WELCOME!!

Welcome to Honors Biology! We have a great year ahead of us with lots of material to cover. My hope is to make this experience as interactive as possible. To do this we will rely on a few new tools. This blog will serve as a forum for classroom discussion as well as assignment posts and announcements. You will be responsible for checking this blog each night as you do the NCCS website for homework. Sometimes I will ask you to post your thoughts directly to this blog. Others times we will use it to collect class data. You are encouraged to use the comment section of this blog as often as you'd like. Just remember to keep your responses respectful and appropriate.

In the next week you will also be creating your own blog. This will be your space to work on throughout the year. I will assign homework that you will need to post directly your page. You are welcome to be as creative as you'd like when doing this. Incorporating other tools and media displays is encouraged (don't be nervous....we will go over that together)

What's the big deal about blogs?!? Ever wonder how they work? Well before you read any further, take a moment to watch this video "In Plain English" video made by Common Craft

You will also be required at times to read and comment on other peoples posts. Links to all of your blogs will be posted on the right side of this class blog so all sites will be easily accessible. I will also help you set up the google reader tool available through your frogtown.com email accounts. This is another great way to track your fellow classmates blogs.

Here is another "In Plain English" video (can you tell that I like them!?!) to give you a better idea on how this tool works:

Don't let all of this blogging talk overwhelm you. We will start slowly to make sure everyone gets the hang of it. I cannot wait to see what you guys are capable of creating; I have high hopes!