8th grade - Animoto and Your Blog

You can add your newly created Animoto video to your blog.  Just follow these steps carefully:

1. Sign into Animoto and bring up your video.

2. Open the toolbox.

3. Click on "Embed", choose the size you want, and copy the code you see in the window. (You may have to experiment with the size.  For this blog, I had to use the smallest size in order to make the video completely visible on my blog.)
4. Open the post you want to put the video on or start a new post.

5. Click on "Edit HTML" and position your cursor on the blog where you want the video to go.

6. Do a right click paste.

7. Type in the text that you want to accompany your video.

The only way that you can view your blog with video is to actually publish it. If you aren't pleased with the way it looks, click on customize and edit the post until you have it the way you want it.

8th Grade - 11/6/09 Animoto Assignment

On Friday you will present a 30 second Animoto video to the class using my computer and projector.  The things that will determine your grade for the assignment are:

1. A brief (30-60 second) explanation to the class about your video (5 points)

2. The 30 second video on a theme of your choice: (20 points) 

• 12 copyright permissible photos - 
• 1 Photo Credit slide containing the photographer's name and title of picture 
• Music chosen from Animoto collection  

3. You will turn in:  (10 points)

• Copy of MS Word document containing Web addresses, photographers, and photo titles 
• Copy of Photo Credit slide
• Short description of your video: length, song and artist title  

I will give you a form to fill out about your video that will help you organize this assignment.  I will use this same form to grade your video.

8th Grade Assignment for Oct. 20, 2009

1. For those of you who created your blog yesterday, please send your blog address to me today.  Make the subject line of the message My Blog Address.

2. Please investigate the following blog sites to see what other people have done with their blog.  Be looking for ideas that you can use.  Subscribe to ones that you like.  Take notes on any ideas that might be helpful to you.

3. Gmail your comments on these six blogs to me with the subject heading of 6 Blogs.  This assignment will be worth 30 points so make sure your comments show that you have investigated each blog and given it some thought before you write.

1. The Tyrannosaur Chroncles
2. Faces In Places
3. Gin@
4. One Hungry Chef 
5. Today I Saw 

8th Grade Blogging 101

As you begin to develop your first blog, you will need to think about the online identity you want to establish. Below is a list of some things you can include in your blogger profile. We will discuss these things more in class, but you can start planning what information you will include in your blog to create you online personality.

Location- Keep this very general.  Ohio will be sufficient.

Your major interests- Name 2 or three of your favorite interests.

Your favorite movies- 2 or 3 will do

Your favorite music- style of music or favorite performer

Your favorite books- 2 or 3 will do

About Me- this is the paragraph you write about yourself to tell your readers who you are and why you're blogging

Blog Title- This title is the main title that will show up on all your blog posts.  Example: Mrs. Mac's Computer Classes

Your Blog Name- Make up a pen name for yourself.  Remember that you should use nothing that gives clues to your identity.


These are the items you should work on in today's class.  Open a new gmail to me and use a subject line of My Profile.  "About Me" requires a paragraph.  The rest of the items may be short anwer.  All items must have correct spelling and capitalization.

8th Grade - Sept. 25th Friday 5

In case you still need the directions and Web sites for the Friday 5 on Sept. 25th, here they are. Some of you have not yet turned in this assignment. You can still get credit for it if you gmail it to me by the end of the day on Wed., Oct. 7, 2009.

Friday 5: Sept. 25, 2009

Directions

1. Start a new gmail to Mrs. Mac with the subject line: Friday 5 Sept 25 09

2. Explore each of the 5 sites below for 5 minutes each.
3. In your gmail, write your comments about each of the sites. Include the title of the blog so I know which one you are commenting on.
4. Send the gmail. You can do all 5 comments in the same gmail.

Blog Sites

How to of the Day

Eco Kids: An Environmental Blog for Kids

It's My Life

iBlog

Winfield City Schools: Middle School

8th Grade - Friday 5 + 2 Oct. 2, 2009

Here is the assignment from last Friday that must be completed in class today.

Directions

1. Open a new gmail message to me with a subject line of Friday 5+2
2. Visit Blog each blog below and spend 5-6 minutes exploring each one.
3. In the gmail message, write your comments about each one.*
*Include the title of the blog. *Your comments should consist of at least 3 sentences.

1. P90X

2. Education 101

3. David's Workout

4. Photography 101

5. History of Photography

6. Irish Stories

7. Chemistry