EXAMPLE POST - Social Media Showcase

EXAMPLE POST - Descriptive Illustrations

Original Image Reference

Statement by Liberal Party of Canada Leader. (2014). Uploaded by Salam Toronto. Available online at: http://salamtoronto.net/2014/statement-by-liberal-party-of-canada-leader-justin-trudeau-on-eid-al-fitr-2/ 

EXAMPLE POST - This Reminds Me Of

     This blog reminds me of the classroom blogging project we participated in when we were in Grade 8. One of the main reasons for this comparison is because Mrs. Thompson was our teacher for Grade 8 homeroom (math, science, and art) as well as our teacher now (history). In Grade 8 our blog was a collaborative activity that we maintained during class time and it was treated somewhat casually. We could use the blog posts to catch up on what we missed in class or get ideas from other people for our science projects. This blog, however, is much more formal and we will use it to communicate our understanding to Mrs. Thompson as well as connect with others and think deeper about the topics shared in class. Each of our blog posts counts as a major assignment towards our overall classroom grade.

     I've created the following venn diagram to help illustrate the similarities and differences between our Grade 8 blogging project and our Canadian History blog:

     If you are interested in viewing the blog we created in Grade 8, to see the similarities and differences for yourself, it can be viewed at: http://mrstsclassroom.blogspot.ca/

EXAMPLE POST - In Today's News

     Today Mrs. Thompson shared that our class will be co-authoring a collaborative blog as part of our Canadian History class. This blog will be where we, as students, can demonstrate how well we understand the material being covered in class. Each student in the classroom will be blogging once per month as well as commenting on one of our friend's posts twice per month; these will be assessed by Mrs. Thompson using rubrics provided to us in our Blogging 101 packages (see tab at the top of the blog for more information).

     There are six different blogging prompts that are provided to help develop our posts; this one models the blogging prompt, "In Today's News". This type of post should, "Summarize what was discussed in today's class; your post must include enough information so that if someone was absent they would fully understand what went on."(1) One of the challenging aspects of this type of post is that, "Your post cannot include the notes provided in class, it must be in your own words."(2) One requirement of this type of post is that we find applicable quotes about the topic of the day, the explanation of these quotes can help expand the detail of our post and ensure that our post is not simply a re-telling of any notes that were provided in class.

     To ensure that our post includes all of the information required by Mrs. Thompson, we can use the following rubric:

In Today's News Rubric. (2016). Uploaded to Canadian History Told By Us by Kirsten Thompson. Available online at: https://canadianhistorytoldbyus.blogspot.ca/p/blogging-package.html

(1) Blogging Package: In Today's News. (2015). Uploaded by Kirsten Thompson, pg 10. Available online at: https://canadianhistorytoldbyus.blogspot.ca/p/blogging-package.html

(2) Blogging Package: In Today's News. (2015). Uploaded by Kirsten Thompson, pg 10. Available online at: https://canadianhistorytoldbyus.blogspot.ca/p/blogging-package.html