The next student and class blogging challenge starts on Sunday 1 October 2017. Why do we need mentors in the blogging challenge? When I first began the challenge back in 2008, there were only about 200 students taking part and I could visit each of them three times over the ten week period. But in…Continue…Continue Reading Will you be a mentor for the October challenge?
Year: 2017
Week 10: Farewell from the 18th challenge
This is our last post for the Student Blogging Challenge until we start again in October 2017. I hope you have enjoyed the activities and the chance to make connections with other students and classes around the world. I would like to thank the mentors for taking time to visit and comment on student blogs. I…Continue…Continue Reading Week 10: Farewell from the 18th challenge
Week 9: Have I improved?
Mike Trimble via Compfight So we are one week away from the end of the challenge. Do you think you have improved your blogging skills since you began earlier this year? Now is your chance to prove your skills Activity 1 Write the very best post you can for your teachers and visitors to read. Remember…Continue…Continue Reading Week 9: Have I improved?
Week 8: Games and more games
Hurca! via Compfight There are two activities this week and they are in the form of a game. They involve visiting other blogs, leaving quality comments and writing a post about the comments you left. Before playing the games, make sure your blog is ready for visitors. You have lots of interesting posts for visitors to…Continue…Continue Reading Week 8: Games and more games
Week 7: Footprints
This week we are talking about our digital footprint. Being connected with all this technology means everyone is leaving a digital footprint. Activity 1. Watch the following 2 videos then leave a comment on this post about something that you found very interesting in one of the videos. Write a post explaining the differences between the videos. Which…Continue…Continue Reading Week 7: Footprints