Excellence and Imagination

Just so you know, I checked on the download numbers for our ITL videos and our radio plays this morning.
So far, they have been listened to and watched almost 8 500 times!
Amazing… Shows the quality of the work that you do. It also shows the importance of doing quality work.
The world is watching.
Congratulations.

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How is this for an interesting picture?
This scientist poured plaster into an anthill and then dug it up to see what the inside of it looked like. You can see all of the tunnels and the chambers.

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PB Wiki has made some changes recently and updated their service. Cool widgets like YackPacks let you install a walkie - talkie right on your wiki, you can also embed YouTube videos, insert a calendar and a Bubbleshare slideshow. So the next time you are thinking about a form of representation for a project, it […]

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What strategies
do you use in blogging?
How does blogging
help you as a writer? As a reader? As a publisher?
What are some tips
on how to proofread on a blog?
When you post how
do you get the ideas to post about your topic?
What is your favourite
blog, your favourite post, […]

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Here they are:
Detectives_in_a_Futuristic_World.mp3
Detective_Eddies_mysteries_jhk_school.mp3
The_Clown_Skunk.mp3
Mystery of the Car Wreck.mp3
A World Once Human.mp3
While we definitely have some learning still to do about audio levels and conversions to mp3, the students have done an excellent job of creating radio plays. Listen to them and let us know what you think!
UPDATE: Just to let you know, in the 12 hours […]

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Here is a link to a short podcast (5 minutes 48 seconds) that several gentlemen in Mrs. Baber’s class in Virginia recorded telling about International Teen Life.
A good introduction to the topic and clean well recorded audio.
Good job boys. Looking forward to hearing what else you have to say.

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As you begin searching for sounds and music for the production of your International Teen Life video production, here is a list of sites that has music that are covered under a Creative Commons copyright license. This means that you can use the music as long as you give the artists credit in the credits […]

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Mrs. Baber is a quick, quick lady!
After our live Skype call on Monday with the kids in Virginia and the kids in Cartegena, she has posted an mp3 file that we can download and listen to, a recording of this call.
You can find it here to listen to.

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The Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to have teenagers from different locations around the globe exchange their thoughts and perceptions of what their lives are like. By viewing, reading, and listening to the perspectives of others from around the globe, they will gain a greater perception of the similarities and differences of people’s lives […]

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Just so you know, I took part in a Skype conversation on Thursday night for about an hour with a number of educators from across Canada and the U.S. The topic of conversation was blogging and much of our time our together focused on our blogs and the work that we do on them.
They […]

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