Category: Inspiring
"Inspirational Speeches- Go Get It"
http://youtu.be/IAceZdhI1yg
VS
"The Power of Black- Suli Breaks"
http://youtu.be/aL0K0_oMyvM
What would you change about the past?
...
Friday, 20 December 2013
Michelle and Bethany's Vids That Make You Go Hmmm . . .
Category: Funny
Theme: Social Media
"Instagram, Facebook and Vine vs Social Time"
http://youtu.be/BAnG6XIoZnw
VS
"Social Media 2013- New Music"
http://youtu.be/TXD-Uqx6_Wk
Does social media take over your life? Has social media gotten too big? Is this a good thing or bad thing?
...
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Cindy, Maddie, Alisha's Vids That Make You Can Go Hmmmm . .
Category: Jaw- Dropping/Beautiful/Heartwarming
Theme: -
The Hospital Window
http://youtu.be/82d84rn306M
VS
"A Soldier's Story"
http://youtu.be/4MjpUPRA4pY
Is there anything you've seen or expereinced that has warmed your heart?
&nbs...
Danielle, Katherine and Annika's Vids That Make You Go Hmm . . .
Category: Inspiring
Theme: Overcoming Obstacles
"Find What You Are Afraid Of"
http://youtu.be/qlX89aCC3xY
VS
"Can Anyone Help Me"
http://youtu.be/Ruqg_4p6Cb8
VS
"Jason Silva"
http://youtu.be/rBozBUgdmMk
- What are you most afraid of? Have you overcome that fear?
- What would you do if you knew you could not fail? Why?
- Would you rather live life not making connections with anyone, for fear of the risk that you may lose them?
...
Maddy and Taryn's Vids That Make You go Hmmm . . .
Category: Beautiful/Inspiring
Theme: Prespectives on Life
"Because Who is Perfect"
http://youtu.be/E8umFV69fNg
VS
"Dueling Hats"
http://youtu.be/i5ZM0-f5_CU
Why do we try so hard to be perfect, to fit in?
Who decides what "perfect" is?
&nbs...
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Carly and Casey's Vids That Make You Go Hmmm . . .
Category: Funny/Informative
"An Open Letter to Bullies"
http://youtu.be/9rKZkh4QbM4
VS.
"A Parody"
http://youtu.be/Wjk5IyjfHkE
Is humour an appropriate way to lighten the tone on a heavy topic?
...
Jeremy and Kellie's Vids That Make You Go Hmmm . . .
Category: Fascinating
Theme: Deception
"How To Pick Pocket- Learn from The Experts"
http://youtu.be/nftzMoYCdjU
VS.
"Pay Attention: Game 1"
http://youtu.be/14Nb45CS9og
What does the deception shown in the videos reaveal about our society?
&nbs...
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
James and Casey's Vids That Make You Go Hmm . . .
Category: Giving
"The Inspiring Acts of Everyday Kindness"- YouTube
http://youtu.be/-pYuSSP5Wls
"Giving" - YouTube
http://youtu.be/7s22HX18wDY
How many people have sacrificed for you ? How?
...
Sierra and Cheyenne's Vids That Make You Go Hmmm . . .
Category: Life Changing Moments
"Mother Hears . . ." - YouTube
http://youtu.be/m8VV7oxvQ_g
VS
"My Friend Jason" - YouTube
http://youtu.be/8G7RBN00ikQ
...
Shelby and Bailey's Vids That Make You Go Hmmm . . .
Category: Motivation
"Change"- YouTube
http://youtu.be/EsUpTfNiCBQ
VS
"How Bad Do You Want It?" -YouTube
http://youtu.be/-i3g-RvC-iA
- What do you classify as change?
- What is "too much" for going after something? If you had to lose or give up everything, what is the limit?
...
Rebecca and Paige's Vids That Make You Go Hmmm . . .
Category: -
Theme: Social Networking
"Things I Hate About Social Media -YouTube"
http://youtu.be/rABR3xthFcE
VS
"Can I Be Your Friend- YouTube"
http://youtu.be/aDycZH0CA4I
What's your favourite/most used social network?
How much of your real life is truly reflected on it?...
Friday, 13 December 2013
Sammy and John's Vids That Make You Go Hmm. . .
Category: Inspirational
Theme: Motivation
"Rise and Shine" (YouTube- http://youtu.be/hbkZrOU1Zag)
VS.
