During the first Yearbook Kickstart class of the week, students in instructor Cody Harrell’s class focused on key terminology and shared experiences from their own schools, looking for advice on how to make their yearbook better. Harrell continuously stressed the importance of focusing on the people, and portraying the world through their lens. “Yearbook is for … [Read more...] about Yearbook Kickstart students learn importance of inclusivity
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Students learn how confidence plays key role in leadership
Discussions about leadership highlighted the opening hours of Pam Bunka’s course at the 2019 MIPA summer journalism workshop.Bunka started the class by having the students read about what leadership means and having a discussion about how to implement leadership within themselves and their publications. “We are talking a lot about what makes a good leader and what you … [Read more...] about Students learn how confidence plays key role in leadership
Students excited to see different perspectives in yearbook class
According to Ava Butzu, the instructor for the “Taking Your Yearbook to the Edge” class, her goal is to teach students how to take a theme and develop it to create a feeling that will guide the readers to understand the stories of the year. “So it’s a verbal and visual packaging of the theme to make the yearbook unique for this year and for this school,” Butzu … [Read more...] about Students excited to see different perspectives in yearbook class
MIPA’s Advanced Yearbook Design class discuss theme
Advanced Yearbook Design instructor Lydia Cardena describes why theme is so important for a successful yearbook. Students also discuss their themes for their upcoming yearbooks and what they believe defines a good theme. … [Read more...] about MIPA’s Advanced Yearbook Design class discuss theme
Yearbook designers perfect their skills
Advanced yearbook design instructor Lydia Cadena starts her class figuring out where everyone is at with InDesign. The students then dabble into some basic design as a refresher for the long summer. She continues with a list of do’s and don'ts of yearbook design. “I’m gonna show them how they can take different components--different parts of a page and modify them really … [Read more...] about Yearbook designers perfect their skills