DigitalSports® allows students instructional sports writing resources allowing users to create, publish, and manage their own authentic writing through DS Reporter and DS Mobile features. DS Reporter is a blog feature that lets students post articles, pictures, and videos about high school sporting events.
It is simple: students use the Vantage safe blog template to post their writing that is shared across the country!
Some of the benefits include:
1. It is a great way to get students excited about writing!
2. It is a great way to organize and assign multimedia projects.
3. All submissions can be compiled with MY Access! data via Vantage’s iSEEK Supercruncher data discovery tool! And even merged with data from MY Access!
4. Students can have one-on-one training with a former Washington Post Sports Journalist.
5. Student have full access to real life sports journalism tips and style guides. Story starters are provided to guide students through the writing process.
This example of a game story writing suggestion illustrates how students will be guided to write about their school team:
The goal of a game story is to not just report the final score, but to also tell the ready what the turning points were in getting to that end result.
Example of a task:
Attend an upcoming basketball game at your school and monitor the score as the game progresses to find the “run” that occurs when one team pulls away from the other. Describe the handful of plays that directly lead to the game’s outcome.
To get started, consider these questions:
What was the pivotal moment when the game changed and you, as a spectator, knew which team was going to win? Did it happen early in the game? Was there a noticeable momentum shift after half time or at some point in the middle of the contest? Or did it come down to the last play? Start by describing what was happening – the play, the atmosphere, the crowd, the reaction of the players, coaches and fans – that you think ultimately led to the final outcome. Be as specific as possible. Was it one big play that you c an describe in detail? Maybe it was a time out called at just the right time by a coach that re-energized his/her team. Start by describing the moment that captured your attention so much so that you could not stop thinking about when the game was over.
DS Reporter Signup
Have your students sign up today to officially join the exclusive team of DS Reporters and receive exclusive insider tips on how to “get inside the game.” They can sign up at: http://digitalsports.com/register