Voice Thread

Our Voice Thread was about Albert Einstein and his life.
I contributed by saying parts in the thread.
Katie- She also said parts and found the pictures and some information.
Josiah- He said parts and also helped find information.
My classmates should check out our voice thread to learn a few neat facts about Albert Einstein and his life.

Glogster

Glogster

Names Revisited

Flickr Name

Cool Text Name

1. I liked Flickr name better because the different letters were cool.
2. I thought it was easier to use Flickr because it was simple to choose which design I wanted and it was easy to link it in a post.

Voice Thread

Flash Videos

What I like about Flash Videos is that the pictures are rather strange and random, but neat at the same time.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

I really like this voice thread because it is younger children telling us all these facts about the Great Barrier Reef. The pictures are really spectacular!

 Voice thread in general, I think is a really neat website that people can use to make slideshows about anything! To get information out and to just express their feeling towards things in life.

Great Blog

Autumn's Dig Com.(:
http://autumnsdigcom.blogspot.com/

1. I like the background on Autumn's blog.
2. She has all of her posts laid out so it is easy to read and find the one you're looking for.

My Favorite Class

English Class

My favorite thing about school is English class. I like it because I am pretty good with grammar. I also like it because I enjoy writing stories and poems. Another reason why I like English class is because I like spelling and it is fun to learn new words and their meanings. I have always enjoyed English. I catch on to things really easily.

I like English class because I am good with grammar. I understand and talk with proper grammar. I like using big words, it makes me feel smart. It bothers me when my peers use improper grammar; I usually correct them. It bothers me so much because we have been learning how to use proper grammar since elementary school, and we are now 9^th graders, we should all know how to talk correctly. Also, my teacher, Ms. Weaver, uses proper grammar and makes it easy to learn.

I also like English because I enjoy writing. I like writing stories and poems. I don’t have a very wide imagination, but I’m pretty good at writing stories from scratch. I love to write poems. Even though I’m not the greatest at it, I still enjoy it. Writing is a way for me to express my feelings. When I’m upset about something I don’t like to talk about it, I write it all down in a notebook. I can get more said and explain better in writing than verbally.

Another reason why I like English is because I love spelling and learning new words and their definitions. It is also neat to see how words were formed and where they came from. We are learning Latin Roots in English and it is really cool to see what the different roots mean. I have loved spelling and taking spelling tests ever since elementary school. I don’t know why, but I was just always able to memorize words really easily. My parents told me that I was talking and I learned my ABC’s at a very early age. That could be why spelling is easy for me.

These are all reasons why I enjoy English class most in school. I understand it the best out of all my classes. The teacher is very good at her job and I enjoy having her as my teacher. I hope I will still like English class as much in the years to come as I do now. I really don’t think I will lose interest in the class. Besides, I will use most if not all of the things I learn in English the rest of my life.

Interesting Blog

http://sherry949.blogspot.com/

Inspirational quotes/poems
I thought some of the quotes and poems were really neat!
The background of the blog was cool so it caught my eye.
The colors on the blog and how it's laid out makes it visually appealing.
Yes, I think the blog user is friendly. She talks about a lot of inspirational stuff.
Nothing on this blog is confusing.
Yes, I would follow this blog because I think it could help me sometimes in the future.

http://poem-a-day-tonia.blogspot.com/

These two blogs have a few things in common that I noticed. Both blogs have poems/inspirational quotes.
 The difference between the two blogs is that 'poem-a-day' is a person who writes a poem a day, sometimes about a person, but mostly just about life. The other blog mostly just has inspirational quotes.
I prefer the blog called sherry949 because the quotes can relate to anyone, and they are helpful. Poem-a-day just has poems that seem to be mostly about this person's life and wouldn't really do much to help others.

http://www.poetryoflife.com/

The number one thing these two blogs have in common is that there are poems on each one of these blogs.
 The difference between these two is not much, just that one blog is kind of depressing poems and the other is more joyful poems.
I prefer 'poetryoflife' more than 'poem-a-day' because i can relate to the poems this blogger writes more. They are more understandable too.