Tuesday-Wednesday,+August+31-September+1

= = Objectives
 * to gain an understanding of online safety precautions
 * to familiarize students with wikis and blogs
 * to understand the process keeping a reading journal

=Activity 1 (20 minutes) =

Finish your group's Internet Safety Webquest

=Activity 2 (15 minutes) = Create a blog! Click here! Have a little fun playing with the design of your blog. Make it yours! Experiment with posting something. Make sure you know how to change the look of your blog, create another page in your blog (think about annotated book lists), and how to post on your blog.


 * Important*** Write down your blog's url and your username and password on your information card in class!**

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=Activity 3 (25 minutes) = Refresher - What's a reading journal????? Take a printed copy of the reading journal handouts if you need one for your notebook. Read in class today and ink your thinking in your journal.

=Homework = Read and journal, of course!