Blog Assignment #11

Hey Journalism Students!

Here's blog assignment #11:

1) Go to http://www.edheads.org/

2) On this site, you need to do the following (you will need headphones):
- Design a cell phone

- Crash Scene
- The Odd Machine
- Weather

You may do - Deep Brain Stimulation, Virtual Hip Resurfacing and Replacement & Virtual Knee Surgery if you have a strong stomach :)

3) Write a 1 paragraph summary about each and post it to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #11"

Have fun!

Ms. M

Journalism T-Shirts

Hey Journalism Students,

It's the time you've all been waiting for - we need to finalize and order our t-shirts!

Please leave a comment on THIS post (aka our class blog) and tell me your t-shirt size.

Thanks,

Ms. M

PS Details about t-shirt color & design TBA.

Blog Assignment #10

Hey Journalism Students!

Here's blog assignment #10:

1. Surf the web for 10 cool websites for kids.
2. Post these 10 websites to your blog, titled "Website #1, #2" etc.
3. Next to each website - give me the 5 W's and H of the website. What is it? What does it help kids do? Why should kids use it? Is it an educational website? Is it an entertainment website? How can a student use it? What's offered on the website? Would you use it? Would you encourage BCS students to use this website? Why? Be specific!


Have fun,
Ms. M

Blog Assignment #8 - #9

Hey Journalism Students:

Here's blog assignment #8:

1) Finish blog assignment #7, post to blog.

2) Find 5 news articles online about NEWS

3) Post the 5 W's and H of each article to your blog (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)

4) Post to your blog as "Blog Assignment #8"

Here's blog assignment #9:
4) Go to www.flickr.com
5) Click on "Explore"
6) Find 15 pictures that you like.

7) Save them to your desktop.
8) Post them to your blog, one at at time, titled "Picture #1, 2, etc".

9) Include a 1-paragraph summary with each picture explaining WHY you like that picture.

Have fun!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #7

Hey Journalism Students,

WRITE THIS DOWN: We will be working the LSU v. Ole Miss game on SATURDAY, NOV. 20. Each student should bring 1 adult + 1 friend with them to work the game. This will be worth 150 points.

Here's blog assignment #7:

1) Finish blog assignment #6

2) Post to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #6"

3) Pick 2 more of your newspaper ideas.

4) Write 2 more feature stories (5 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences each)

5) Post this to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #7".

Happy Monday!

Ms. M

Friday, August 20

Hey Journalism Students,

1 week down, quite a few more to go! Good job on your blogs so far. Some of you are still missing some blogs so here's what you need to do today:

1) Finish blog assignments #1-5

2) Post EACH one to your blog (I'm grading them tomorrow)

3) After you finish blogs 1-5, work on blog assignment #6. This includes writing 2 feature stories. (A feature story is a story about a person, place, or thing).

4) Post what you finish to your blog.

Have a great weekend!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #6

Hey Journalism Students,

Great job so far - pages & blogs look good!

Here's blog assignment #6:

1. Think of 10 people you know who would buy a Yearbook AD from you.

FYI - every student in this class must sell at least $300 worth of ADS. We'll talk more about that later. (Think business owners, senior ADS, etc.)

2. Post their first names to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #6 - Yearbook ADS"

3. Post 50 newspaper ideas to your blog. Yes, 50, titled "Blog Assignment #6 - Newspaper Ideas"

4. After you've posted 50 ideas, pick 2 of those ideas.

5. Write 2 feature stories for our first newspaper (stories should be 5 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences each)

6. Post these to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #6 - Feature Stories"

Note, this is not due until Monday, but you should get started on it now.

Happy Thursday!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #5

Hey Journalism Students!

Here's blog assignment #5:

1. Finish up your yearbook page - make it look NICE & PROFESSIONAL!

(Put your name somewhere on your yearbook page)

2. Go look at everyone else's pages in e-design (see list below)

3. Write a 1 paragraph summary about each person's yearbook page (5-7 sentences each)

4. Post this to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #5"

You can work on this today & tomorrow

Page Assignments:

Pages 2-3 Jarret

Pages 4-5 Ethan

Pages 6-7 Frank

Pages 8-9 Alexis

Pages 10-11 Wesley

Pages 12-13 Joel

Pages 14-15 Hannah

Pages 16-17 Matthew

Pages 18-19 Abigail

Pages 20-21 Rachel

Pages 22-23 Ian

Pages 24-25 Danielle

Pages 26-27 Larry

Blog Assignment #4

Hey Journalism Students!

