February 18, 2011

This week my amazing students dug back into their memory banks to remember some useful techniques they have learned in the past about PowerPoint. We then added a few new skills and came out with a PowerPoint presentation titled "All About Me." We are still putting the very last finishing touches on them and will be sharing them with you next week.

On friday we began our adventures in blogging. I am expecting this project to come alive when my students start to get comments from you. It is a very simple process, at the end of their writing you will see a comment box. All you need to do is type in your comment and “post comment”. You will need to provide your name and an email address. You can leave the Website field blank. The next time they log-in to blog, they will see your comment. It only takes a few minutes. PLEASE TAKE TIME TO GET INVOLVED! I would also encourage you to involve grandparents, aunts and uncles. What a terrific way for those living far away to become a apart of their education.

Here is the question I posed to them this week:

"There are many different superheroes with all types of amazing superpowers. They are portrayed in movies, comic books, and on television as characters far superior to the average human. If you could be a superhero, what super powers would you have and why?"

You can see their blogs here:

Period Two

Period Three

Period Four

Period Five

Period Six

Period Eight

Please Note: We are getting to the place in our studies that we will need headsets. Please provide your son/daughter with an inexpensive pair of ear buds to use. I just checked at Walmart and they have a pair for .99 cents.