daily blog 11/29

We took notes about the industrial revolution that made its way to America and how that affected people. especially young girls were set out to work. I don't think I'd like that very much!

daily blog 11/23

we finally recorded our voice thread on the history of the construction of the Erie canal. We had to pretend to be news reporters and it went pretty smoothly. Although it took us three tries to get it done with no messups... the end result was very good I think! We also sang a song!

I thought the idea of  newsreport was a good way for us to add some humor and different characters into the project! I liked that part. I think if anything were to be done differently maybe assigning parts because I feel like some people had to work harder than others. Overall it was a good project that was easy to carry out

daily blog 11/22

Today we went to the media lab to finish up on our projects. It went well and we finished ours. Tomorrow we will record the voicethread.

daily blog 11/19

In class we went to the computer lab which is always fun. We worked with our groups on google docs, which is again, always fun. We worked on our Erie Canal project and got a lot done. Most of the script is done and we will record voice threads on Tuesday. I'm a little nervous though because we only have about 2 pages or so of script and some other groups have like 4 pages! But I'm not worried because the project is going really well 

daily blog 11/16

We were supposed to have a quest today but because of an assembly we are going to have it on thursday. I felt prepared so I kind of wanted to get it over with but at least I have another few days to study! Before the assembly we did some more research in the computer lab on our history project. Ours is looking good!

daily blog 11/15

WE took notes today on the war of 1812 and all that jazz. In my opinion it was the dumbest war in US history. Why would we start a war over problems we had already had a revolution about in a time where our economy is struggling and we were barely making it as a country? In the end all we had to show for it was another enemy and a document saying things were going to be exactly like how they had been. It's just ridiculous! Gotta go study for my quest now 

daily blog 11/10

In class we took notes at first but then Mr. Boyle brought us a to a Lewis and Clark expedition recreation website. We read stories about their travels as if we were there and had to help make decisions. It was a fun activity but it made me think of how hard it was for them to travel through the unknown like that! I wouldn't be able to do it