There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. – G.K. Chesterton
One blogger chosen by “the internet” will win $10,000 US scholarship … for keeping a blog.
As the ratio of high school student blogs I read to the number of college student blogs I read approaches infinity, I think it a good time we troll a few of the best college bloggers in the US.
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CTS InfoPro Module Outlines
Word Processing
Graphic Tools
HyperMedia Tools
Information Highway 2
Gallery2 integration works, mostly. Well the sidebar and full page embedding works, more to come. Activate WPG2 by pointing it to http://stjschool.org/gallery2/ and it should autodetect the rest. Then place the STJ Galley widget in your sidebar.
Subscribe2 allows you to email, automagically, site updates(a new post for example) to your subscribers. A new Subscribe link [...]
Find a “copyright-free” etext online at, say, Project Gutenberg or here or here
Start a new blog.
Parse your etext into manageable chunks and insert into your blog.
Add graphics and organizers. Edit theme. Voila.
Look at Castle of Otranto and The Jesuit Relations and the History of New France as examples.
Search for works by the following at Gutenberg:
Austen, [...]
What a funny word, “bloggiest”. Should I say it is a “most bloggy” start to the year? Does correct English matter in a blog?
All students I teach have begun a blog, of sorts. For the most part, I’ve insisted the content of the blog must be school or course related, the myriad responses to Macbeth [...]
If I could figure out how to use Flickr smartly, so can you. Flickr is “third party” to snowotherway. Read it’s terms and conditions carefully. You are only invited, not required, to enable an account with flickr, but . . . what fun.
Look for the Quick SMS widget on any theme that has sidebar widgets. Mine works(vmobile.ca). I need someone to verify that the Telus Mobility widget works, too. If your provider is not listed, and you want it, let me know. Receiving texts messages on my cell phone, for me, is free. It’s sending them [...]
Get a magic wand, silk hankie, a coin, pin, string/thread, rubberbands, and a deck of cards. You’ll want to wear a sport coat/blazer (to help hide hands/stuff in big pockets).
NO FIRE. NO SWORDS. NO DECAPITATING the teacher tricks. You may not saw a kid in half.
I’ve got a dvd that is just awesome. Co-op has [...]
Comment on at least 3 “Bully” blogs. Moderate three on your own.
Blog an online research about a song that relates to Heather’s workshop(s) about:
Bullying
Domestic Violence
Peace
Getting Along
Requirements:
Lyrics, portions cut’pasted with hyperlink to source.
250-words:
What is going on in the song?
What is the message the artist is trying to send?
How do you feel about this message?
How does it focus on the workshop topics?
3. Composer, performer, dates, album art, awards.
4. [...]
