Capability Building Workshop on the Utilization of Digital

Technology on the Delivery of Instruction for Special Program

in Journalism (SPJ)
September 26-30, 2022

Olongapo City

A LAC Facilitator’s Session Guide

Session 5
Incorporating Self-Understanding, Storytelling, Contextualization and Digital
Applications in Creating Video Lessons
Prepared by:

Ranie Livero O. Villamin

School Head
Sebucal Integrated School
SDO of Oroquieta City

Pre-Test (10 minutes).

1. This is a tool used by journalists to write and file stories and run multi-media software from global locations.
a. Computer b. Smartphone c. Printer d. Camera
2. This is an app that allow journalists to conduct interviews and staff meeting remotely.
a. Zoom b. Courtroom c. Face to Face d. TV Show
3. A skill in journalism that requires hours of interviews, chasing down sources and leads, going down dead ends, and trying new paths.
a. Writing b. Investigating c. A/V editing d. Designing
4. Using programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator, journalists can create graphics, video backgrounds,
illustrations, and data visualizations to supplement their work. These will enhance the skill in ___.
a. Researching b. Editing c. Writing d. Investigating
5. Which country is said to be the social media capital of the world?
a. Japan b. Philippines c. USA d. UK
6. It is a narrative technique in which the storyline is told out of chronological order.
a. structural b. linear c. non-linear d. plain
7. It is an emerging form of journalism that requires a journalist to be a reporter, photographer, and videographer, as well as an editor and producer
of stories.
a. Yellow b. Frontline c. Backpack d. Investigative
8. It is making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.
a. Localization b. Contextualization c. Indigenization d. Simplification
9. Why do people engage in gossips?
a. It functions to establish values in a group.
b. Language came about because of the need to spread stories.
c. It teaches us how to relate to people we have never met.
d. All of the above.
10. Three types of sets to prepare in facing the camera
a. Asset, Typeset, Preset
b. Mindset, Heartset, Skillset
 c. Filmset, Photoset, Chemisette
d. Quickset, Nailset, Asset

Objectives
At the end of the session, teachers should be able to:
1. Identify the trends in journalism through online platforms, jobs and surveys
2. Determine the pros and cons of digital media underlying self
2. Use contextualization in creating video lessons
2. Build self-confidence in front of the camera
4. Demonstrate good qualities of an effective broadcaster
5. Perform and deliver confidently a unique opening spiel and closing spiel using TikTok

Key Understandings
1. One of the biggest growth opportunities is online journalism
2. Highest valued “Editing and Copyediting Skills” among New Media Content Producers: News judgment, Grammar and style,
Headline writing for the Web, Story combining/shortening
3. Highest valued “Content Editing Skills” among New Media Content Producers: Photo editing, Reporting and writing original
stories, Alternative story forms (polls, quizzes, etc.), Audio production, Video production
4. New ways of “telling the story” are emerging
5. Online journalists need to know how to write, shoot and record
6. “Backpack Journalism” = All the tools for reporting fit in your backpack.
7. Journalism needs ethics, accuracy, provision of difficult questions, truth and story
8. Digital tools are relevant in producing online journalism materials.
9. Angling is very significant in making a story.
10. The skill to contextualize story is useful.
11. Stories aren’t always narratives.
12. Achieve the highest level of impact in storytelling.
13. MARITES = Maximizing Revolutionized Ideas in Teaching Engaging Stories
14. TikTok is a popular social media app that allows users to create, watch, and share 15-second videos shot on mobile devices or
webcams.
15. Tiktok is engaging to young people and is very easy to use for streaming, and broadcasting but with regulation of use.

