Week 4: Celebrating creatively

Halloween is a fun time of the year and a great opportunity to show your creativity while developing connections with others.

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Mr. Evil Cheese Scientist via Compfight

Feel free to adapt these activities to any other celebration, festival or event that is held in your country, state or town.  It doesn’t have to be Halloween.

Activity 1: Dress up your blog for Halloween

Events like Halloween and Christmas are ideal for dressing up your blog.

Here’s some ideas on how to dress up your blog:

  • Add a Halloween picture to your header or background.  You’ll find lots of great Halloween images that are free to use on Pixabay.  For help, refer to uploading a custom header and uploading a custom background.
  • Add an animated gif to your background.  You’ll find some free animated gifs on FG.A.com
  • Add some fun Halloween Widgets.  You’ll find a list of cool Halloween widgets on Homeschool Towers Spice up your blog for Halloween post and lots of other ideas on how to make over  your blog for Halloween!  The instructions on how to add a text widget show how to add a widget using embed code.
  • Change to a Halloween Style theme.  The theme Monster on Edublogs was originally designed for Halloween.

Once you’ve dressed up your blog write a post explaining where you found all the headers, images, widgets and tell your readers why you choose each one.

Activity 2:  Write some poetry or spooky story about Halloween.

Write a poem or a spooky story about Halloween and remember to include some images to show what you learnt from last week’s challenge on using images.

Activity 3:  Write a post about how you celebrate Halloween or the History of Halloween. 

Halloween is celebrated in lots of different ways around the World.  Read If Only Best Birds Sang ‘Halloween traditions with photographs‘ post to learn how they celebrate Halloween in Ireland.

Now write a post to tell us how you celebrate Halloween where you live or write a post on the History of Halloween.

Activity 4:  Show off your Halloween creativity using some different tools such as powtoon, thinglink, padlet, glogster, soundcloud, poll daddy and embed them into a post.

There are many cool interactive tools that you can embed into post that create opportunities to grab attention and engage readers in ways that aren’t achievable using text and images.  You’ll find examples of popular tools that you can embed here.

Now choose one (or more of these tools) to show off your Halloween creativity and write a post that includes your embed tool.  Classes – you could get students to work in groups using a different tool.

Still got more time?

  1. Visit other blogs either class or student – choose bloggers from other countries, maybe you will start getting some dots on your clustrmap or some flags on your widget.
  2. Check out the magazine on the sidebar – are you featured in there yet?
  3. Also check out the One World Our World magazine – this is where I am flipping the Raise Your Voice posts
  4. Leave a comment on a challenge blog post linking back to your post so Miss W can visit and leave you a comment.

Miss W visiting your blogs

Starting this week, I will only be visiting blogs where students or classes have left the post URL in a comment with an explanation of why you chose that activity.

If your teacher is moderating your posts, you will need to wait until it has been published before giving me your URL.

Check out the difference between a blog URL and a post URL.

Blog URL: https://studentchallenge.edublogs.org

Post URL : https://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/2015/10/10/raise-your-voice/

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

There will be a special admin post this week, so please make sure you read it. It will affect mentors, students and classes.

153 comments on “Week 4: Celebrating creatively”

  1. Chelsey M.

    The links you have posted to go look at are amazing they all are very creative. You should come try and check out our educational blogs @cougarnewsblog.com

  2. lucy@central

    Hi Miss W,
    I really enjoyed this challenge because you got to meet other people around the world and get to know them. You also get more Chromebook/desktop skills from doing the challenges.
    URL: http://lucycentral.edublogs.org/
    From Lucy.

  4. Isobel

    Yay!!!!!! Halloween has been and it was very fun carving pumpkins and going trick or treating.

  5. Domenick

    Hi Miss.W
    please come and check out my blog at kidblog.org/qd/y6leo

    1. Miss W.

      I tried to visit your blog Domenick but the URL you left in your comment didn’t go anywhere.

  7. 2021twk

    Hi Mrs.W, Its Tyler I have completed the “Lets Celebrate” post. Don’t forget to come visit my blog @ 2021twk.edublogs.org

    1. Miss W.

      Hi TYler,
      Remember you need to include the link to the actual post not just your blog URL.

