This is the official webpage for me! It's the one you reach from the district and school websites.

This is a district-approved website for students to read e-mail, chat, and use the message boards. This is teacher monitored; transcripts are available for chat boards.

 

I use this site a lot to post notices about the classes.

Here you will find booklists and recommended reading specifically for students at Blalack.

This is a site for students to practice their essay skills.

 

At this time, this site is only available for use by 7th graders.

 

Username: firstname + ID number

This is a fundraising site to donate food to animals and pets in shelters.

At this site, students learn how to keyboard.

12/10/2008 5:51:20 PM - 001051543326

What a cool tool for your students!  I love that you can order pics from events in your class and see what is going on in class.  Tanks for sharing:)

Jacob H.
6th grade 6th-7th period

Samantha A.
8th grade 4th-5th period

Tatyana R.
6th grade 6th-7th period

Nichi R.
7th grade 6th-7th period

Juan A.
6th grade

Estella K.
4th-5th Period Class Completed Blue Zone of Reading Counts! 25 points

Devonte J.
4th-5th Period Class Completed Blue Zone of Reading Counts! 25 points

Amber L.
4th-5th Period Class Completed Blue Zone of Reading Counts! 25 points

Precious H.
8th grade

John D.
8th grade

Marcus B.
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Estella K.
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Roger R.
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Don B.
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Ernesto R.
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D'Kuan P.
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Samantha A.
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Chad R.
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Rey T.
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Steven M.
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Brandyn L.
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Robbin M.
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Amber L.
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Nick V.
6th grader in 6th-7th period class

Juan A.
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Itzel C.
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Nicki R.
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Angel C.
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Tatyana R.
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Jacob H.
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Giselle G.
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A View

Various angles

Overview

I shot the swans from various angles.

Overhead View

I really tried to avoid photographing students' names but some still slipped by.

Another Angle

I rather like how this one turned out.

White Swans


Green Swans
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Black Swan
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Yellow Swans

For whatever reason, these swans photographed more green than yellow.

Orange Swans

Chris made an orange swan of his own design.

Blue Swans

I made the dark blue swan in the back.

Gold Swan
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Purple Swan
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Brown Swans
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Red Swans

Another name slipped by!

Orange Swans

Here you see the fluting of Chris' swan's tail.

Blue Swans

My swan is the teal one to the left.

Blue Swans

Now my swan is the teal one in the foreground.

Pink Swan
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Silver Swans

Another name got passed me.

Black Swan

Black is a difficult color to photograph.

The Writing Process Song

The Writing Process Song describes the steps of the writing process. The tune is "The Hokey Pokey." For a copy of the lyrics, ask Ms. Gonzalez!

I never said I wasn't difficult,

I mostly want my way.

Sometimes I talk back or pout and don't have much to say.

I've been know to yell, "so what," when I'm stepping out of bounds.

I want you there for me and yet,

I don't want you around.

I wish I had more privacy and never had to be alone.

I want to run away,

I'm scared to leave my home.

I'm too tired to be responsible.

I wish that I were boss.

I want to blaze new trails.

I'm terrified that I'll get lost.

I wish an answer came every time I asked you, "why."

I wish you weren't a know-it-all.

Why do you question when I'm bored?

I won't be cross examined.

I hate to be ignored.

I know I shuffle messages like cards, some to show and some to hide,

But,

if you think I'm hard to live with you should try me on inside.

My preAP class is using technology as we study Anne Frank. Some of them are twittering at twitter.com their responses to the novel. Some are watching United Streaming videos to extend their understanding of the Holocaust and the need for tolerance today. All of them will be participating in videoconferencing with other schools and classes on those topics.

 

It's exciting and wearing. It's a lot to keep up with.

I've just joined the Twitter revolution. My ID is LAGEEK.

 

I have no idea of how to use it but I'm sure there must be a way to use it at school.

 

On CAPSpace (a teacher website for distance-learning collaboration), I was asked for my Twitter ID so I created one.

 

I feel like I've joined the 21st century!