Kris Vera-Phillips

“This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and even it can inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it's nothing but wires and lights in a box.”

Edward R. Murrow

Classroom Work

For my classroom work page, I am demonstrating assignments and lab work to my students at the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Kris Vera-Phillips records a class video at the Tempe Studio at Arizona State.
Inside Room 356 at the Cronkite Campus in downtown Phoenix.
  • Newsroom Work, Eating Adventures
    Video introductions are a natural part of life for online classes like MCO 426: Digital Media Literacy: II. I wanted to share this video as an example for students producing videos for their next blog assignment. I thought this would be a good spot to share more details about life outside the classroom. I also…
  • 1,000 Words: Blue Screens & Otter Pops
    There’s an old saying: A picture is worth a thousand words. Students in MCO 426: Digital Media Literacy II – are blogging about images, from the ones they create to the ones they produce via a prompt on an app fueled by artificial intelligence (AI). I’m diving into this assignment with a look back at…
  • MCO 425 – Media Diary – Email, Social Media, and Sesame Street
    E-mail, Social Media, and Sesame Street – those are my words for the day. All students had to fill out a media diary for their first module of MCO 425: Digital Media Literacy. According to the assignment: “For this week’s blog entry, you will be creating a 24-hour media diary. Taking an inventory of how…