So far so good, everyone's doing a great job. Keep up the good work!

Please make sure you have posted Blog Assignments #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 to YOUR blog by this Friday. These are worth 10 points each. I will post grades on Friday.

Here's blog assignment #4:

1. Go to www.hjedesign.com

2. Log in to e-design

3. Go to your assigned page (page assignments below in RED)

4. Continue working on your yearbook page! Draw the boxes, insert the text, insert the pictures, and DESIGN (pick any theme - the page can be about sports, yourself, a hobby - it's your choice!)

5. At the end of class today, write a 1 paragraph summary (5-7 sentences) about what you did to your yearbook page today.

6. Post this to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #4"

Reminder - this is due Friday.

Have fun,

Ms. M

Page Assignments:

Pages 2-3 Jarret

Pages 4-5 Ethan

Pages 6-7 Frank

Pages 8-9 Alexis

Pages 10-11 Wesley

Pages 12-13 Joel

Pages 14-15 Hannah

Pages 16-17 Matthew

Pages 18-19 Abigail

Pages 20-21 Rachel

Pages 22-23 Ian

Pages 24-25 Danielle

Pages 26-27 Larry

Blog Assignment #3

Hey Journalism Students!

Please finish blog assignment #1 and #2 if you have not already. Post these to your blog.

Here's blog assignment #3:

1. Go to www.hjedesign.com

2. Log in to e-design (your username is firstnamelastname; your password is bethany)

3. Click on "Book" at the top, and go to your assigned page (page assignments below in RED)

4. Create a yearbook page! Draw the boxes, insert the text, insert the pictures, and DESIGN (pick any theme - the page can be about sports, yourself, a hobby - it's your choice!)

5. At the end of class today, write a 1 paragraph summary (5-7 sentences) about what you did to your yearbook page today.

6. Post this to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #3"

This is due Friday.

Have fun,

Ms. M

Page Assignments:

Pages 2-3 Jarret

Pages 4-5 Ethan

Pages 6-7 Frank

Pages 8-9 Alexis

Pages 10-11 Wesley

Pages 12-13 Joel

Pages 14-15 Hannah

Pages 16-17 Matthew

Pages 18-19 Abigail

Pages 20-21 Rachel

Pages 22-23 Ian

Pages 24-25 Danielle

Pages 26-27 Larry

Blog Assignment #2

Hey Journalism Students!

Note: Please email me blog assignment #1 and #2 if you have not yet created your blog (create your blog this weekend, you will have to verify your blog via a text message)

Here's blog assignment #2:

1. Go to http://www.punoftheday.com/

2. Post 10 of your favorite "puns" to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #2 - Puns"

3. Go to http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

4. Post 10 new words & their definitions to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #2 - Dictionary"

5. Go to http://www.happynews.com/

6. Write a 2 paragraph (5-7 sentences each) summary about two articles that interest you and post it to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #2 - Happy News"

Do this at home this weekend:

-Go to blogger.com to create your blog

-Display name should be: "Danielle's Blog" (your name)

-URL should be http://bcsjournalismdanielle.blogspot.com (your name where danielle's is)

-Make sure you FOLLOW our class blog

Have fun!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #1

Hey Journalism Students!

Before you get started on this assignment, know that ALL BLOG ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE THE DAY THEY ARE ASSIGNED! (very important)

Here is your first blog assignment:

1. Write a 5 paragraph autobiography. Do NOT include your full name.

2. Post your autobiography to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #1"

A few notes about this class:

a. we're going to have a blast!

b. we're going to work hard

c. we're going to work as a team

FYI:

Yearbook & Newspaper Editor = Danielle Mallett

Yearbook & Newspaper Assistant Editor = Hannah Bell

Happy First Week Back At School!

Ms. M

Welcome!

Welcome to BCS Journalism & Yearbook!

We will be a combined class this year, working together to produce a newspaper & yearbook.

Get ready, there's a whole lot in store!

Here's to a great year,

Ms. M