Quadblog Update for the Week of May 7

We are getting ready for College Night on the evening of May 15. Each of the advisory classes was given a college for which they would create a recruiting poster. This should have gotten our students thinking about their future.

What are your plans for high school and college?

Quadblog Update for Week of April 16th

Our students have been quite busy with testing, severe weather days and our Easter Break. We missed our week last week because of it. Here's what's happening around our school.

Quadblog - Sharing More Information about the Houston Area

Our students created their own avatars and they appeared in our "classroom" at Bitstrips.com.

Then they each created a comic showing Houston based upon its local attractions, activities and climate.

Here is a link to the document that has their comics.

More Video Introductions

Here are a few more video introductions:

Introducing Ourselves

Our seventh grade students were gone all day to the Museum of Natural Science, so only the 8th graders were in class. I'll let them each introduce themselves. We still don't have our email addresses, so I have to post for them.

 There are some written introductions in the comments section below. Please reply to them and give us some feedback.
Here are some video introductions:

Greetings from Santa Fe Junior High

Our class, Web 2.0 Applications, is a brand new class at our 6th, 7th and 8th grade school. We have about 1,000 students aged 11 years old to 15 years old at Santa Fe Junior High. We have 28 students in our class.

Here are some of the descriptions from our students:
"Our school was rebuilt last year and now we are trying to grow grass. Our school has a lot of electives such as this computer class. Our school is very athletic and competitive. We have sports such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, and track. Our school also has a good academic team program."

"Our school colors are green and gold.We are the Indians.We have to wear a badge everyday.Our school is kinda big and clean!We have 6th 7th and 8th graders in our school so it's really packed.We have over 10 elective classes.We get Chick-fil-a on Tuesday and Thursday.Our cafeteria is kinda big. Our school is kinda fun!"

"There are 7 school periods in our school day. Each student  has 2 electives and some are high school credit classes like health, teen leadership, and Spanish. 7th grade has athletics in the morning (1st period). 8th grade has athletics in the afternoon (7th period). We have badges at our school to do our attendance and for safety purposes. Our school has sports such as volleyball, basketball, football, and track."

We will post our student information and some pictures tomorrow.

What in the World is the Web 2.0 Class Doing?

The 7th and 8th grade students in the newly created Web 2.0 class have signed up to be partners in a Quadblog Project with 3 other schools.

1. Ms. Nikki Henderson (P7 Teacher) from Sunnyside Primary School
 in Alloa, Scotland
School Website
Blog Address

2. Mr. James Greenwood (Advisory Teacher on the island of St Helena) from the Prince Andrew School on the island of St. Helena
School Website
Blog Address

3. Ruthann Meyer (8th grade Videographer Teacher) from Brigantine Middle School in Brigantine, New Jersey (Brigantine is a barrier island community located just north of Atlantic City in southern New Jersey. It is a K-8 district)
School Website
Blog Address

  

Here is our information:
Dr. Wren Bump (Technology Integration Specialist)
 from Santa Fe Junior High School in Santa Fe, TX

School Website

Blog Address

Here is a picture of where the 4 schools are located: