#boyer101: The best high school journalism workshop session EVER.

That’s me, molding young minds.

For the York Daily Record/Sunday News 19th annual high school journalism workshop, I presented my ideaLab project and the concept of the “mobile newsroom.”

I also did something that made at least two of my colleagues cringe.

During my 45-minute session, dubbed #boyer101, I allowed the self-proclaimed snarkiest member of the audience to tweet AS me from MY account, @laurenboyer.

Hilarity ensued.

(You can read those tweets by clicking here.)

In addition, I scrounged around the newsroom for some spare iPads and created fake “me” accounts — @boyer_101 and @laurenboyer101.

Everyone was told to use the hashtag #boyer101.

I handed out the iPads, and the kids went to town.

What’s the point?

Because, as I’ve said before, I’m high on crack life.

And I like seeing kids excited about journalism.

Afterall, what fun is it to learn about Storify, Cover It Live, iMovie and more, if you can’t crack jokes about your funny-looking instructor?

Here’s some more crazy correspondence to tide you over before #boyer101 returns next year.

Leah Rinaldi

Thu, Apr 26 2012 10:52:10

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