  8. 2021smm

    Hello, Miss M. My name is Sydney. I decorated my blog for New Years. This was really cool changing our blog. Come check it out at http://2021smm.edublogs.org.

  9. aishoa

    Hello Mrs. W! I finished the Week 4 Blogging Challenge. Completing activity 2 and 3 and incorporating them into one was so much fun. Although it may have took 2 weeks, it’s totally worth it. All in all, check out my blog post to see for yourself!
    Soaring Through The Pen
    https://aishoa.edublogs.org

  10. 2021eeg

    Hello Miss W. My name is Emma. I decorated my blog for Christmas. I hope you like it and come visit @2021eeg.edublogs.org

  11. 2021scy

    Hello Mrs.W, my name is Sonya! I have decorated my blog for Christmas. I hope you like it an come visit @ http://2021scy.edublogs.org/

  12. 2021blb

    Hello, Miss W, my name is Brianna. I have almost completed this challenge. My holiday is Halloween! Please visit my site at 2021blb.edublogs.com when it’s complete. I will leave another comment.

  13. 2021vancel

    Hi Miss w. my name is LoganI did Halloween for the challenge and I finished it. you should visit my blog. http://2021vancel.edublogs.org

  14. 2021hrr

    Hi Miss W, my name is Hailey. I had a lot of fun doing the Student Blogging Challenge. Please visit my blog @2021hrr.edublogs.org

  15. 2021klm

    Hi Miss W, my name is Kelsie. I really enjoyed participating in your blogging challenge. I hope you can visit my blog @ 2021klm.edublogs.org

  16. 2021mhh

    Hi Miss.W. My name is Makayla. I really enjoyed doing the” Let’s Celebrate” blog. I hope you can come check it out @2021MHH.edublogs.org

  17. 2021atd

    Hello Miss W, my name is Ayden. I really liked the blogging challenge so far! It is very fun and I can learn a lot bout blogging an how to type right. I hope you can comment on my “Let’s Celebrate Halloween” blog. My blog URL is http://2021atd.edublogs.org/

  18. 2021noh

    Hello Miss. W, my name is Nathan. I had lots of fun participating in this blogging challenge. I am really happy with the way i decorated my blog. I hope you can comment on my “Lets All Celebrate Halloween” blog, my blog URL is http://2021noh.edublogs.org

  19. elspethm21

    Hi Miss W,
    I have completed Week 4 SBC. -Sorry it is also a bit late. My favourite part in doing this was every activity!
    Thanks,
    -Elspeth
    http://bloggingwithelspeth.edublogs.org/tag/not-halloween/
    I think this is how you do a post URL, but if it isn’t, can you please tell me how to do one? Thank you!

  21. 2021abl

    Hi Miss. W, I’m Alexander. I enjoyed participating in the blogging challenge, especially seeing who is participating internationally! My blog’s URL is 2021abl.edublogs.org

  24. 2021ahf

    Hi Mrs.W, I’m Abby. Thank you for creating the blogging challenge! It is so cool. I like being able to see other peoples blog from round the world! I find it very interesting! Please visit my blog @2021ahf.edublogs.org

  25. 2021cmw

    Hello my name Cole. I have completed this challenge Thank you I hope you check out my blog @2021cmw.edublogs.com

  26. Mrs. Caudill

    Hi Miss W!
    My students have completed the challenge for week 3. They have written a combination of short stories and some informational posts about Halloween. We also decorated our blog just a bit with some flying witches.

    http://mcdowellmedia.edublogs.org/

  30. 2021mep

    Hi Miss.W! My name is Meagan! I completed the Halloween decorating challenge! I love halloween, so I loved this challenge! I loved decorating my blog for Halloween! It was super fun! I hope you come check out my blog at 2021mep.edublogs.org.

  31. zaneas21

    Hi Miss W, this is Zane I really liked the challenges this week, my favorite one was the poem. I had lots of fun with it. Here is my URL to my blog.
    http://zaneas21.edublogs.org/

  32. maryw06

    Hi Miss W,
    I have decorated my blog and done a post for Halloween. Here’s the link.
    http://maryw06.edublogs.org/

    Thanks,
    Mary

  33. mrskoudelka

    Hi Miss W.
    Here is the link to our class site where you can access student pages. and see some great Halloween and Fall treats!
    http://mrskoudelka.edublogs.org/

  34. hmsangela

    Hello Miss W,

    I have completed the activities for this week. This week was quite festive, and it was a great idea to make the theme Halloween with it coming so soon! Here is the link to my first challenge: http://hmsangela.edublogs.org/2015/10/27/sbc-41-blog-costume-for-halloween/
    If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you should be able to find the rest of the posts.

