Thursday, May 21, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Blog Entry/Comment #8
Today you are going to explore an interesting website: www.wikihow.com
Here is your assignment:
1) Go to http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page and take 5-10 minutes to explore the page. Search for topics! Explore links! Have fun!
2) Brainstorm TWO lists:
List A: "how-to topics" that you want to READ
List B: "how-to topics" that you could WRITE
You should have at least 7 of each. Post them on the Blog using the comments section!
3) Search for how-to topics you find interesting on the wiki page. Then, in the last 10 minutes of class, write a comment explaining what you learned from exploring wiki-how today.
Here is your assignment:
1) Go to http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page and take 5-10 minutes to explore the page. Search for topics! Explore links! Have fun!
2) Brainstorm TWO lists:
List A: "how-to topics" that you want to READ
List B: "how-to topics" that you could WRITE
You should have at least 7 of each. Post them on the Blog using the comments section!
3) Search for how-to topics you find interesting on the wiki page. Then, in the last 10 minutes of class, write a comment explaining what you learned from exploring wiki-how today.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Blog Post # 7
Choose one of the choices below to write for our next blog post! Then once everyone had written you can start to comment on what other people wrote. All of the posts that you make should be no less than 150 words, and the comments should be no less than 75 words. Have fun and comment away!
Choice 1:
What is your definition of a true friend? Why is that your definition of a true friend? Name a real life someone who is a true friend and how are they a true friend? What is your definition of a person who is not a true friend? Why is that your definition of not a true friend? Name a real life someone who resembles the definition of being not a true friend.
Choice 2:
Name a time when you knew that you were not a true friend and one time when you were. What was some of the con’s of this choice you took? What was some of the pro's that happened when you made the choice you made?
Choice 3:
What would be your ideal friend? What would make them your ideal friend? What would make you not be their friend?
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Blog Entry/Comment #6
Today's blog comments has two components (parts).
Part I (must be completed by 9:20).
Write a 200 word response to this series of questions:
What is the definition of a successful student? Why is that your definition? What does it take to be a successful student at BCLA? In what ways have you been successful? In what ways do you need to improve? What advice would you give to an incoming 9th grader next year?
Part II.
Write a comment that responds to someone else's (or multiple peoples') answer to part one. In your comment you should discuss how you agree and/or disagree with what the person said and add at least one idea to what they wrote! Your comment here should be at least 75 words.
Have with our online discussion!
Part I (must be completed by 9:20).
Write a 200 word response to this series of questions:
What is the definition of a successful student? Why is that your definition? What does it take to be a successful student at BCLA? In what ways have you been successful? In what ways do you need to improve? What advice would you give to an incoming 9th grader next year?
Part II.
Write a comment that responds to someone else's (or multiple peoples') answer to part one. In your comment you should discuss how you agree and/or disagree with what the person said and add at least one idea to what they wrote! Your comment here should be at least 75 words.
Have with our online discussion!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Blog Entry/Comment #5
Hello everybody!! By now you should have a list of questions about the problem you have chosen to explore. Its time to find some of those answers! Its time to look up resources to help you answer your questions. Here are some important things to consider as you explore the internet:
1) The best websites are those that end with .gov or .edu. They will give you objective (unbiased) information. Check out fedstats.gov for statistics!
2) Sometimes websites that end it .org are useful, but be careful - many of the people who give information on these sites have their own ideas and are trying to persuade you to think a certain way.
3) Before you use information for any website, you should check and see who the author of the site is (you wouldn't believe any random person on the street, right?)
As you investigate some of your questions today, you will be keeping track of what you learn on your "problem-research sheet." At the end of today's session, write a comment on this Blog about what you learned today and where you learned it from! Your Blog comment should be at least 100 words!
Have fun!
1) The best websites are those that end with .gov or .edu. They will give you objective (unbiased) information. Check out fedstats.gov for statistics!
2) Sometimes websites that end it .org are useful, but be careful - many of the people who give information on these sites have their own ideas and are trying to persuade you to think a certain way.
3) Before you use information for any website, you should check and see who the author of the site is (you wouldn't believe any random person on the street, right?)
As you investigate some of your questions today, you will be keeping track of what you learn on your "problem-research sheet." At the end of today's session, write a comment on this Blog about what you learned today and where you learned it from! Your Blog comment should be at least 100 words!
Have fun!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Blog Entry/Comment #4
Hello everyone!! Today we are mixing it up a bit. You will need to read two different newspaper articles before your comment on the blog today. You have the option of printing the articles out and reading them or reading them on the computer:
Step 1: Read this article about Chuck Turner, a Boston politician who has been arrested for bribery (taking money from people so that he will vote to help them). This is a news article and is objective (the writers are not sharing their feelings: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/11/fbi_arrests_cit.html
Step 2: Read this editorial about Chuck Turner by a man who Chuck Turner helped out. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/01/rallying_around_their_man/
Step 3: In the comments section of this blog, share your ideas about Chuck Turner. Do you think he should go to jail? Should he still be allowed to be on the city council? What parts of the different articles made you think they way you do? To get credit your response must be at least 150 words.
Step 1: Read this article about Chuck Turner, a Boston politician who has been arrested for bribery (taking money from people so that he will vote to help them). This is a news article and is objective (the writers are not sharing their feelings: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/11/fbi_arrests_cit.html
Step 2: Read this editorial about Chuck Turner by a man who Chuck Turner helped out. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/01/rallying_around_their_man/
Step 3: In the comments section of this blog, share your ideas about Chuck Turner. Do you think he should go to jail? Should he still be allowed to be on the city council? What parts of the different articles made you think they way you do? To get credit your response must be at least 150 words.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Blog Entry/Comment #3
Today's entry will ask you to define the concept of "personality." How is your personality different from your physical self? What has given you the personality you have? How would you define your personality? This is our second official week doing blogs, so this week your answer must be at least 100 words. You should type your response in Microsoft Word first and do a word count and spell check before your post. Have fun!
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