Johnson, the yearbook adviser of the Aeneid at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C., remembers the days before his school began using Yearbook Connect, Walsworth’s online page submission and proofing service.
Idea File Magazine Winter 2005, Volume 15, Issue 2
From the category archives:
Winter 2005
The Technology Learning Center – TLC – is Walsworth’s new web-based training system. A yearbook staff that needs help with computer file management, Good to Go or InDesign Enhancements can get the training they need by signing up for an online training session via webcast.
Covering the year chronologically is not as predominant as it once was, but there are good reasons for some schools to organize their yearbook coverage as events happen throughout the year.
Each issue of Idea File will feature a list of books yearbook advisers and staffs are reading and using now. The list will vary and will include book subjects ranging from instruction to popular non-fiction. For this issue, advisers were asked to name a book or two that they would not want to do without in their classroom. The list ranges from guides with practical applications to novels that demonstrate writing style. Maybe you will find a new favorite book from this list.
The look might be different for Walsworth on the Web, but the goal remained the same: accumulate enough yearbook resources in one place so that visitors never need to leave.
Thanks to a new online tool from Walsworth, all you need to produce a yearbook is an internet connection. Online Advantage, reachable through walsworthyearbooks.com, will give selected customers the means to produce their yearbook without any desktop publishing software.
Interviewing is a skill gained by following practical procedures. Good reporters, from local newspapers to national magazines, follow these procedures to get great stories. For yearbook writers looking for stories and details to capture the year, the same techniques will work for you.
There are as many ways to teach interviewing as there are advisers. Here are two advisers and their methods for teaching interviewing and reporting skills to beginning reporters.
HU HAS BEEN A PROGRAMMER WITH WALSWORTH FOR THREE YEARS. She reports to Alex Blackwell, director of Desktop Technology, and her area is part of the Sales and Marketing Department,which is based in Kansas City, Mo. Originally from Sichuan Province in southwest China, Hu has lived in the United States for 10 years and earned her degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She became a U.S. citizen in summer 2003.
HOW DO YOU PUT MORE INFORMATION IN A SPREAD IN AN EYE-PLEASING, EASY-TO-READ FORMAT TO ENTICE STUDENTS TO READ IT? There are lots of ways to be informative. Pie charts, bar graphs, quotes, polls, and lists are all ways to convey information. The key is to use them to impart information that is important to the students. A bar graph for a survey question on whether students were happy the football team won the homecoming game does not make for compelling reading.
