• Online Journalism 11/12 Credit Course

  • Course Announcement
  • Course Description and Registration Info.

• Student Journalism

  • Deacon Interviews Jay Stiteley
  • Steven's Time in Ottawa
  • Steven's Momentous Day
  • How Kyle started learning about web design
  • Steven interviews Jackie, a First Nations carver
  • Steven writes about his head-shave
  • Spencer reports on Encounters with Canada
  • Frank reports on Egypt
  • Jon writes about his year as a Champion Child
  • Cathedral Lake Reflections
  • Deacon Reports on Partnership Event

• Interviews of Paralympians

  • Deacon Interviews Donovan
  • Maggie Interviews Jennifer

• BC Winter Games Journalism Project

  • Overview
  • Student Reporter Frank
  • Student Reporter Grace
  • Student Reporter Kate
  • Student Reporter Rebecca
  • Student Reporter Thomas

• Archive

  • Student reporter Sonia interviews Jeanette Langman
  • Set-BC Alumni: Donovan and his Melbourne Audio Blog

Announcement of an online journalism 11/12 credit course with special consideration for SET-BC students

Oct 2008,

There is still room for SET-BC students to register!  More info here.

SET-BC has created a student website called Virtual Voices Village (www.vvvillage.org.)  The website is a place for BC students with disabilities to tell their own stories, to engage in their communities and to build important communication skills.  With support from SET-BC, 2010 Legacies Now and 3M, an online journalism course has been prepared and is being delivered by the EBUS Academy (www.ebus.ca). The course began in September of this year, but there is still room for additional SET-BC registrants.  This is a great opportunity for all students from around the province to gain valuable reporting skills and will complement the Virtual Voices Village website as students may submit their stories for publication on the site.  Students who have completed the course may have the opportunity to showcase their newly acquired skills by attending and reporting on the 2010 Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games!  The application details for this opportunity will be sent out to all students taking part in the course in the New Year.

Click here for details of the course, registration instructions and an application form. 

We encourage SET-BC students interested in journalism or communication skills to register for this course as soon as possible.  This is a four credit grade 11 and 12 course, but is available to students in Grade 10 who have completed English 10.  Students may begin the course at any time during the year and work at their own pace, but must finish by June of 2009.
The course consists of five exploration units which include:

1. How to identify news;
2. How to write the story;
3. Mass communications – the different mediums of reporting
4. Law & ethics
5. On-line reporting
6. We are currently looking to engage media personalities to be guest lecturers in the course.

We are so excited that we can offer this course to SET-BC students.  We hope your child can take advantage of this unique opportunity.