Year 8 Blogging Stars

Welcome back to term 4! Thanks for the great entries about your holidays- sounds like everyone was very busy. To finish off our writing project we are going to try to publish them on our blogs and on the wiki. I have found a range of site which are possible ones to use to create books and then get the embedding code to put back on your blog. Please check them out and we can decide which is best.

www.biguniverse.com

www.issuu.com

www.blurb.com

www.tikatok.com

www.viewbook.com

The second project for the moment is to find a photo and write a six word line about you. There are some examples by teachers here www.6words.wikispaces.com  to give you ideas about what you can do . There are heaps of photos available that are creative commons ones- ie copyright free  for you to use for this and for your books on www.flickrcc.com. 

You could also try using www.compfight.com which searches flickr creative commons by subject on tags. A goodd search term for flickr is interestingness. Find a photo that really suits you and good ones to illustrate your book too.

Thanks for all the really thoughtful comments you made about the TV station. I have had a bit of space now to think about what happened, and as most of you said- it was really exciting and we should keep going. Perhaps with other groups around next year i will be able to have a small team working on the show and have other work for people who are waiting. Also having the Macbooks will allow more of you to actually get something done and learn some new skills. I am really proud of the way you all behaved and I think the potential for a really great show is there so we will come back to it and get some extra time and help.

So for our next task, we are looking at what makes a genre tick. How does the writing for different genres work? You are asked to post your five different beginnings on your blog as well as on our snazzy new wiki. http://greatbeginnings.wikispaces.com

Try and really make a start that will grab your readers and make them want to keep going.Good luck!

http://www.gcast.com/u/sujokat/main

   Well finally I have posted a podcast of the interview with all our class about blogging! It sounds great and you all said some wonderful and thoughtful things. Copy and paste the link and have a listen!!!