SPRING BREAK

Today is the end of the 3rd quarter! Make sure you have posted all of the assignments, including your movie trailer. All grades are due tomorrow.

You do not have a new post for today.

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CHALLENGE #4: THE ENVIRONMENT

This week's blogging challenge is on the environment. There are a variety of activities listed on the challenge website to write about. Choose one, or create your own topic about the environment.

Please label your post: Challenge #4 and link it back to the challenge site.

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FEEDBACK FRIDAY

Today you will provide feedback to classes or students that are involved in the challenge. Please comment on at least three sites. Also provide a link back to your blog so you that you can get some feedback from them.

In your post, link the sites you left comments at, and anything of interest that you found.

Class Sites

Student Sites

Reminder: All assignments are due by Thursday, March 25th.

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UPDATES

Today is time to make some adjustments or additions to your posts. For all blogging challenges you need to put, Challenge #__ in the title. You also need to link it back to the challenge page. This is a requirement of the competition. Remember your sentence requirement for your posts.

Also remember that students from other countries are reading your work, so please proofread, use correct spelling and punctuation . You need to credit the source of any images you use.

This marking period ends next Thursday, March 25th. Your Philosophy of Life Project your Speak poem and your movie trailer need to be complete and posted on your blog.

BLOGGING CHALLENGE #3

This week's challenge is to tell the world about where we live. You can do this through descriptive writing, through pictures or with a slide show. There are other activities listed on the challenge site. Be sure to link back to the challenge.

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BLOGGING CHALLENGE #2

When do you think it is appropriate for students to use real photos of themselves on their blogs and why? See if you can research this on the net and find responses from other educators. Remember to link to their post if you use information they mentioned. Hyperlink as well to this challenge post, so I can read your answers.

PS: Within 6 hours of posting this challenge, Andrea has already written her opinion.

REMEMBER TO LINK BACK TO THE CHALLENGE

If you don't have an avatar on your site. Use this avatar information to make one.

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Ms. Ladd had requested that you post the assignment from Speak on your blog.

CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC

Today you get to pick a topic to blog about. It is your chance to write about whatever you feel like. Of course it needs to be school appropriate and you need to use good grammar and punctuation skills. Also remember to list the source of any images you choose to use.

THE BLOGGING CHALLENGE BEGINS

CHALLENGE #1

Write a post about why students and classes should visit your blog. Why is your blog going to be interesting? What will you be posting about? What could they learn from reading your blog. I know that almost all of your posts have been required assignments. Even though you didn't choose the topic you had a chance to give your opinions add pictures,art and personality to your blog. This quarter you will be doing some videos and you will have more opportunities to write about your own topics.

You need to create a link back to the blogging challenge.

STUDENT CHALLENGE #1