EXPO 2008

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

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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.

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In order to organize how your group will film and edit the Beyond Expo movie, the Computer Studies Students will complete this Planning Template and set meeting times for the group. You will need to complete the template and have it posted to your blog by Friday, May 16th.

Don’t forget about these resources to help complete your movie.

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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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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

Filed by dilworthm at 7:17 pm under Announcement, Computer Studies
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