowa City and the University of Iowa are tapped in this workshop teaching techniques, methodologies and practices in journalistic writing, reporting and editing for secondary school teachers.  Pre-writing strategies and activities to get students started on their next persuasive, narrative or reflective writing assignment will be explored.  Review and practice journalistic principles and apply them to teaching approaches to get your students involved in multiple media formats, including Web-based news, video and podcasts. For experienced and beginning teachers.