It’s tough narrowing down all the great blogs out there but some of them really do stand out. I think the best student blog is Abbey’s blog Jazzing Up Eighth Grade. I’ve liked her blog ever since she started it; she’s an excellent writer and her posts are always interesting. She also maintains her blog [...]
Right now I’m in St. Augustine Florida on vacation: in the US it is Thanksgiving Vacation. I am missing two days of school (a half day Monday and a full day Tuesday) but it isn’t much to miss. I love having this week off although I’m not really a big fan of Thanksgiving; as a [...]
Having a positive digital footprint is being aware of what you publish or say anywhere on the internet and how you present yourself to the world. This could be on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Edublogs, etc, etc… The internet is an amazing resource but like anything it needs to be used wisely. Everything that you post [...]
Today I was looking at my email inbox and I came across an email notice for a pingback about my post “Freedom Writers”. I did not really know why someone would be linking to my posts (other than Miss W. with challenge posts) so I followed the link. I found a post about the Freedom [...]
One element of challenge 6, which I have chosen to do, is to write about a typical school day. I started high school this year, I’m a freshman, and I LOVE it!!! It’s so fun (although very demanding academically). My school has seven periods per school day (including lunch) and seven different classes. Therefore we [...]
I’m sorry about this being a day or so late- I was very busy with school and Halloween! For challenge 5 there are many different posting options, all somehow incorporating images. I decided to write a story based on the picture below which was chosen by Miss W. Mishka padded silently through the grass, her keen [...]
