Monday, June 21, saw the arrival of a new group of high school instructors to the IU campus for Teacher Workshops. This week, Julie Dodd and Judy Robinson of the University of Florida are teaching a Multimedia for High School Journalism Educators class, while Denise Roberts of Greenwood Community High School is teaching a Paying For & Promoting Student Media class.

Roberts’s class has three students, all Indiana-based high school instructors, while Dodd and Robinson’s class has eight participants, three of whom have come to Bloomington from out of state and are representing Downers Grove (Ill.) North High School, John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, Ill., and Mariemont High School in Cincinnati. Elizabeth Levin of Downers Grove North and Victoria VerPlanck of Elmhurst High School in Fort Wayne have returned to campus after attending the first round of teacher workshops last week.

Dodd and Robinson’s class had the opportunity to go outdoors and explore the campus while practicing the basics of photography yesterday. Today, HSJI staff served refreshments to the classes in the Ernie Pyle Lounge. During the reception, various members of the School of Journalism stopped by, including Director of Student Media Ron Johnson, Career Services Director Marcia Debnam, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Shannon Martin and Professor Jack Dvorak, who directed the High School Journalism Institute from 1986-2008.

Look for more coverage of the teacher workshops round 2 soon.