To officially "turn in" your website, click the "Student Websites" button in the right hand column of this blog.  Then enter your website address and website title.

Remember, your websites are due this Monday, May 21st.

This blog post explains all the tactics Apple uses in its email to get you to buy their products.  They are trying to get their customers to take action, just like you are trying to get your readers to take action.

What can you learn from Apple?  How can you apply these lessons to your own website? 

1.  Fully explain two causes of the Civil War.  
2.  In the Gettysburg Address, why did Abraham Lincoln say our country started in 1776 and not 1789?  ­­­­­­­­­­­

This next week will be devoted to designing your websites.  In the video below, I give tips on 
- creating drop down menus
- using multiple columns
- uploading pictures
- using html to upload Youtube videos, and
- creating better looking links

Most of you won't have a need for this, but some people may wnat to create an infographic for your persuasive website.  If this is you, check out  easel.ly.  

Parents, we will be having a Civil War field trip Thursday, May 17th.  I've meant to send permission slips home every day this week and keep forgetting.  I'll get them home today, and I was hoping that you could get them back to me tomorrow or Monday.  I'd like to get all the details nailed down as early as possible because I'll be gone at a conference the two days before the field trip.  Thanks! and sorry for getting them out later than I intended.

As you begin to think about how to design your website, take a second to look at these example websites.  What do they do well?  Do you notice any patterns in good web-design?

1. http://teuxdeux.com/
   
2. http://barkleyvillage.com/
   
3. http://www.cleanwateraction.org/
   
4. http://www.dell.com/
   
5. http://www.apple.com/
   
6. http://www.bellinghamchristianschool.com/
   
7. http://undergrad.biola.edu/
   
8. http://www.mariecatribs.com/
   
9. http://www.bbcookies.com/shop/home.php 
   

May 14th – 18th, 2012

Monday- Hero/ Sports Day
Dress up as your favorite hero, sport, or team.

Tuesday- Multiples Day
Dress like twins, triplets or decide as a class something everyone can wear that’s the same.

Wednesday- Wacky Hair Day

Thursday- Century Day

Dress in any era you’d like 1800’s, 1930’s, 1950’s

Friday- Blue/Silver BCS Spirit Wear

**Use your imagination and be creative but do keep in mind the BCS dress codes still need to be followed.**

A handful of students are missing one or two assignments, so be sure to check in!

Here are some notes from class today to help organize the drafting of your paragraphs.

PATH

Purpose
Audience
Topic
Hook

QUESTIONS TO ASK

1. How will you organize your info?
   
2. Does your info need to be linear?
   
3. What do you want people to first experience when they come to your website?