Students will be graded every 2 weeks on their tweets. Each week they should have 5 tweets for a total of 10 in two weeks. Tweets should be school related and points will be deducted if tweets are simply retweets or are not addressing school / town events.

Articles will be graded as a major assessment. Students will have a week to research the topic, interview at least 2 reliable people, take a photo, compose their article and get the article edited by 2 team members. Points will not be deducted for late articles as long as the student makes the me aware of the obstacles they are facing in meeting the deadline. 

Because some articles are time sensitive, if articles are not finished in a timely fashion, they may not be published. If articles do not meet the requirements, I reserve the right to not publish the article, however, I will explain what needs to be fixed in order for it to be published.

Podcast and videos will have length requirements and should include interviews. Both will need scripts that will be graded as well. 

All articles must go through rounds of editing. J1 students must get their article edited by a J1 student and a J2 or J3. Students will be graded on peer editing of other's articles.

ALL articles, videos, pictures, music, scripts, characters and ideas are expected to be that of the student. Copyright infringement will not be tolerated and will result in a zero on the assignment. All music and pictures must be labeled for reuse. Students may only use generative AI when specifically told they may due so. If AI is used, it MUST be cited properly to provide transparency.

Students will have challenge days where they work in small groups of 2-4 students to record or photograph students and staff to generate content for our social media sites. Students will be give the parameters of the challenge which will include the amount of time they have to complete the task. Points will be deducted for returning after the given time and the group will receive a zero if the content is not submitted in the Google classroom that evening. If students do not complete the goal of the challenge, points will be deducted. Any questionable content will be reviewed by the teacher and may be passed on to an administrator if warranted. Students should self monitor the content and make the teacher aware of any questionable interviews or pictures. Students will also receive a professionalism grade for how they conduct themselves in the hallways during challenge days.