Thanks to the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, all faculty, staff, and students now have free digital access to the New York Times. Instructors can use the New York Times inEducation website, a free resource, for incorporating NYT content into their curriculum.
The NYT inEducation website has three major features:
- Sixteen curated collections of articles that connect the news to specific areas of study, ranging from American government to writing and English composition
- A searchable collection of general instructional strategies with examples of how faculty have integrated NYT content into an assignment or overall course
- The ability to bookmark any of the articles or instructional strategies in your account for later viewing
Each area of study has designated faculty contributors who regularly add new entries. For example, Fatma Müge Göçek, professor of sociology and women’s studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, curates the Sociology collection, and Brian Arbour, associate professor at John Jay College, CUNY, curates the Campaigns and Elections collection.
Each entry includes a synopsis or analysis of the article, classroom discussion prompts or activities, and links to related articles. The collections can be browsed or searched by subject and/or desired learning outcome. A resource link ties different subject areas to relevant columns, videos, and blogs on the NYTimes website, as well as suggesting columnists to follow for that area.
To access the content of the New York Times inEducation site, instructors need to create a separate NYT inEducation account. The email address and password can be the same as their NYTimes.com account, but each website has separate logins. When setting up an account, there is an option to sign up for weekly digests for any of the areas of study that might be of interest.
Signe Boudreau, associate professor and liaison librarian for journalism and mass communication, has created a LibGuide for the New York Times and New York Times inEducation websites. She can be contacted at signeb@unl.edu and 402-472-9347 for more information.
More details at: http://unl.libguides.com/newspapers