Hyperlinking is a pretty fun thing! You can link to your favorite sites like this: Miniclip or just pasting the address and letting the blog create the hyperlink like this: http://www.miniclip.com.

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But be careful, links might not always take you to where they say they will: Google

See!

After watching these two videos, we want you to write about your opinion regarding the videos. Do you think magic should be part of technology? Should technology be part of magic? What are your thoughts?

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Feel free to publish about any topic you wish, but be sure to always check the andquot;L.A.R.K.-nessandquot; of your post.

http://stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html

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Have Fun!

1. Using the andquot;filetype:andquot; search option in Google, find PowerPoint files posted on the Internet that teach or present informaiton about bacteria and viruses.

2. Actively find, view, and evaluate a minimum of three presentations.

3. Compare, contast, and evaluate the presentation slides to determine which presentation in your opinion is the best presentation for helping someone to learn the basics about bacteria and viruses.

4. Write a blog article linking to the presentation you thought was the best, while including a summary of your comparing, contrasting, and thinking behind why you chose the presentation you did.

5. Things you will want to include in your article: a link to the presentation and some type of image reflecting the topic of the article.

Note: I'm not requiring a Venn Diagram or other graphic organizer for taking notes. Comparing, contrasting, and evaluating are pretty andquot;brain-heavyandquot; activities and you'll remember what you've done later better if you've taken SOME type of notes. It is up to you to decide which note-taking strategy works best for you.

Don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.

Before requesting publishing on the article, in the drop down menu marked andquot;Assignments,andquot; please choose andquot;Bacteria Blog.andquot;

Image: andquot;bacteriaandquot; by cesarharada.com. Used under a Creative Commmons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

Either way you look at it, Google Earth is a powerful tool and is by far one of the best programs that helps connect knowledge and infomation to geographic location.

Here is a link to the Google Earth Blog, please read the latest article regarding the use of a tricycle to capture andquot;street viewandquot; type images inside of places. Here is what I'd like you to DO:

1. Read the blog article about how Google is using a tricycle to get andquot;Street-Viewandquot; images inside of famous places. Feel free to follow the hyperlinks and even take five minutes to open G.E. and see what is new (don't get lost in there, you have more to do!). Clicking the andquot;KMLandquot; links will download the placemarks and street view of those locations.

2. Write a blog article regarding your thoughts about what you just read. Include your opinion about other places you think Google should use the andquot;trikeandquot; to get street view images. Also include in your article what you think is really good about doing using something like street view. On the opposite end, what do you think could be bad about Google taking images of the whole world?

3. Using GaggleTube, embed a video overview of street view and how it works. (Something like this)

4. Be sure to include tags at the bottom of you blog article.

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I look forward to hearing your opinions!

Quick reminder: Remember how annoying it was to read other students blogs that didn't make sense, because it looked like they were just completing and assignment for their teacher? Wouldn't the article have made more sense if the person writing it wrote it with the understanding that the reader likely doesn't know what the assignment is! That is what you should. Write your article with the idea that a person who reads it, doesn't necessarily know the context of WHY you are writing it. Please include in your writing enough background information so your reader isn't lost! Thanks!

1. How does your game reflect the purpose of the judicial branch in our representative democracy?

2. What new thing did you learn about our legal system from playing the games at iCivic?

3.Which game do you think will help you the most with your jury trial coming up (if your game did at all)?

. I usually write about helping teachers and students use technology. Most recently, I've been writing about how to motivate teachers to be life-long learners. Something you wouldn't think you'd have to teach teachers!

My articles, most likely, will not be on interest to you, but at least you know that I'm there writing along side of you!

Keep writing. Perfect practice makes perfect! Don't forget the Spelling and appropriate grammer still count in the andquot;realandquot; world!!!!

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Here is myandnbsp;blog article for they day. I really would like to show you this video from YouTube, because I think it's cool and does a great job of highlighting my point!!!

That didn't work out so well!

Most of the posts were short, unthoughtful, and down-right not interesting to read. So this year we've decided to have students blog about what they enjoy...with an occasional andquot;have-toandquot; blog article :-)

Check back often and comment as much as you'd like!

Rob J. on Dipity.

St. John will be entering the Doodle for Google Contest this year and our class will also. If you'd like to take a look for yourself at all the details, just to to http://www.google.com/doodle4google

Here is what you need to do today!

Write a blog article brainstorming and andquot;thinking outloudandquot; around the topic: andquot;What I wish for the world...andquot;

Here are some examples to get your brain working: andquot;I wish for the world that.....andquot;

...andnbsp; we use plants for electricity

andhellip; we make college free for everyone

andhellip; we give health insurance to all who need it

andhellip; we connect everyone by cell phone or computer

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These are just examples, feel free to make up your own and be creative. Its OK to imaginative and playful, but please be sensible

Here is a great article from Ms. Godling and her students, andquot;

Behaving Well Online, Middle Schoolandnbsp;Edition

Is there anything you can add as a comment to her blog? What recommendations would you make?

What does this article tell you about your future?

Vicki Davis--http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/03/ten-habits-of-bloggers-that-win.html

Wil Richardson--http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-thoughtsagain/

Life Hack--http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/what-makes-a-good-blog-post.html

andnbsp;Check out this 6th Grade blog and leave some comments for one of Ms. Osteen's classes.

http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=17192

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1. On this day of Blue Ribbon celebration, take a moment and reflect on chapel. How did it make you feel? What was the best part of the morning? What was the worst part? Do you feel proud to be a member of the St. John community?


2. Write a reaction to our Circle of Concern Food Drive project for Advisory. What did you think about it? What was it like to have responsibility for organizing classrooms in your advisory groups.

Please be sure to include at least ONE hyperlink and ONE image in your blog article.