Why We Blog by Lisa Sands https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7 Self-paced Honors English courses en-us 2018-07-13 12:08:52 UTC 2025-12-22 20:54:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Social Media in the Classroom? lsands5 https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270141376 -Tools that you use for fun and social interaction can also be useful and beneficial for learning. 

-Such tools include Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as well as others. ]]> 2018-07-13 12:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270141376 Why Should You Care? lsands5 https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270142256 -So you already love social media and use it to follow celebrities and post images for your followers documenting your life, but did you know it can also be used to further your learning? 

-Posting your blog links on Twitter will help you reach a wider audience and allow you to get authentic feedback from others as you work through your LAUNCH project. ]]> 2018-07-13 12:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270142256 Why do you Need Feedback? lsands5 https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270153464 -The purpose of LAUNCH is to provide you with an opportunity to read, study, and learn about a topic of your interest that you can then connect to our course learning and skills and create something entirely new. 

-The benefit of creating something new allows you to have a much richer learning experience; a learning experience that you will hopefully remember forever. ]]> 2018-07-13 15:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270153464 Why Twitter? - Twitter Spectrum lsands5 https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270154072 My goal for yours to TALK and PRODUCE]]> 2018-07-13 15:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270154072 Why Twitter? lsands5 https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270160703 -Twitter is easy to use.

-Twitter allows you to incorporate links, images, etc.

-With Twitter we can easily sort and track our work with our hashtag #CYSPLAUNCHBlog.

-By using Twitter, we will be able to get feedback on our thinking and project development from others beyond our classroom walls.  ]]> 2018-07-13 17:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270160703 How we Best Learn? lsands5 https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270161032 Studies indicate we learn best when we create our own content. See this book for a more detailed explanantion]]> 2018-07-13 17:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270161032 How we Best Learn? lsands5 https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270161203 Check out this article about social media in the classroom for another source of support. ]]> 2018-07-13 17:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270161203 What does a Blog look like? - Sample of a Student Blog lsands5 https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270161733 Student provides visual input throughout her blog. ]]> 2018-07-13 17:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270161733 Other Benefits? - Added Perks lsands5 https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270162327 Learn to be a Better Digital Citizen

-By actively engaging in this exercise, you will be creating positive content for the web and partaking in positive interactions. #CYSPLAUNCHBlog.

-This experience will help reinforce healthy and appropriate use of our digital resources. It will foster etiquette as well. 

-Participating in this assignment will encourage consistent reading and writing.  




]]> 2018-07-13 17:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270162327 What Makes a Good Blog? lsands5 https://padlet.com/lsands5/w2av5qv763f7/wish/270163993 Tips for your Blogging and Tweeting

-Always use our hashtag in your tweets tied to the blog. #CYSPLAUNCHBlog.

-Create and use key tags in your blog. 
  • Book Review
  • Look, Listen, Learn
  • Ask Questions
  • Understand the Process
  • Navigate Ideas
  • Create Prototype
  • Highlight & Fix
  • Launch

- Other key words relevant to your blog and its contents/topic
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