January 27th

Book trailers are very similar to movie trailers.

Here is a book trailer for Suzanne Collins' book, Hunger Games.



Here is the movie trailer for the movie based on Collins' book.



Respond
Compare this book trailer to this movie trailer. Which one grabs your attention more? Why?

January 26th

View this book trailer for the book Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson.



Respond

1. Are you interested in the book? Why or why not?

Let's Begin

This blog entry is the first of many blogging experiences you will have in this course. Throughout this course you will use this blog to explore some of the many facets of the online information world. During this marking period you will use this blog to learn about teen literature, MLA Format, citation makers, plagiarism, Wikipedia, Google Docs, RSS Feeds, Readers, Copyright and other Web 2.0 tools.

The first task you have for each day of this course is to log onto the internet, visit this blog and complete a short exercise. Your response to each blog entry is worth 2 classwork points per day, totaling 10 per week.

Let's begin with the first assignment.

Exercise

1. Choose one word for the list below.
2. Explain what you know about it.
3. Type your response in the box.
4. Type the code word and click "Post Comment" submit your response to the blog.
   

Wikis
Blogs
Mash-ups
Podcast
Social Networking
Copyright
RSS Feeds
Search Engines
Wikipedia
Avatar
Paraphrase
Quote
Plagiarism
MLA Format
E-mail
Online Games
Google Earth
Citation makers
Images
Online safety
Web 2.0

Example:
I know that Wikipedia is a kind of wiki. People can add and change information to Wikipedia. Sometimes this information is correct and sometimes it is not. I need to be careful when using Wikipedia for school work.