We are starting a week late with the blogging challenge, but we will do our best to catch up. Here is your first assignment: (Grade 4, we will do this together in class as this is your first blogging experience.)

1. Refer to the Blogging Challenge page on Edublogs under the section called "Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!" dated Sept. 6.

2. Create an avatar to represent you using AvatarPortraitMaker. There are other sites we can try later but this will be a start. Download this image to your network folder and upload it to your "About Me" page.

3. On your Control Panel create an interesting title for your personal blog and add a minimum of 5 sentences about your interests. Be sure to observe privacy rules and not give your actual name or other personal identifying information. The rules of grammar and spelling apply! View samples given on the blogging challenge page.

4. Create a new post for the Blogging Challenge 1 assignment. Be sure to fill in the assignment name on the Article Page and also use "Blogging Challenge Week 1" for your post title. Using a minimum of 5 sentences, tell how you hope to improve as a blogger by doing this challenge, what kinds of things you would like to write about or any blogging goals you have for this year, and how you hope to interact with other students around the world. Refer readers to your "About Me" page and insert a hyperlink to the site you used to create your avatar. Remember to edit for grammar and spelling!

5. Submit your post for publication by Friday, Sept. 18. You must check the Publish box or it will not be credited as being on time.