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Archive for August, 2011

Adding images

Posted by Miss W. on 31st August 2011

Last week, you learnt how to create a link on your post. Your readers could click on the link and it would take them to another website or blog. This week we are going to look at linking images in your posts. Images certainly make posts more interesting to read especially when the image relates [...]

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Adding links in posts

Posted by Miss W. on 24th August 2011

One of the most important skills you need to know when blogging is how to: link to other people’s websites,  blogs and photos Let’s look at creating a link. You recently visited another blog such as “The Blogger’s Cafe” , “Student Blogging Challenge” or “Travelling with Mr Davo Devil“. While you were there you got [...]

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SORELL YOUTH SURVEY

Posted by shaynec1 on 22nd August 2011

Sorell Council is conducting an important survey of young people to assist in future planning of services, programs, events and facilities. Wherever you live in the Sorell Municipality: Dodges Ferry, Primrose Sands, Forcett, Sorell, Midway Point etc, here is your chance to have a direct influence on what happens for teenagers in your area. Maybe [...]

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Create your own story book

Posted by Miss W. on 17th August 2011

Miss W. showed her literacy class a great website for creating your own stories. If you want to join Storybird, then see Miss W who will add you to the middle school account. Here is the book Miss W. created. Sleeptime countdown on Storybird What genre of book would you create? What would be the [...]

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Science Week activity

Posted by Miss W. on 16th August 2011

This week is science week in Australia and Mrs P. ( one of our science teachers)  has asked me to add a link here to an activity she thinks you would all like to do. The multitasking test is a scientific research project. It takes 25 minutes to complete and you are requested to only [...]

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Helping another class

Posted by Miss W. on 10th August 2011

During January, I found another teacher in Tasmania who was learning to blog. Her students now have a class blog and they want our help. I am sure you all love eating ‘Smarties’ but go to their blog and help fill in their survey. Hint: You will need a 50g box of Smarties to help [...]

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Week 3 involves avatars

Posted by Miss W. on 7th August 2011

Your first seven activities included: creating an email signature learning how to create folders and documents on your school computer hard drive looking at student about pages and creating yours on Word attaching your Word document to an email asking for a blog to be created for you to use and sending it to your [...]

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Follow the Yellow Boat Road

Posted by shaynec1 on 3rd August 2011

Tasmanian tourism entrepreneur Rob Pennicott is attempting to complete a circumnavigation of Australia in two small boats as part of a major international fundraising effort by Rotary International to raise $200 million dollars towards the eradication of the crippling illness, Polio. Rob’s journey around Australia has been exciting to observe. The website has lots of [...]

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Week 2 – six activities

Posted by Miss W. on 2nd August 2011

Your first seven activities included: creating an email signature learning how to create folders and documents on your school computer hard drive looking at student about pages and creating yours on Word attaching your Word document to an email asking for a blog to be created for you to use and sending it to your [...]

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