August+25-26

Read Aloud: A Student Blog! Students 2.0 Pioneer Portal: Blogging Code of Conduct

=‍Blogs! = Create a blog! Click here! Have a little fun playing with the design of your blog. Make it yours! Experiment with posting something. Make sure you know how to change the look of your blog and how to post on your blog.

By the end of this class, you must complete the following:

 * 1) **Create a blog.**
 * 2) **Register your blog with the Pioneer Portal by completing THIS FORM.**
 * 3) **Publish your poem.**
 * 4) **Create a GoodReads account.**
 * 5) **Create bookshelves for this year:**
 * **2011Q1**
 * **2011Q2**
 * **2012Q3**
 * **2012Q4**
 * 1) **Add books you've read.**
 * 2) **Add the goodreads widget for this quarter to your blog sidebar.**

Note: I will visit each table during this time to connect your blogs to my wiki.

‍So... What About Independent Reading?????
Let's look at independent reading requirements for this year. You may wonder why they seem relatively simple compared to last year. I want QUALITY not quantity! Push yourself to venture past the "candy reads." Find some books you can go in-depth with.