Convergence for College Educators

Participants in The Poynter Institute's Convergence Journalism for College Educators seminar are writing a Weblog, The Converged Oyster, about the ideas they talk about this week on how to teach journalism in a converged environment.

"My head is spinning with many, many ideas. Blogging helps distill the more important ones. As Jimmy Gentry pointed out today, we need to cherry-pick the best ideas -- just as good journalists do," writes Carol B. Schwalbe. "The goal of this workshop is not to force us into convergence (it's better not to do it than to do it poorly). The goal, rather, is to produce better journalists, journalists who are both creative thinkers and critical thinkers. Each school needs to decide what it wants to do so far as convergence goes."

Of particular note in the blog are the convergence course curriculums posted, as well as the list of what students think "convergence" means.

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