Blog+Challenge+2

Preparing for our first post PART 1 > If you haven't chosen a theme or focus for your blog yet, now is the time. Make sure the images and fonts on your site reflect your chosen topic.
 * Choose your blog focus and get creative
 * Find at least two blogs that are related to your blog topic.
 * Read through many of their blog posts.
 * Write at least one comment on one of the related blogs.
 * Check out this post on ideas for a new bloggers first blog posts
 * Blogging Guidelines for kids

PART 2 BACK Originally posted by [|Miss W.]  on Sunday, September 18th 2011 Last week we learned all about you – your interests, your favorite foods, music and lots of other things when you wrote your ‘About’ page. This week we are going to learn all about the area in which you live. When you write your posts or use web 2.0 tools, remember to be internet safe and not give away any personal information. Check with your teacher or parent, to find out if you can mention your school name or town.  **But firstly, a few administration pointers.** Please check to make sure you have the ** following widgets visible ** on your blog’s sidebar: blog avatar, pages, recent comments, recent posts, blogroll or links, categories. Have you made sure you are **getting an email** whenever someone leaves a comment on your blog so you can moderate this? It can be annoying for your mentor to go to your blog and find no comments have been approved for the last month or so. In your **profile page**, do you have your blog URL included? – this links to your name for when you leave a comment.  =**Now let’s get to the activities.** =  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1a1a1a; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1em;"> **Activity 1. Add a widget to find out where your commenters are coming from. @How do I add a widget?** There are many different widgets you can use – clustrmaps, flag counter , feedjit Have you seen any others while visiting blogs of other students? Maybe you could write a post about why you chose the commenter widget you have put on your blog. **Activity 2. Write a post about a tourist attraction in NY/NJ Area.** Tell a tourist about the NY/NJ Area. You could highlight any historical places or tourist attractions. Where would you suggest they go while in this area? What are some of your favorite places to visit in our area. Suggest at least 5 places. Include links to official websites and images/videos with a description of location.
 * <span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Create a Google Drive document
 * <span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Copy and paste your blog URL on the top of the page
 * <span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Copy and paste the URLs of the related blogs you have found online.
 * <span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">List at least 10 ideas for posts for your blog.

**Activity 3. Visit other participants and ask questions** Visit at least three other blogs from students in our class and ask some questions in the comments. Make sure you are commenting appropriately. Please review appropriate commenting techniques on this page.

**Activity 4. Where I would love to visit and why** Write a post or use a web 2.0 tool telling your readers about a place you would love to visit and why. Try to include some hyperlinks (links that are underlined in your post and take your readers to another website).

**Activity 5. Create a game or quiz about your town, state or country** A few places to do this include: Quiz Revolution, Class Tools , Remember to check with your teacher or parent before using these web 2.0 tools. Sometimes your teacher or parent will create an account that is moderated by them and is therefore safe for students to use. Do you know any other places to create games and quizzes?

Write a post, create a glogster, create a Storybird or add a Voki telling your readers about life in your town throughout the year. It is not necessary to actually name the town that you live in. If under 13, check with your teacher or parent if you want to use a web 2.0 tool rather than writing a post in your blog.
 * Activity 6. Life in your town **

From the Student blogs - Examples
[|Kiera], [|Michelle] , [|Morgan] , [|Brian] , [|Mariana] , [|Alex] , [|Lucy] , [|Sofi] , [|Zechariah] , [|Zainab] , [|Abbey] , [|Shweta] , [|Liam] , [|Santiago] , [|Maria] , [|Vanessa] , [|Camilla] , [|Rebecca] , [|Robert] , [|Julia] , [|Liza] , [|Kristina] , [|Tammy] [|Josh B], [|Grace] , [|Simone] , [|Sam] , [|Max] , [|Simone] , [|Zarah] , [|Daniel] , [|Caz] , [|Dawso] , [|Natty] , [|Sarah] , [|Mariana] , [|Alex] , [|Maddi] , [|Gemma] , [|Alexandra] , [|Brooke] , [|Alexandra] , [|Amber] , [|Jacqueline] , [|Olivia] , [|Morgan] , [|Simi] , [|Kristina] [|Jaiden], [|Erika] , [|SheungYee] , [|Angie] , [|Dawso] , [|Hannah] , [|Georgie] , [|Bonnie] , [|Kimberly] , [|Alex] , [|Chelsea] , [|Hannah] , [|Laura] , [|Simone] [|Em], [|Ethan] , [|Tess] , [|Nikhil] , [|Erilyn] , [|Germonie] , [|Jacquelyn] , [|Andrea] , [|Carrie] , [|Georgie] , [|Zecharia] , [|Zainab] , [|Shweta] , [|Connor] , [|Laura] , [|Jake] , [|Brittany] , [|Bryse] , [|Josh] , [|Julia] , [|Kali] , [|Kara] , [|Laura] , [|Matt] , [|Eric] , [|Alexandra] , [|Izzy] , [|Ashley] , [|John] , [|Mary] [|Daniel], [|Bronte] , [|Angie] , [|Georgie] , [|Lily] , [|Jaina] , [|Dylan] , [|Nikki] , [|Gemma] , [|Amy] , [|Jake] , [|Julia] , [|Kara] , [|Noha] , [|Nata] , [|Clem] , [|Dara] , [|Jack] , [|Robbo] , [|Leanne] , [|Skye] , [|Ruth] , [|Susie] , [|Jarad] , [|Trina] , [|Mary] , [|Liza] [|Isasiah], [|Maria] , [|Angie] l, [|Sarah] , [|Edith] , [|Shweta] , [|Jess] , [|Caz] , [|Becky] , [|Katrine]
 * About me **
 * About my Avatar **
 * Tourist attractions in USA and Canada**
 * Where I would love to visit and why**
 * My Country, my place or a year in my town **
 * Blogging advice, why I’m doing the challenge and commenting **

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