Materials Time Allotment

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Session PowerPoint presentation 2 hours
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Video Clips: Alignment to the PPST
1. Horse Back Delivery in Oroquieta City – 3.1, 4.1, 5.3, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1IN06fe4Qo
2. James Reid deepfake with Manny
Pacquiao -https://youtu.be/w9f6HAFD1QM
3. TikTok clips of GMA News Anchors and
Reporters

● Personal Photos
● GIFs
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Padlet for video posting

References

Manalo, Kevin. Journalism: Digital and the Self

Santiago, Deejay. Bring Out the Marites in You

Sevilla, John Jefferson. Building Confidence in front of the Camera

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https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2021/philippines

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/23/tiktok-journalism-news-outlet-journalism-media

Using Online Sharing and Editing Tools for Classroom

Collaborative Learning in Multimedia Journalism Education Collaborative Learning in Multimedia Journalism Education

Russell S. Chun 6932423 Hofstra University,

[email protected]

Procedure
Say: “Good ______ everyone. I am __________ of ____________. Welcome to an exciting LAC session. Our topic for today is Take Talk: Saan
Aabot ang Pagiging Marites Mo: Incorporating Self-Understanding, Storytelling, Contextualization and Digital Applications in Creating Video
Lessons
This session will lead us to understand the significance of web journalism, and integrating self-understanding, storytelling, contextualization and
digital applications in creating self-video lessons.
Before we start, let us take note of the following session objectives. (Present the abovementioned session objectives to the participants.)
A. Activity (10 minutes)
Invite the attention of the participants to closely study the charts from Reuter’s Institute about digital news reports and ask the questions:
Chart 1
1. What is the point of the chart?
2. Which is the most popular option among Filipinos for trust in news?
3. Why is this so?
Chart 2
1. What is the chart all about?
2. Which is the top digital device used among Filipinos?
3. Why is this so?
B. Analysis (10 minutes) 
Ask: What role does social media play in our society and even in our lives nowadays?
Call random participants to answer the given questions. Then, process them further by asking the following:
1. What is fake news and why do people create it?
2. What is the right thing to do when you spot fake news?
C. Abstraction (40 minutes)
Before discussing the key concepts to the participants, present to them first the following questions:
1. What is backpack journalism?
2. How does traditional journalist combat backpack journalist?
Key Concepts
Provide here the key concepts of the session. You may insert questions in between the key concepts to check the participants’ understanding.
1. One of the biggest growth opportunities is online journalism
2. Highest valued “Editing and Copyediting Skills” among New Media Content Producers: News judgment, Grammar and style,
Headline writing for the Web, Story combining/shortening
3. Highest valued “Content Editing Skills” among New Media Content Producers: Photo editing, Reporting and writing original
stories, Alternative story forms (polls, quizzes, etc.), Audio production, Video production
4. New ways of “telling the story” are emerging
5. Online journalists need to know how to write, shoot and record
6. “Backpack Journalism” = All the tools for reporting fit in your backpack.
7. Journalism needs ethics, accuracy, provision of difficult questions, truth and story
8. Digital tools are relevant in producing online journalism materials.
9. Angling is very significant in making a story.
10. The skill to contextualize story is useful.

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 11. Stories aren’t always narratives.
12. Achieve the highest level of impact in storytelling.
13. MARITES = Maximizing Revolutionized Ideas in Teaching Engaging Stories
14. TikTok is a popular social media app that allows users to create, watch, and share 15-second videos shot on mobile devices or
webcams.
15. Tiktok is engaging to young people and is very easy to use for streaming, and broadcasting but with regulation of use.
Discussion
I DO
Have the participants observe doing the intro spiel by integrating self-confidence, storytelling, contextualization and digital application.
Explicit Teaching of Noting Significant Details 
Do the WE Do part in conducting an on-the-spot interview among the participants. A participant will be called for a short interview and be
recorded as part of the short production.
Emphasize and reiterate how to use the strategies appropriately.
Make sure to incorporate the recorded interview for some added elements in the news.
Review first the editing before producing the short news.
After such, present to the audience the output.
 
D. Application
Lights, Camera, Action! (You Do) (30 minutes)
Divide your audience into small groups. 
Use your phone to shoot my presentation, make a creative 1-minute intro spiel.
Provide constructive feedback to their output. Ask to explain how they applied the strategy. Do the same process for groups 2-10. 
E. Wrap Up (10 minutes)
Ask the participants to answer the questions and post their answer in the padlet link.
1. As a journalism teacher, share best practices and possible challenges you might encounter as you teach this particular skill.
2. Now that we are in a new normal and we are expected to use different learning modalities, how will you teach mobile journalism?

