====== Student-managed Class Website (Wordpress) Project ======
==== Student editing team tasks ====
  - Allocate students to teams eg. sports, art, interviews, cameraman, producer
  - Vote for chief editor
  - Take a photo of the new editing team in an interesting, unique setting eg. on the adventure playground
  - Chief editor needs to upload this photo to a new post and write the first post for the new team
  - Include each team member's jobs eg. Sports editors: Will and Jordan
  - Decide on a deadline for this issue (eg. T3 Week 10)
==== Create your wordpress account ====
  - Your teacher will invite you to join wordpress
  - go to your DEC email and accept the invitation
  - go to Wordpress.com and create your account
  - use your first name and initial of your surname in your wordpress account name and your DEC email address
  - login to wordpress and go to your class wordpress site
  - follow
  - comment on a post to check that your account has been recognised
==== Interview tasks ====
  - identify suitable interviewees for your team eg. in SPORT, interview Miss Wilcock as organiser of the Athletics Carnival
  - prepare interview questions
  - build CONTEXT
      - include introduction: who are you? who are you interviewing? what is the interview about?
          - eg. Hi my name is .... and I am interviewing .... about ...
      - some questions need to be closed (short answers)
      - some questions need to be open (open-ended, much more interesting for the listener)
      - brainstorm questions (no more than about 5-6)
      - sequence questions in a logical order
      - practise on someone
      - rewrite your questions out neatly
      - ask your teacher to photocopy the questions for the interviewee
  - request a convenient interview time with the subject
  - give the subject the photocopy of the questions before the interview
  - be on time for the interview
  - make sure your camera is charged
  - take a spare camera
  - take the tripod
  - take the clapperboard
  - set up the interview area in a quiet location
  - lock the door to avoid interruptions during filming
  - make sure the natural light (from a window) is behind the camera, shining on the subject
  - thank the interviewee at the end and sign off eg. ""this is ....from the 6S superstars signing off
  - ensure all equipment is returned and packed away
==== Allocate writing tasks to class members ====
  - introduce the team including the chief editor and various editing teams to the class
  - present the theme of this issue to the class
  - discuss the types of articles required for this issue with the class
  - identify and/or allocate various writing tasks to class members
  - provide rubrics for the various writing tasks
  - record names of volunteer writers in the blog book
  - decide on a deadline (usually no more then 2 weeks)
  - remind everyone 1 week before the deadline
  - show class where to submit their writing material (in-tray)
  - Editor-in-chief to record all submissions on class list
==== Select appropriate writing material for this issue ====
  - read all submissions
  - review rubric for each piece of writing
  - provide feedback to all student submissions (you may ask some to do a small rewrite/edit)
  - select successful submissions
  - copy/paste submissions into new posts
  - insert appropriate media
==== Create new posts on the blog ====
  - Decide the topic/title of the post
  - write your post or introduction for class submissions
  - Save draft
  - insert media (photos or video)
  - make sure your photos have a caption
  - do not include surnames
  - make sure that you have received permission to publish from subjects of the photos, videos

==== Media Management ====
  - Record in the website book the ID number of the camera being used for every interview and photo shoot
  - make a 'website issue 1" folder in your class collaboration folder
  - make a media folder inside this issue's folder
  - take more than one photo for each idea
  - look at all the pics and videos and select the ones you wish to use
  - always save your selected photos as .jpegs in your media folder
  - always save your videos as .mp4 files in your media folder
  - only rename the photos and videos you select for the website
  - make sure you return the camera and its mini usb cord to the teacher as soon as you are finished
  - charge the camera for the next session

Finally, have fun!