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Quad Blog Survey Results

Feb 13th, 2012
by John Miller.
11 comments

We have finally been able to put together the results of our survey. We had 47 total responses and here is what we found out . . .

We also discovered that the some famous people around where the quadbloggers live include: Dr. Brian Cox, Salvador Dali, Pau Gasol, Kimbra, Anna Paquin, David Beckham and Wayne Rooney, and John Steinbeck.

Soccer team: Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool, Bafana Bafana, Barcelona, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Arsenal

Movie: Transformers, Harry Potter(s), Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Rise of the Planet of the Apes

After school activity: Xbox360, running, gardening, sports

Quadblogging Post #3 – Where on Earth?

Jan 25th, 2012
by John Miller.
9 comments

Hi Quad buddies!

We have some questions for you about where you live and we hope that you can help us answer them using the comments.

We have been using Google Earth to check out your schools and your communities and have found some interesting things. The students ZER Vent Sere and in Room 12  have lots of swimming pools! The Fabulous 6D’s live in a really big city.

There are some questions we would like you to answer for us. Let’s begin with ZER Vent Sere . . . 

  1. What is the best thing to eat at the Panaderia Antoni Balague?
  2. What can you tell us about the Vila-Sana?
  3. What is growing here?

We also have questions for our new friends in Bolton!

  1. What can you tell us about St. Paul’s Church
  2. What do they sell at Paper Monkeys?
  3. Now a quiz, can you tell us the name of this location? Is that a soccer field?

Finally, for our friends to the south in Room 12 . . .

  1. What does Waikato mean?
  2. What is your favorite pie at the Pie Men’s shop? We think your pies are different than our pies
  3. Can you identify this location?

Quadblog post #2 – Questions for you!

Jan 23rd, 2012
by John Miller.
6 comments

For our second activity, several students created a survey that we would like you to take. We plan on sharing the results as soon as everyone has had a chance to answer the questions. You don’t need to answer all of the questions. Just the ones you want too :-)
 

 

Quadblog post #1 – Around our school

Jan 22nd, 2012
by John Miller.
2 comments

Hello quadblogging buddies! We have created several activities for you to check out this week and we have a slideshow to share today. It contains images and information about our town, our county, and our part of the state.

We are located in Monterey County, which is about 200 miles south of San Francisco. That might seem like a long way to you, but California is really big! Our community is located in an agricultural area of California and it is known for growing lots of vegetables. We grow so much that some of it gets shipped all the way to Japan.

Earthquake plates

We are near the coast on the map, but it takes about 90 minutes to get there because there is a mountain range between us. We are near a famous earthquake fault called the San Andreas Fault. We know that our new friends in Room 12 know about earthquakes too because we share the same plate on the earth. There has not been a large earthquake here recently, but we try to stay prepared because we know it will happen some day.

Enjoy the slideshow below made by Lupita, Mikayla, Stephanie, Ana Marie, and Cassidy!

Quad blogging begins January 16th

Jan 2nd, 2012
by John Miller.
3 comments

We will kick off the new year by “Quad Blogging” with three classes located around the world. In a quad blog, four classes collaborate to promote writing and interactions between students and teachers. The process runs for four weeks with each class gaining the spotlight for one week. When it is our turn, we post activities and information on this blog for the other three classes to interact with.

Quad blogging is great fun because we get to meet new people around the world. This year, we will be blogging with The Fabulous 6D’s in the UK, Room 12′s Awesome Learners in New Zealand, and ZER Vent Serè in Spain.