Sunday, August 23, 2009

Welcome to Blogging!

Blogging is a form of journaling on-line.  We will spend time this year blogging and journaling on-line with several of our book studies.  In addition to keeping a reading response journal, we will be blogging while we read Sean Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

A few rules to keep in mind when blogging:

  • When you post, be sure to include your first name and last initial (only) with your response.  For example, Jenny V.
  • Be sure to spell check and proofread your work before posting your comment.  You need to write in proper English.  You will lose points for posting with text language.
  • Meet deadlines for submitting your comments.

Looking forward to your posts,

Mrs. Veltman

29 comments:

  1. I am really excited for blogging for my first time! Hopefully its fun.

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  2. I'm really excited for blogging, i can't wait! I think this is going to be a fun experince.

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  3. I think that this is going to be a lot of fun. I'm excited to blog and see what other people say.This is my first time blogging.So i can't wait to see how it goes.

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  4. I'm looking forward to reading this book because it sounds very intersting. I've always wondered whether or not my habits were normal! Can't wait to start the book!

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  5. I actually think that this blogging project will be very fun and interesting. And hopefully we'll learn something from it too.

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  6. I like to try new things.I am really excited about blogging for the first time!Hope it works out.Am looking foward to it.

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  7. I'm very excited about blogging this year, because it will be something new for me! I think it will be very fun and good way for sharing our thoughts and feelings about our reading. I'm looking forward to it I'm sure it's going to be a fun new experience...

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  8. I believe that blogging will be very exciting and fun.It will also be a great skill to master. I think that this will be fun.

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  9. I think that what we are doing on blogging is going to be really fun. We can all share our ideas about the book we are going to read. I can't wait to start reading this book.

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  10. I've never blogged before, this is my first time blogging and I think its going to be an awesome experience and hopefully I’ll blog in the future.

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  11. I think that we are all going to enjoy using blogging. I think that it's going to be a great experience for everyone in the class. By blogging, we are going to be able to express our opinions about our reading and let others see what we think but at the same time we are going to see their opinions as well.

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  12. I've never actually blogged before. Though for some reason I think it's going to be a bit hard. Maybe it's because my computer loads as fast as a turtle can run.

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  13. I think that blogging is going to be a great way to communicate with each other better and freely I also think that it is going to be a more modern way to share or thoughts about a specific topic, and post what we think about it and how we feel about it.

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  14. This is my first time blogging and I am so hiped up to doing this activity and then in the future I could blog others peoples comments

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  15. I think that blogging is going to be fun and not only will we share our ideas but we will get to see others. Blogging is going to be new to me and I think this is a great oportunity.

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  16. I think I'm going to enjoy blogging. This will be my first time I had actually tried it. With blogging I'll be able to express my feelings about the 7 Habits for Teens. I can't wait until the full experience of blogging.

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  17. I believe that blogging is going to be an awesome experience, hear at Hurley. I really like to use technology to do many interesting things. Blogging is going to be a new skill that I’m looking forward to master. Also I’m really thrill that we are going to read a book that I predict that it is going to be really good, and at the same time we are going to communicate with each other through blogging. I cant wait to start the book and start to blog with everybody.

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  18. What I’m doing right now, is preparing me to be an effective individual by, always doing my best and working really hard. Always listening to others and share my ideas about what I feel.

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  19. I feel that blogging is going to help us communicate better. We can state our feelings and thoughts about 7 Habits for Teens through blogging. We will also learn a couple technology tips with typing and working with computers through this modern way of communicating “blogging”. Blogging will help us feel more comfortable using technology especially to communicate.

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  20. I feel that we are all going to have fun and enjoy blogging. I think that it is going to be different but still fun at the same time. I believe this is a good idea because we get to express our feelings, while reading the "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" by Sean Covey.

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  21. What I am doing right now is preparing me to become an effective individual because I’m learning more and more as I get older to use my time well and not to procrastinate. I am also becoming more and more responsible. Also, I have been organizing my time and using it effectively. I am also becoming a better listener and listening to everyone's opinions and thoughts…

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  22. I can’t wait to start blogging since I have only done this about once or twice. I think that blogging about school topic or activities are going to help us understand each other’s point of view. I think this is definitely going to be fun and an exciting experience.

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  23. Blogging is going to be a new and exiting experience for us. I'm excited to read "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" by Sean Covey. Blogging would give us a voice in the internet. It would also give us a chance to share what are we learning and understand what we're reading in a whole new level. Blogging is a new and amazing way to communicate to people who are interested in what we have to say as 8th graders.

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  24. What I am doing right now that’s preparing me right now to be an effective individual is being independent not always relying on other people for everything. Being responsible. Learning as a good listener to opinion or anything that I can use further in time. Being organized staying on task will also help me. Trying my best and giving it my all will help me a lot right now and in the future.

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  25. I hope blogging is as fun as it's sounds and I hope it's great

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  26. I really hope blogging is fun since I am not the kind of technology person. I hope its fun and I know that for most of us its new so don't feel like the only new-bees!

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  27. I hope bloging is fun and I think that blogging will be exciting and a great activity for somebody my age that can enjoy.

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  28. I hope that blogging will be a fun activity we can do as a class.

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  29. I am excited that we will be blogging to share ideas about the mosaic project, Life at a Crossroads. I will post inquiry questions for you to respond to via blog.

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