FREE BLOG FRIDAY

It's your turn to select the topic of your choice and write a great, interesting post. Please make sure it is school appropriate. If you are stuck, try writing prompts.

Use your remaining time to work on your transendentalism quote and your movie.

THINGS TO DO!

Today you need to change your Keynote Presentation to a movie file. (export-quicktime) and upload to your blog. Write the title and a brief description.

Movie Storyboards are due today.

Transendental art quote: Due Tuesday-May 4th

Movies: Wednesday-May 12th

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CHALLENGE#7

Read all about Challenge #7

• Count out three – click on a blog on your blogroll (1), now click on a blog from their blogroll (2) and finally click on a blog from that blogroll (3) – leave a comment on a post at this blog. Do this activity at least three times and write a post saying which blogs you visited and what posts you left a comment on. Why did you choose that post? Please remember to link back to the challenge page

The due date for Storyboard for your movie project has been extended until Wednesday because of all the events last week. If you were absent, you have until Wednesday to make up your missed posts.

TRANSENDENTAL QUOTES

You have been studying about transendentalism. Select a quote from the one the transendentalists. Copy your quote, write why you selected it, what you feel it means and select an image that relates to it to post to your blog.

Art Project: Copy your quote into an Appleworks document. Pick a font, enlarge to at least 120pt. and change to outline. Make a copy.

Use the tissue paper to color your background in a transendental way.

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DORODANGO

Today you will polish your Japanese mudball. When you have completed polishing, take a picture of your dorodango and post on your blog. Please write about the process and your success or failures. If you could start over, what would you do differently? Do you have any suggestions for someone just beginning the process? How does this relate to transendentalism?

image: dorodango.com

Also, make at least three comments on your blog roll.

WE WANT COMMENTS

The biggest disappointment so far of the blogging challenge has been the lack of response to any of our blogs. I received one comment so far from a teacher. Except for Bailey, I don't think any of you have received any comments. What can we do to encourage readers to comment on our post?

List some ideas in your post and try them out.

This week I asked you to comment on the blogs in your blog roll. Please make sure to complete this and to leave a "track back" to your blog. Also write about things you read about on the other blogs.

CREATIVE COMMENTS

Now that you have created a Blog Roll, you need to introduce yourself and comment to all of those you selected. Remember to comment about something specific. "Good Job!" doesn't really tell them what you thought was so good.

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CHALLENGE #6

Challenge #6: Read the information posted on the challenge site. Create a blog roll on your page by going to Layout-gadget-blog list-follow the directions.

Your challenge is to add at least 10 blogs to your blog roll. Use blogs from both the Class Blog list and the Student Blog list.

CHALLENGE #5

Today you watched the video "Creative Sharing".

Read Challenge #5. You can respond to the video or pick something from the challenge. Make sure you link your post back to the challenge.

Today you will complete your dreamboard. Post it on your blog, make a color copy for yourself.

If you have completed everything, research dorodango for our transcendental assignment.

SPRING BREAK AND TRANSCENDENTALISM

Today you have a choice of writing about your fabulous spring break adventures, or you can post what you wrote yesterday while outside with Ms. Ladd. Or you can write your thoughts on the whole idea of transcendentalism.

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You will be making a digital dream board today. A digital dream board is a collection of words, images and colors that reflect your vision of what you want to create in your life.