So, I am laying out a spring break challenge to everyone that would like to participate individually or as a group. I would like anyone and everyone to build a game. You can build an arcade game or a toss game or a creative game that you can come up with yourself.
The rules are simple; it must be a game that people can play. The main structure must be made out of cardboard and tape. If you need inspiration, you can go to Caine’s Arcade.com or cardboardfoundation.com.
All games will be set up during P.E. for all classes to enjoy on the week of April 27th. So you may bring it in anytime before then to the fitness room or drop it off at the office anytime before then. Please bring with instructions on how to play and your name on it. Let’s get creative!
I have now created the flipboard magazine for this set of challenges. I will only be adding posts that:
are written in paragraphs
have been proofread
include an image, sound or video with attribution
So make sure you have taken note of last week’s learning about creative commons.
The last couple of months have had many international special days or events happening. How many have you taken part in at either school or at home?
This Saturday is one I take part in each year – Earth Hour.
Check out their video for the 2015 event
Now add an image to a widget on your blog sidebar – you might need to change the size to 200 by 200
Check out the starter kit for banners, logos and posters. Teachers might get some ideas from the guides to use in class during the week.
Find out what is happening in your country and in other countries around the world.
Activities for this week are all to do with the globe or the world we live in.
Activity 1.
Join our Free Rice group called Student Blogging Challenge or create one for your class. Every answer you get right, means 10 grains of rice donated to the World Food Programme. Since October 2011, we have had 86 students join and donate 116, 300 grains of rice. I wonder how many we could have by the end of Easter? Can you add a widget to Free Rice on your blog?
Activity 2.
Write a list of international events you have taken part in since Christmas 2014. What were they celebrating? What did you do to celebrate?
Activity 3.
Visit at least 5 blogs from countries other than your own. Leave a comment on a post at each blog. Now write your own post including the comment you have left and linking to each post you commented on.
Activity 4.
If you could create an international event, what would it be called? What would we be celebrating? Create some of the advertising material you might use – eg logo, banner, image, flyer
Activity 5.
Think of a special celebration in one country of the world. Find three images of the event. Under each image, give a clue as to the event.
On the final line, write a bit more about the event for your visitors to read. Include a link to another website giving more information on the event. Remember to include attribution for each image and perhaps a question for your readers to answer.
Activity 6.
Write about one special event you have taken part in. It might be an educational global event or an international event from the United Nations or a special event from your country. Find an image to add to your post. Remember to use attribution correctly. Include a link to another website giving more information on the event.
Activity 7.
Add at least five international blogs to your blogroll or links ready for a game we will hold after Easter. If you can’t add links on your blog, add them in a post instead.
Activity 8.
What are some games or apps you use that relate to global studies or geography of the world? Include a link to the website or app.
Activity 9.
What could you, your class, your school, your town do to help with the climate change problem for more than the one hour on Saturday 28 March 2015?
Previous week’s activities: Visit and leave quality comments
Eagle Wordsmiths have a question for students or classes in each country in the challenge. Please answer their questions.
Mr Jewell’s class would like some feedback from other bloggers re use of images.
1. Visit other student and class blogs – leave some quality comments
2. Reply to comments on your own blog – if your country is in pink then visitors can’t leave comments.
3. Start using tags and categories with each post you write to make it easier for people to find posts on certain topics. Make sure you have the tags and categories widgets in your sidebar.
Having lots of links to student blogs from other countries will help spread the game.
Here are the instructions for adding links to your sidebars.
Edublogs, Blogger, Kidblog – not sure if this widget goes on the class page or each student page
This week’s challenge is about adding media to your blog–and doing it responsibly! We’ve spent a lot of time discussing our rights and responsibilities as creators this year, and I thought this week’s challenge might provide us with an opportunity to reflect on the extent to which we’ve been applying what we’ve learned on our blogs.
A few weeks ago, I asked volunteers to create a video to add to our “About” page, introducing us to other bloggers. Please take a few minutes to watch the video that your classmates created.
What questions would you have about the images chosen if you were not from Cardiff?
Which images speak to you most? What’s missing?
Have the creators whose images and music that are used in the video been given credit? Do we have the right to use their content? If so, what is the evidence for this? What revisions might we make to the video to make this more clear? Is there content that we need to remove?
Please respond to the questions above as a comment on this post.
Step 2: Evaluate the pictures on your own blog
Have you been thoughtful about which images you use, making sure you have the right the images that you add to your blog and giving credit to the creator? If so, invite us to check it out by commenting on this post.
Step 3: Check out some of the resources for finding images and music listed in this week’s challenge. Add an image or music to your blog, using one of the resources, and then invite us to check it out by commenting on this post.