Mr. Moshé’s Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Students!! Here is your opportunity to tell your story. Many people get to the end of a part of their lives and regret having not written anything down. Althoguh the chapter I’ll call your middle school years is ending, you don’t have to forget it all. This is your chant, your mantra, your refrain for having, “No Regrets!!!” This project is designed to allow anyone to get a look into your psyche, your way of thinking, your way of being and acting. The product you produce for this should illustrate how you’ve changed, grown throughout your middle school years (or not – but I hope not). Memoirs don’t usually peer into the unknown future, but yours can with predition pages and such.

Check out the project and all that is encompassed by it at the Final Spring Project Page.

Final Spring Project – A Memoir

AND as a side note, check out this article about STUDENT BLOGS and what they can do for YOU in your future – Student blogs can win cash for college – Dennis Carter, eCampus News .

If you are reading this notice, go to everyone’s websites and let them know.

Do not approve comments written by people who we do not know.

You may approve comments by people we know, such as:

• classmates with the email addresses we know

• classmates with Edublogs addresses we have written down

• Edublogs addresses on my page of student website addresses

• your parents and/or legal guardians

If you violate this rule, I will have to delete your website. I’m sure you understand.

Much love and peace.

Mr. Moshé

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I wanted to urge you to go to the file sharing websites (youtube, vodpod, my space, teachertube, photobucket, etc.) to search for videos related to your books. I found some great stuff from around the world related to Freak the Mighty and the author of that book, Rodman Philbrick.I’m trying to get some of the videos to load in my VODPOD widget in the sidebar. Also, remember to go to each other’s websites. If you don’t see discussion questions on your classmate’s websites, mention it to them in comments on their sites and to me in class.

You are all completely wondrous, and I will be sad to go. You all make me so proud. Not that I will not go. I am going. Oh yes, I’m going alright.

Your Turn to Shine

The Great Student Blog Project!!

Now it’s your turn. As an ongoing assignment for the rest of the year, I am asking you to set up your own blog sites. We will use these virtual spaces throughout the rest of the school year.

• DAY 1 – Set up & Guardian/Parent Link Notification

Send your guardian a message that you have a blog site. Invite them to join. They do not have to join if they do not want to. They DO have to

• print the message you send them,
• sign it,
• and turn it over to you to show me they know about the website.  

A parent note telling me that they are aware that the website is up and running would be fine. The note must include, in their writing, the web address of the site. This is DUE MONDAY MAY 5, 2008

 

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Day 2 and on – Post Discussion Questions

“Write” a “Post” – Go to your Key Words Lists, Concept Maps, Discussion Questions, the ones you wrote in/for class. Pull a discussion question from your written final drafts. Get my approval to post it. And post away. Post it!

STEPS TO POST

1. Click “Write”
2. Click “Write Post”
3. Type your Discussion Question in the field provided.
4. Type a Title in the field provided.
5. Click Publish when you’re ready.

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Keep This in Mind

People you may never meet could visit your site, as well as your friends, family members, teachers, assistant principals, and principal may visit your site. As Woody once said, “Play Nice.” By that he meant proof read your post before you publish it. Write in an open honest inviting way no matter what the issue is. You want as many people to visit and post as possible.