    Happy blogging,
    Angela

  35. Ayla

    Hi Ms. W,
    It’s Ayla,
    I love your Halloween post and so I did one to. I have completed week four and three. I know I am late-Sorry.
    Visit my blog! 🙂 http://aylaz13.edublogs.org
    ~Ayla

  37. 2021ven

    Hello Mrs.W. My name is Victoria. For the upcoming night of Halloween, I have decorated my blog to match the holiday. I hope you come visit my blog at http://2021ven.edublogs.org/ and have a good Halloween!

  38. abbyas21

    Hello Miss. W,
    I have enjoyed this challenge on writing a poem about a Halloween or fall activity. A chose to write a poem about a Halloween night. I hope that you are able to see it. Here is my link http://abbyas21.edublogs.org/2015/10/30/fall-poem/

    Abby

  39. Jeremy

    Hi Mrs.W My name is Jeremy. I enjoyed reading your blog post. I enjoyed the setting up my blog for Halloween the most. I also liked number 2 about the poem come visit my blog. https://2021jg.edublogs.org/

  41. nerdynemme

    Hi Miss W,

    I did my post yesterday but forgot to tell you, so I am really sorry. Anyway here is the link to my “Halloween blog post” http://bloggingwithemme.edublogs.org/

  46. landonas21

    That was a really good post

  53. 20kownqs

    Hey Mrs.W. Are you excited for Halloween? I ready for all the candy. Here’s a link to my Halloween blog. hope you like it. http://goo.gl/oUadLN

  56. 2021scc

    Hi Miss.W! My name is Sammi,and I love Halloween! I just finished decorating my blog for this awesome holiday! A lot of people ask why I love Halloween so much because it is usually associated with death and all creepy things. The answer is I love it because for this one night,you can go out into the world and be anything you want. The candy and spookiness is great,but on October 31,if I want to be a minion or an 80’s pop artist,I can! Anyway,if you would like to check out my blog,here is the link @2021scc.edublogs.org

  60. 20johndc

    I was every excited to make a presentation on the history of Halloween. Here is my link to my presentation. https://prezi.com/o8vrgxdpqtz4

  61. 2021ckc

    Hi Miss Wyatt, I have dressed my blog to look really cool. I hope you have time to see it @2021ckc.edublogs.org. Maybe you could post a comment it. I hope that you have a good day.

  68. bwhittle

    Hello Miss W,
    I love that this blogging challenge is helping me write again. I love to write, but really don’t feel that I am good at it. Through this challenge, and modeling writing, I hope I am helping my students.

    I used this week’s challenge to write a Haiku poem. I hope you enjoy it!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHInjnhfz2E&feature=youtu.be

    Mrs. Whittle

  70. tristontriston

    Halloween rockshttp://tristontriston.edublogs.org/2015/10/29/halloween/

  76. masonas21

    Hi Miss. W I have enjoyed the sbc so far. Here is a link to my blog feel free to comment, and read my blog. http://masonsas21.edublogs.org/

    Sincerely- Mason

  79. 20mattke

    G,Day Miss W.
    I decided to make a presentation about Halloween celebrated in different countries. I chose how Halloween is celebrated in Ireland and how it all began. I will be glad to know if you enjoy my Prezi presentation. Thank you!

    http://20mattke.edublogs.org/2015/10/29/halloween-in-ireland/

  86. 20stewkr

    Hey, Miss W. This is 20stewkr. Halloween is right around the corner, and what I thought would be festive, would be to make a short video of my Halloween. So, here is the link below, hope you enjoy my video and post.
    http://20stewkr.edublogs.org/2015/10/29/my-halloween/

  97. 20heibjl

    http://20heibjl.edublogs.org/

    here is a link to my blog hope you like it Mrs.W.
    By the way I love the student blogging challenge.