"The Man Who Never Gave Up" (YouTube- http://youtu.be/bg1cll2wcSw)
What motivates you to push yourself to success...
Amelia's Vids That Make You Go Hmmm . . .
Category: Inspiring
Theme: Success
"Inspirational Sports Speeches" (YouTube- http://youtu.be/Z2PloBdHeow)
VS.
"From Struggle Comes Success" (YouTube- http://youtu.be/ObD0F0vJSJA)
How far are you willing to go to achieve success? ...
Kendra and Caitlin's Vids That Make You Go Hmmm . . .
Category: Change
Theme: Change Your Life
"What if money was no object- Alan Watts" - YouTube http://youtu.be/mnFUDVpFwFQ
vs.
"Back to the Start- Chipotle" - YouTube (http://youtu.be/aMfSGt6rHos)
Quickwrite:
What if- What would you do if money was no object?
Back to- Do you think about where your food comes from? Why/why not?
&nbs...
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Social Fiction Project
Social Fiction Project
Social
Fiction is a form of writing that combines a traditional short story with the
modern narrative of Social Media. You
will be creating a Social Fiction story. You may work alone, or with a
partner.
Fiction
- Short
story based on a visual prompt
- 500-1000
words in length
- Includes
examples of: imagery, dialogue, and non-verbal body language, “so what” and any
other writing techniques discussed in class.
Social
- You will
create an actual social media profile for plot- or character(s)...
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Emily and Ashlyn`s Vids That Make You Go Hmmm . . .
Category: Informative
Theme: Gender Inequality
BNV 2013 Finals Round 4
http://youtu.be/jXk3uhlhAVY
vs
Pretty- Katie Makkal
(YouTube- http://youtu.be/f7TS2Z6lAI4)
What kind of world do you want your children to grow up in? Will inequality still exsist?
...
Selena and Emily`s Vids That Make You Go Hmmm . . .
Category: Informative
Theme: Media
Hunger Games: How Reality TV Desensitizes Us
(YouTube DNews- http://youtu.be/wdmOwt77D2g)
VS
Killing Us Softly 4- Trailer
(YouTube- http://youtu.be/jWKXit_3rpQ)
How has media changed your expectation of reality? Is this change postive? Negative?
...
Cody`s (and Mr. T`s) Vids that Make You Go Hmmmm. . .
Category: -
Theme: Animals
Adpot Shelter Animals (YouTube- http://youtu.be/XAY_2XlhoF0)
VS
Damian Asinall`s Reunion with Wild Gorilla Kwibi (YouTube- http://youtu.be/SvGqrOqphlc)
Discussion the relationship that humans have with animals.
What is the most impactful encounter you`ve had with an animal?
&nbs...
Monday, 9 December 2013
Jared and Colin's Vids that Make You Go Hmmmm . . .
Category: Inspiring
Theme: ?
"Narayanan Krishnan- Feeding the Hungry"- (Youtube http://youtu.be/EPJAHxEssHA)
VS.
"Thankful, Inspirational"- (Youtube http://youtu.be/fO8FQzoESTc)
Quickwrite:
Out of everything you deal with on a daily basis, what are you truely grateful for?
&nbs...
Thursday, 5 December 2013
Vids That Make You Go Hmmm . . . Day 4
#engchat #mbedu #elachat #mbedchat
Category: Inspiring
Theme: Perspective
"Vlog Brothers: Perspective" (YouTube- http://youtu.be/5ooCeoh6608)
VS.
"The True Story of Kid President" (YouTube- http://youtu.be/IcZVGjG6LWM)
Post Video Quick Write:
"What will you create to make the world more awesome?"- Kid President
How did either of these videos help you to change your perspective?
&nbs...
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Vids That Make You Go Hmmmm . . . Day 3
#engchat #mbedu #elachat
Category: Inspiring
Theme: Being here, being present
"The Time You Have Left"
YouTube (http://goo.gl/E5x5Up)
VS
"Awe"
YouTube (http://goo.gl/3oYrAI)
Post Video Quick write:
"A responsibility to awe"
Tell me about an "AHA" moment you had while watching either video...
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Vids That Make You Go Hmmmm . . . Day 2
Category: Funny/Informative
Theme: Social Media
"Look at this Instagram"- YouTube
VS.
"Social Media Experiment- Jack Vale" - YouTube
Post Video Quick-write:
"So...
