EXPO 2008

Here is the EXPO calendar for the remainder of the month. Any major changes will be announced here on the blog. You can also talk to any of the subject teachers if you have any more specific questions about your assignments.

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The blogs are looking great, everyone has been doing a fantastic job of finding new ways to display information and customize their sites. Here is the updated Checklist for your blog. Your blog will be checked for these items during the second class next week.

Management

• All group members have been added as Administrators.
• All group members have made at least one post.
• All posts are Categorized.
• Links to pages are visible at the top or side of the page.

Design

• Theme – Header image and Blog title have been customized to represent your country’s culture.
• Blogroll – Important links for your research are listed here.
• Sidebar – You have customized several widgets on your sidebar.

Content

Post Categories

• Current Events – You should have at least 5 posts in this category with a link to the news article.
• Tourism – You should have 1 tourism post that includes a video about your country and a link to the official tourism site.
• Language Arts -Each student should post their Information Text Analysis.
• Social Studies – The Venn Diagram, Acrostic Poem and Article Summary are posted as separate posts with a title.
• PE – The Factbook assignment is posted.

Pages

• Country Profile – This information can appear as a separate page or on your sidebar
• Global Citizenship – The Human Rights Report is posted here.
• Social Studies Page- Ambassador Letter, Timeline and Key issues are posted on this page.
• Science – The Factoid assignment is published on this page.
• Math – Statistical Analysis and graphs, upload your document to the page.

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We will begin working on the introduction sequences for the Beyond Expo videos today. Here are some additional resources for music and images.

Flickr Creative Commons has millions of high quality images to choose from, remember to give credit to the original authors.

Jamendo offers music downloads under the Creative Commons license.

Soundsnap has thousands of high quality sound effects available in mp3 format which can be added as an audio track to your movies.

For more information about Creative Commons, you can check out this post at Diligence.

Filed by dilworthm at 7:20 pm under Beyond Expo, Computer Studies
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Thailand has been busy adding widgets and making their blog very visual by inserting pictures into their posts.

Sierra Leone has done a great job on their sidebar. Lots of country information is readily available there.

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This is a reminder that Global Citizenship students need to post their country report by May 23. The report can be posted on the Global Citizenship page. Here are some useful websites for your research:

Transparency International

Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch

Filed by dilworthm at 11:44 pm under Announcement, Global Citizenship
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