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__**Wiki Assignment Due Monday, May 11**__

Based on the information that you've received over the past several weeks, you're going to create a Wiki page that contains information about what you've learned regarding prejudice, genocide, and the Holocaust. Write one or two things on a bulleted list on Page 4. **Make sure your information is factual and is correctly spelled and punctuated.** If someone posts something that is incorrect, please fix it!

** __Wiki Assignment Due Monday, April 20__ ** For your next Wiki assignment, go to Page 3 of the Wiki. We're going to do a progressive story in which each of you will add 2-3 sentences of your own to create a story. To post your sentences to Page 3, select "Edit" and then type your sentences where they belong. Then click "Save."

Once the setting, mood, and basic plot is set, your sentences must match those literary elements, and they must contribute in a **positive** way to the story that's already been written. Any off-topic, silly sentences will be deleted. **Watch for where paragraph breaks belong and double space between paragraphs.**

Make sure to check for spelling and punctuation errors before you post. In addition, you can check the posts that others have created and correct any errors. Make sure, though, that you're making corrections and not rewriting what someone else has written. I'll be monitoring to make sure that everyone's staying on track and only making productive comments and corrections. This is how a wiki works--it's a collaborative effort!

The story will come to an end at 8:30 Monday morning when I wrap up the story and write the resolution. Until then, happy writing!



__Mrs. McCloud's Classroom Wiki__
Since several of you made book recommendations, now you can follow Madison's lead and post a picture of your favorite book to the 2nd page of the wiki. Just click "Page 2" on the links located on the left side of the page, select "Edit," add your image (you can copy/paste), and "Save."

You don't have to post a comment--I'll receive a report of any changes made to the page and who made the changes so that I can give you bonus points for your suggestions. Keep the size of your book small (like Madison did on the book posted above this note) so that several different book covers will fit on the page. Resize the book if necessary. If you want to include your name so that others can see it's "yours," you can follow my lead and put it right under the photo of your book.

Have fun, but be sure to follow the directions! Any books other than Madison's that are posted on this first page will be deleted and you won't get bonus points. :-( Be careful and don't delete or edit a post someone else leaves. Every edit that you save is reported to me--be respectful of each other's work so that YOU can continue to post and receive points. Several of you asked why we didn't do this as a writing prompt when we returned from the break, and the reason was because I wanted to save it for a wiki discussion. Before Tuesday, March 31, post a reply to the Discussion thread "How I Spent My Spring Break." If you read a book (yea for you!), be sure to mention the title and author of the book. If you'd like to comment to someone else's post, feel free to do so, but only post positive and appropriate comments, please. This is a classroom discussion, so discuss away!

A. J. Snyder was the first to use the blog and submit his reply--great job!! Of course, there are bonus points for being a tester, so the rest of you might want to take advantage of those before we return to school. For everyone else, your registration and response on the blog (pjhmccloud.blogspot.com) will be due Monday, March 30.

 Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Those of you who are comfortable with the wiki now have a new experiment. Scroll down on this page and find the link for the classroom blog. Go to the blog and create a Google Account so that you can reply to my posts on the blog. Then go to Google Docs and write to the prompt that's posted. Let me know what problems you might have by replying to the post on the blog. When we return, the rest of the students will have this as a writing assignment, so the more of you that are familiar with the procedure, the easier it will be to explain it to others. Thank you for being my little test group!

For your listening enjoyment, I even discovered how to add a playlist to the blog!

 

 //<span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">What a Great Book!! //

<span style="color: rgb(10,0,255);">For bonus points, list one or two books that you'd recommend to another student. Go to the "Discussion" tab, reply to my post "Mrs. McCloud Recommends" and write about your recommendation. Be sure to include the title of the book, the author, and a brief description of the work.

Since I do monitor your posts and receive a report about my pages, please make your comments appropriate and constructive so that you can remain in the group.

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 170%; color: rgb(50,0,255); text-align: center;">What's a wiki and how can we use it for school???

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=<span style="display: block; font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0,12,255); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">The way we're going to use this wiki is as a discussion forum. You may reply to a comment someone else posts and post your own responses to the topic. It should be a fun way of using the technology for an assignment, but always keep in mind this is a CLASSROOM wiki, so keep the comments appropriate and on topic! Thanks for being part of this experiment. After this little trial run, we'll add another topic to discuss. It'll be fun AND educational--what could be better?!? :-) = <span style="display: block; font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0,12,255); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">