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see the assignments for 5 January 2014 and 19 January 2014 here

for the graffiti assignment try to find a picture of a blank wall or empty building in Bangkok
to add your graffiti to for more realism

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listen to and follow along with the screencast-o-matic video explanation

Blog assignments

at least one of your posts should include a video made from screencast-o-matic

Assignment I

restaurant menu ordering

ref:  book page 58, exercise 3


the post includes

1  written dialogue (approx.  11 lines)

2  audio recording of (1)

3  photo:  restaurant menu


find a restaurant menu of a Bangkok
restaurant and post it

write your dialogue like the one on page 58,
ex 3 but use the food items from the menu
that you found and posted

Assignment II

M4 fact file

Other:  you may go back to 7 June and 14 June assignments if you didn't
finish those

add a video

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/


the keys to using this program are before you start

1)  have a blank background   AND

2)  make sure all images are the same size (a good size is 266 x 320)

Monday blog class

Assignment 1

A.  research blogger gadgets/widgets with these links or others

http://webtrends.about.com/od/widgets/tp/10_fun_widgets_for_your_blog.htm

http://blogwidgetworld.blogspot.com/p/10-fun-widgets-for-your-blog.html

http://www.bloggergadgets.net/funancgames.html

http://www.blogsdaddy.com/2012/08/funny-cartoon-animated-widget-for.html

http://webtrends.about.com/od/widgets/tp/widget_gallery_list.htm

B.  figure out how to add a blogger gadget/widget to your blog

  1  add to layout

http://www.wikihow.com/Add-a-Widget-to-Blogger

  2  add to post

in this case the gadjet/widget developer will give you the code

and you just add it to the post in HTML mode

C.  Add a gadget to your post


Assignment II

 Signs and Labels

example:  This assignment is similar to p64,
exercise 3 .


1. find 3 signs or labels on the Internet  

2.  post the signs or labels and under them a complete sentence or 2 that explains
the sign or label.

3.  do an audio file of number 2.

Assignment III

Hero / Villain

example:  see page 4 and 5 , exercise 6 and portfolio

1  Post a video or picture of a super hero

2  Write about the hero

3  Post a video or picture of a super villain

4  Write about the villain

5  Make an audio file of  2 and 4

Gadjets

1  Add a gadget in the layout section.

2  It will appear in every post.

3  Find a gadget that you like and add it to your blog.

4  After I check it you can remove it if you want.

do one or more of the assignments

>>assignment 1

reference: page 12, ex 2


1  search on the Internet for endangered species in Thailand.


2  post a report about 2 endangered animals in Thailand

Include picture, type of animal, natural habitat, what's endangering it


2  include audio narration


>>assignment 2


reference: page 14, ex 1

1  find a picture that shows people doing something good for the environment

(see p14, ex4a for ideas about saving the environment)

2  post the picture and the answers to the questions that appear on p14, ex1

3  include audio narration


>>assignment 3


reference: page 18, ex 1


1  record and post the dialogue between Matt + John;  one student is Matt; the other John

2  post pictures to illustrate the topic


***if you don't know what to do see the example blogs from 12 May below