  98. 20sipemr

    Hi Miss W,
    I hope you have had a happy Halloween it was so much fun researching the history of Halloween! here is my blog which has the Halloween presentation on it. Thank you!
    http://20sipemr.edublogs.org/

  100. 2021skc

    Hello, Miss W, my name is Sarah. I have completed this challenge. My holiday is Thanksgiving! Please visit my site at 2021skc.edublogs.com

  101. 2021abf

    Hello Mrs. W! I have finished changing my blog “looks” for Halloween! I have s story, poem, and how my family celebrates Halloween.

    If you would like to check it out visit my blog!
    2021abf.edublogs.org

  105. 2021hbs

    Miss w I have edited my blog to be a Halloween looking blog. You can look at it at this link. @2021hbs.edublogs.org

  116. briannal27kns

    Hi Ms W,
    I did Activity 1 this week. I chose Activity 1 because I looked through the widgets and I really liked this Halloween countdown widget, and I wanted to add something Halloween-themed to my blog, Here’s a link to my blog post about the Halloween countdown widget: http://briannal27kns.edublogs.org/2015/10/29/halloween-countdown-widget/
    -Brianna

  119. caitlynnw06

    Hi Miss W
    my name is Caitlyn and i have dressed up my blog i would love if you would look at it.
    from Caitlyn
    caitlynnw06.edublogs.org

  122. Kalea

    Hi Miss Wyatt,
    I have finished my Halloween post. In my post I gave a description of my costume, pumpkins and decorations.
    Thanks,
    Kalea
    http://kaleaz13.edublogs.org

    1. Miss W.

      Zak,
      I would love to have seen your comic strip but your link was asking me to log in. Can you get embed code for the comic and put it in your blog instead?

  125. anjalim21

    Hi Miss W,
    I wrote 2 posts for halloween. The first one was a scary poem and the second was my halloween traditions. My image on my poem didn’t require credit to the owner. I chose to do a poem because I enjoy writing and reading poetry and I added a scary image to go with the text. For the second post I chose my families traditions because I like to share how we enjoy halloween. We have different traditions and customs when it comes to halloween. I also dressed up my blog with some widgets and other cool things.

    Here is the link to the first one:
    http://bloggingwithanjali.edublogs.org/2015/10/28/sbc-wk-4-%f0%9f%98trick-or-treat%88%f0%9f%91/

    Here is the link to the second one:
    http://bloggingwithanjali.edublogs.org/2015/10/28/halloween-traditions/

    Regards
    -Anjali

    1. Georgie

      Oh and I will post the story soon.

  128. paaramiw06

    Hi Miss W,

    I have added some spice to my blog by changing the background and adding a gif.
    Hope you like it.
    My Blog URL: paaramiw06.edublogs.org

    Thank You ,
    Paarami

  130. Mary-Ellen

    Hi Miss W,
    Do we have to put posts up on Halloween?
    My family don’t believe in Halloween.
    Please reply soon!

    Mary-Ellen
    http://maryellenw06.edublogs.org

    1. Miss W.

      G’day Mary Ellen,
      No you don’t have to use Halloween. If you want to do Thanksgiving or Christmas or a celebration that happens in your town or country then that is OK as well.

  133. destinyl4068

    G’day Miss W

    Im actually writing a Halloween story. Once im done with it I hope you willl read it. Go to helpern’s helpers to read the class blog. And go to destinyl4068. Hope you leave comments on my blog!

    Destinyl4068 https://helpernshelpers.edublogs.org/wp-admin/profile.php

  135. 2290jayden2015

    I have dressed up my blog for summer and have I have written a post.

    1. Miss W.

      Jayden,
      I would love to visit your blog and see how you have decorated it, but you haven’t left the URL of your blog or the post you want me to comment on.

    1. 2021rlh

      Hi Miss W I have completed the Celebrating challenge and it was a lot of fun. I did Christmas and my title is Let’s Celebrate Jesus Christmas. Visit my website to see my blogs which is @2021rlh.edublogs.org.

  138. kevin1516

    Did you also know that it is not a christian holiday in the first place:D

  139. nichole160

    Hi Miss.W
    I finished this weeks student blogging challenge. Look at my blog to see my creativity on my page http://nichole160.edublogs.org/

  140. erms01corbin

    Those websites really are cool

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