Monday, 2 December 2013
Vids That Make You Go Hmmmmm . . .
#engchat #edchat #mbedu
Last week I went to a great PD evening, where we watched and rated short videos. The guidelines for video selection were:
3 minutes or less
should have educational application
fewer that have seen it the better
And generally the videos fell into a category of : inspiring, fascinating, jaw dropping, courageous, beautiful, informative, funny.
I thought it be interesting to try this in our class. So here we go!
Today's Theme: Inspiring-...
Monday, 25 November 2013
Using Visual Writing Prompts to Create Dialogue
#engchat
Remember those visual writing prompts I had you find last week? Today we are going to be using them to create
a dialogue.
Your purpose for this dialogue is to highlight character/personality of the people in the visual.
Things
to note:
· There must be at least two people participating in this
dialogue.
· Each person must speak at least five times.
· Descriptive tags should be utilized to...
Thursday, 21 November 2013
Thinking about Dialogue
#engchat #mbedu
Discuss
the dialogue that you overhead:
1.
Talk about the process of eavesdropping:
i.
Where did you go?
ii.
How...
Mini-Lesson: Dialogue
The best way to learn about how to write dialogue effectively, is to go out and observe dialogue in it's natural habitat! Your mission is to go out into the school and eavesdrop in on a conversation. Listen to the conversation for about 10 minutes, record the content and your observations. Make your notes as specfic as possible as we will be debriefing as a class upon your return.
Happy Creepi...
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Another Great Writing Prompt Site!
Yesterday we did some "Digital Quickwrites". In today's class we are going to expand on this work, BUT . . . We are going to use the prompts to help us climb into the image and tell the story. How? I'm glad you asked! Let me tell you a little bit about our good friend imagery.
Writers choose their words very
specifically, in order to appeal the senses of the reader. This descriptive...
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Digital Quick Writes
#engchat #edchat #mbedu
Today we're going to be doing another round of digital quick writes. Use the link below to find visual prompts to inspire 2 quickwrites. Type and post your quickwrites on your blog. We'll do two quickwrites and then give time for you to explore and comment on the quickwrite your classmates created.
http://writingprompts.tumblr.c...
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Reading Assignment #7
#engchat #mbedu
Character POV- Creating Conversations
This week we will be extending upon the "Character POV Tweet" assignment we did a few weeks ago.
For Reading Assignment #6 you will be creating tweets from a minimum of three character's perspectives- and you will be creating conversation between these three characters.
You will be writing 25 tweets total, and you will need to pay particular attention to Twitter format. Be sure to give each character a unique Twitter handle, use the @username format to direct Tweets at...
Friday, 8 November 2013
Dear Photograph Awesome-ness
#dearphotograph #engchat #mbedu
Though I'd share some "Dear Photograph" awesome-ness created by Ashlyn E. I've re-posted one of her masterpieces below, but check out the link to her blog to see more of her amazing project.
http://ashlynerickson.blogspot.ca/2013/09/dear-photographs.h...
Monday, 4 November 2013
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Log Book Challenge
#engchat #mbedu
Never assume that your day to day life wouldn't be on interest to others! Case in point, in April 2012, 9 year old Martha Payne started a blog where she posted photos of her school lunch. Little did she know that she was joining a world wide revolution to improve school lunches that would lead to Africa and connect her with celebrities like Jamie Oliver.
See her blog here--->http://neverseconds.blogspot.ca/
With...
Creativity Through Subtraction
#newspaperblackoutpoetry #austinkleon #engchat #mbedu
Our next writing project involves "Creativity through Subtraction"
Here's two videos to give some background:
A sample of Austin Kleon's Blackout Poetry:
Creative Writing 101- By Austin Kleon
http://www.austinkleon.com/
Some links to explore:
http://www.austinkleon.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deathtogutenberg/sets/72157594575556771/
So here we go!
You...
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Reading Assignment #5
#engchat #mdebu
Create 15
Tweets from the perspective of a main character in the novel you are
reading. Be sure to use the voice, language,
and tone of the character you have selected.
Remember that you are not simply re-telling plot- but rather showing the
characters thoughts/emotions/opinions, and as they relate to the plot and the world
of the novel.
Use some of
the hashtags listed below to help inspire your Tweets:
#lessonlearned
#iwish
#sorrynotsorry
#oops
#fail
#TBT
#frenemies
All 15 tweets must be ready for tomorrow, as...
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