EXPO 2008 » Announcement

Good Luck!

expo2008 — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:30:33 +0000

Expo Day is upon us! Congratulations on all of your hard work and good luck with your presentations.

Beyond Expo Videos may not fit in the dropbox so just have the video ready to play on the laptop during your presentation.

Blog Checklist

dilworthm — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:45:13 +0000

Here is the latest Checklist for your blog as of May 21st. New assignments and posts with upcoming due dates are in bold.

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 7 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.
Beyond Expo – The Planning Template should be attached as a link on this post.
ESL – Level 1&2 are posting their Biography
ESL – Level 3 are posting their Major Religions and Fable assignments.
EXPO Day – You need to include a picture of your Google Sketch up or Model of your pavilion and a picture of your actual pavilion taken during your expo day, no one should be in the picture.

Pages

Country Profile – This information can appear as a separate page or on your sidebar
Global Citizenship – The Human Rights Report is due this and should be posted to the blog.
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.
Drama – The Expo Drama component about the cultural arts is displayed on this page

Beyond Expo Due Date

expo2008 — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:33:12 +0000

The Beyond Expo Video is due on Monday, May 26th. You must submit one copy to Mr. Dilworth’s Dropbox and have a copy to display on the laptop during the EXPO.

ESL Posts

dilworthm — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:01:22 +0000

ESL students will be posting their assignments to the blog soon.

ESL 1 & 2 will have 1 posts under the category ESL, Biography. The biomes will be displayed in the pavilion.

ESL 3 students will have 2 posts under the category ESL, Major Religions and Fable/Fairytale. The Fable/Fairytale assignment is due May 16th.

Expo Calendar

dilworthm — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:20:17 +0000

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.

Clickto enlarge the calendar.

Blog Checklist

dilworthm — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:53:08 +0000

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.

Human Rights Report

dilworthm — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:44:33 +0000

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

Blog Status Checklist

dilworthm — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:17:09 +0000

At this point your blog should meet the following requirements in these 3 areas:

Management

All group members have been added as Administrators
All posts are categorized

Design

Theme – personalized to reflect the culture of the country
Blogroll – personalized with links for your research
Sidebar has been customized for your research

Content

At least 2 Current Events Posts
Social Studies Page – contains Ambassador Letter, Timeline and Issues
Country Profile – demographic information can be displayed as a post, page or on the sidebar

Expo Launch

expo2008 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:05:09 +0000

The Expo Launch is today in the FAT at 2:00. Teachers will be explaining various components of the project and you will have the opportunity to hear about the experiences of some Grade 9 students from last year.