Friday, February 28

How far along are you on your infographic? Will you be finished and ready to embed on to your blog by the end of the hour today? Do you think you've used your time wisely in class? Explain yourself.

I won't be finished by the end of the hour, no. I'm about 50% done, I think. I probably could have focused more while working.

Wednesday, February 26

Why do I have you brainstorm and collect your information in a Google Doc before putting in to final draft? Explain.

It makes putting the information together a lot easier and faster, giving us more time to work on quality instead of spending time finding facts.

Tuesday, February 25

Yesterday I introduced you to infographics... tell me again what they are and how they are used? What is the benefit of an infographic? What goes into an infographic?

Also, go out and see if you can find an already existing infographic on your global issue. Save the image to your computer and upload the image into your blog post for today. Save the source link to the image so that you can site the image in your blog post. See my examples at the end of this post.

Infographics are basically information in the form of a visual. They show information in an interesting way, usually using statistics and facts.

Source

Monday, February 24

Post your research paper to your blog. Give me a short (one paragraph summary) of your paper and include the link for me read your paper. Make sure you link up words! Do NOT copy and paste the ugly link. This should not be foreign to you.

My global issue paper was about deforestation. Some causes for deforestation are logging, agriculture, and natural factors. Deforestation has effects on the biodiversity of a forest, climate change, and environmental issues. A couple of programs have  been made to try and diminish deforestation, such as Global Forest and Trade Network and the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation.

Tuesday, February 18

Where are you at with your 5 paragraph essay so far? How is it coming? Is it easy to write? Difficult to write? Is it helpful that you created an outline first? Explain.

I'm 2 and a half paragraphs in to my paper. It's easy enough, considering all the information is in my sources. It's a lot more helpful with the outline because the specific info I need is all right there.

Monday, February 3

Tell me about your Sweetheart weekend. If you didn't go to Sweetheart, what did you do? I want details!

I didn't go to sweetheart, instead I went to a friend's house and we played video games for a while. Then on Sunday I went to a friend's to "watch" the Superbowl. We just played League of Legends and watched some of the commercials.