Wind down the session by presenting the following quote:

“We don’t have a choice on whether we DO social media,
he question is how well we DO it.”
~ Erik Qualman

Task Sheet 1: Title

A. Description of the Activity: Lights, Camera, Action!

B. Directions: Using your mobile phone, produce a creative 1-minute intro spiel for your video lesson.

C. Activity Content:

Production of 1-minute intro spiel video presentation using

TikTok application.
CRITERIA Excellent Good Fair Poor
20 18 16 15

Presentation Extremely enthusiastic, Some enthusiasm, and Showed little No enthusiasm, no

motivating, obvious interest in activity enthusiasm, little interest interest in activities
interest in activity presented, in activities being being presented, barely
presented, clear, audible projected voice, presented, audible
voice audible somewhat audible

Content Firm grasp on knowledge Basic knowledge and Some knowledge and Demonstrated little
and understanding of the understanding of the topic understanding of the knowledge or
topic being presented, being presented topic presented, understanding of the
showed complete missing a few important topic being presented.
knowledge, covered all facts
important facts

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 Organization Instructed in easy to somewhat organized, sometimes hard to unorganized, confusing,
follow sequence, easy to follow follow, not well planned hard to follow, not
organized, well planned out planned out
out

Video Quality Proper equipment, Good location and Acceptable location and Poor location, poor
excellent location, perfect equipment, lighting and equipment, audio and equipment, poor lighting,
lighting, clear audio and visuals clear, good audio visual unclear at times low visual and audio
visual, overall excellent quality
quality

Creativity & Design Excellent sense of design. Good use of graphics Minimal use of design Use of elements
Effective camera and/or other design elements. No transitions. detracts from video. Too
techniques used for the elements. Some many or too gaudy
video and pictures. transitions are graphics; transitions, too
Smooth transitions are inappropriately placed. many clips,
appropriate and aid in backgrounds and/or
delivery of the sounds detract from
presentation. content.

Conventions Grammar, spelling, Includes 2 – 3 Includes 3 – 4 Includes five or more

punctuation, capitalization grammatical errors, grammatical errors, grammatical errors,
are correct; sources are misspellings, punctuation misspellings, punctuation misspellings,
documented correctly and errors; sources are errors; some sources are punctuation errors;
copyright law has been documented and correctly documented but not sources are not
followed. and copyright law has correctly. documented.
been followed.

Post-Test (10 minutes)

1. This is an app that allow journalists to conduct interviews and staff meeting remotely.
b. Zoom b. Courtroom c. Face to Face d. TV Show
2. This is a tool used by journalists to write and file stories and run multi-media software from global locations.
b. Computer b. Smartphone c. Printer d. Camera
3. A skill in journalism that requires hours of interviews, chasing down sources and leads, going down dead ends, and trying new paths.
b. Writing b. Investigating c. A/V editing d. Designing
4. Three types of sets to prepare in facing the camera
a. Asset, Typeset, Preset
b. Mindset, Heartset, Skillset
c. Filmset, Photoset, Chemisette
d. Quickset, Nailset, Asset
5. Which country is said to be the social media capital of the world?
b. Japan b. Philippines c. USA d. UK
6. It is a narrative technique in which the storyline is told out of chronological order.
b. structural b. linear c. non-linear d. plain
7. Why do people engage in gossips?
a. It functions to establish values in a group.
b. Language came about because of the need to spread stories.
c. It teaches us how to relate to people we have never met.
d. All of the above.
8. It is an emerging form of journalism that requires a journalist to be a reporter, photographer, and videographer, as well as an editor and
producer of stories.
b. Yellow b. Frontline c. Backpack d. Investigative
9. Using programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator, journalists can create graphics, video backgrounds,
illustrations, and data visualizations to supplement their work. These will enhance the skill in ___.
b. Researching b. Editing c. Writing d. Investigating
10. It is making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.
b. Localization b. Contextualization c. Indigenization d. Simplification

Objectives

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At the end of the session, teachers should be able to:
1. Identify the trends in Research methodology
2. Determine the pros and cons of conducting research
2. Use contextualization in creating research works
2. Build self-confidence in writing a research proposal
4. Demonstrate good qualities of an effective researcher
5. Perform and present research outline