Sunday, September 16, 2012

September 16th--Blog set-up

Blogs will play an important role in this class.  On your blog, you will create, publish, and share your work.  Follow the directions below to get your blog set up:

1. Go to Kidblog
2. Click on the red button that says "SECRET CODE?"
3. Enter the code for your Language Arts class period.  Copy and paste from below:
      Block 1: mnyz5
      Block 2: bfhx6
      Block 5: qrsz3
      Block 6: apu27

4. Enter your display name and password as follows:
      Display Name: First name and last initial (ex. SaraG)
      Password:   Your school log-in password

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back!

I hope that you have had an awesome summer and are feeling ready to begin this new school year as an 8th grader!

You got to this post because you clicked on a link from the Student page, under "Lessons."  This is my class blog that I use to post resources for lessons that we'll use in class. We won't have to go here everyday, just when a lesson will have parts that will need to be carried out digitally.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Course Evaluation


Reflective Final Project

A Year in the Life of an 8th grader--Digital Reflective Project options:

Choose one of the following project options:
1. Show the path of your journey as a writer/reader this year
2. Tell one of your writing pieces with images.
3. Explain lessons you learned about life as an 8th grader

and use one of these tools to do it:
  prezi
  animoto  use the school's premium account--log in: debby.smith@kcs.k12.nc.us password: eagles
  photostory --select from the student menu under the start menu
  glogster

You are free to combine project options,