Profiles and Designs......Here We Go Blogger, Here We Go!!

We are back from our little break.  I hope you all have a good time and didn't eat too much turkey.  It is amazing how technology has yet another part of our lives.  "Black Friday" events have been around for a very long time.  What about "CyberMonday" events?  How long have they been around?  I wonder how many employees are crossing their social personal side to technology (shopping) with their professional side (shopping online at work?)  Have you thought at all about doing something for others during this season of giving?  There are many opportunities to help others.  Being kind to others doesn't have to involve money.  A simple gesture, like holding a door and letting someone go ahead of you, goes a long way.
I went through your blog posts over the break.  I am very impressed with your first drafts.  Generally speaking almost every one of you forgot to be sure you had capitalized all "I's" when they appear as pronouns.  I will give you back your paper post with written feedback.  Please make the recommended corrections.  I would also like you all to read your posts aloud in a "6 inch" voice.  I will model this for you and explain my reasoning.  It is a strategy I use myself.
Once you have made the corrections to your first post, you will move on to the assignment awaiting in Google Classroom.  Please take your time working on your Blogger profile.
During our second meeting this week I will take you through the steps of creating the base of your blog.  You will then be given time to personalize this "template."  This is when the fun really begins.  I can't wait for you to get started!
Have a super week!!
  ~Mrs. White

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Last Stretch of 2014

Welcome back!  I hope you all had a restful few days off.  Did you see any snow?!  Some parts of New England had a "White Thanksgiving."  I don't know about you, but I definitely had my fill of turkey.  Do you have a favorite leftover turkey recipe?  The Food Network has some ideas in their "Best Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes" post.  Maybe one day I will see one of your recipes featured on this blog.  Let's wake up from the turkey coma and get going with our blogs.

This week you will be creating your first blog post!!  I have compiled a packet of resources for you.  You will find it next to your workstation.  It includes the following:

• Packet Cover Sheet and Overview
• First Post Tips
• Helpful Hints for Your First Blog Post
• First Blog Post Rubric

I hope you find them useful.  Remember this first post is your introduction to the world.  Take your time and do a super job!  Later this week we will take a look at commenting and practice by doing some "paper" comments on your "paper" posts.  Next week you will use your feedback from peers and me to polish and then publish your first post!!  Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging!!

Red Sox, and Patriots and Blogging.....Oh My!!

What an amazing couple of days in the Boston sports realm!!!  On top of all of that excitement, as if our hearts could take much more, you will now be creating your first blog post!!  Okay so maybe writing a first blog post isn't quite as exciting as the last second touchdown in Sunday's Pat's game or Big Papi's 8th inning grand slam, but you have to admit it is kind of cool.
This first post will be a "paper" post of sorts.  You are still in the shallow end of the pool my little tadpoles.  I want to keep you safe and secure.  You will create a new Google doc and title it, "First Blog Post."  Please be sure to type your first and last name, and your ILT# on the doc itself.  You will be printing this one next week and turning it in to me.  This post is your introduction to your readers.  There is a packet of resources next to each of your workstations.  You will need to take a few minutes to read through this packet. Everything you need to create your first blog post is in this packet.  This first post should take all of this class if you do it correctly. Don't rush!  Please make sure you take the time to do it correctly.  There is a rubric on the last page of this packet.  Be sure to read it as well. Have some fun and show us your voice in this post. You may not win the World Series or the Superbowl with this blog post, but it could win you the honor of "Student Blog of the Week!"

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