Today we have been doing a lot of work with Web-and-Flow.  I decided to do my individual project on the Underground Railroad.  I found a ton of interesting sites that are both educational and kid friendly.  So with these sites, I made a Hotlist.  My Hotlist is in the beginners stage, but I did it!  It is so exciting to have work that you created on the web.  Tomorrow should be filled with more fine tuning of our new sites.  We are all learning so much just in these past few days, and I really can't believe how much more comfortable I am with computers just in the last six months.  I am very pleased with myself to say the least!

Today we have learned more about our project Bullies to Buddies and researched many sites for a large hotlist.  The first week is over, and we have learned so much!  It is overwhelming, but if we all work together it will turn out beautifully!  Janine just found out that NJEA will sometime this year interview us, that means the pressure is on!  On that note, I am out of here and ready for the weekend with some cocktails!

We are all movie stars!  We were video taping today and created a short video on bullying.  Art then cut and edited the film and we all had a laugh.  Monica and I were being bullied by three mean girls, ( Flemming, Smith and Castaldi).  I think Art is putting it on the site, so be sure to check it out!  We also started working on our video project for the beginning of the year.  As we video children individually, the others will be working on a word find created by our group based on bullying vocabulary.  Art also told us about I program based in New Zealand called Kia Kaha, which means "stand strong".  We will be adopting and adapting this program to fit our needs.  All in all it was a productive day!

Today we were stars yet again!  I think that our group likes the movie from yesterday better.  Today I created two bullying writing prompts.  I really like making those.  We also wrote a rap for our Kick Off program to get B2B started.  It was a productive day, but I am tired.  I am ready for a nap so that I will be well rested for our day tomorrow.  I think we may have a speaker either tomorrow or Thursday. 

We will be working with the AlphaSmarts, that will be great because I unfortunately haven't used the Alphas in class.  I definately will starting in September!

Today was another good day.  In the morning we learned more about the Alpha Smarts.  Bob shared so much information with us, and we all are so excited to use them in September.  In the afternoon, we worked on another great film.  Also, Art shared a beautiful song with us about a boy being bullied.  I made me cry!  It just shows how bullying really influences you and your live for many years.  The words may only last a few minutes, but the pain lasts for a much longer time.