Thursday Wrap Up!

Hey Bloggers,

The time to wrap up our blogging has come. I feel privileged to have worked with you and have enjoyed reading your posts!

You have some fans who are posting comments on some of your posts! Check these out. You can reply back to them if you wish. You may also leave RESPECTFUL, ENCOURAGING comments on other posts. Be sure to include your name in the comment so they know who it is from.

Post ideas:
Finish up posts from Tues. Edit them, making sure your name is in the title.

Activities: Wed--Exercise, Aquarium, Labs, Beach. Th.-- Exercise, Precollege programs, OSU/Community Leader Panel, OSU Admissions Presentation, College Visitation, Blogging, Talent Show (Describe these experiences and tell what you learned from them.)

Team challenge: Plan the last post with your group. Here are some ideas to include in it: An overview of what your blog is about, an overview of what you did and learned in the OMLI, thanks to mentors, etc.

Happy blogging!

Tuesday Shout Outs

Hey Bloggers,
I see some great things happening both in terms of team work and writing. Here are a few of the many things I've seen so far.

WRITING

• Improvement in posts AFTER editing with parnters yesterday!
• Some use of details and adjectives bringing the writing alive
• Reflective thinking. Including ideas from your classes.

TEAM WORK

• Talking to each other to get ideas to get started, develop ideas, and edit.
• Using each other as a network of resources
• Focusing on each other's strengths

SHOUT OUTS (These are only a few.)

• Cheridy's pick of the day:  Eddaliz in group 3
• Challenge: Laura group 1
• Humburto group2
• Noemi group 3
• Scared, but Happy Stephania group 4
• Freddy group 5
• Group 6 good teamwork with labels!
• Amparo group 6
• Everyone who is doing there best! This includes your best in expanding your writing/editing abilities, typing, becoming more comfortable on a computer, and being mindful of your audience in your posts.
• Other shout outs discussion...

Happy blogging!

Tuesday Post Possibilities

Here are some ideas for blog posts:

• Finish any unpublished ones from Mon.
• Use your journal from class. Choose an entry or two and put it on the blog. (Make sure it is something you are comfortable sharing with your audience.)
• Write about a topic from class: developing relationships, understanding potential, communication, leadership, choices, goal setting, problem solving, team work, and leadership.
• Activities: Campus Tour, Kickball, Getting up at 5:30 to run, Challenge Course, Bowling, Bridge of Knowledge, and Dodgeball, blogging.
• Applying what you are learning: What are some ways that you can take what you have been learning back to your school and apply them?

Don't forget to edit it with a partner. (Read it out loud.)

• Does it have your name in the title and does it describe the post's content?
• Do all of your sentences begin with a capital letter and end with punctuation?
• Is your "I" capitalized? It doesn't want to be a small i. Don't hurt it's feelings.
• Is everything spelled correctly? (You can use the spell checker.)
• Can you or your partner think of any details or descriptive adjectives/adverbs that can make it more interesting?

Happy blogging!

Tuesday Posts and the Writing Process

You're going pro with your blogging skills! Today's your day to choose your own topics. (See the post above this for some possibiliites.) After you finish a post, edit with a partner in your group and discuss what you will post about next.
This walks us thru a "quick" version of the writing proces:

• choosing topic
• writing
• editing
• publishing!

At each point in the process, it's a good idea to talk about and share our writing with others!
Happy blogging!

Monday Posts

You do not have to answer these in order. They are ideas to get you started. Talk to a partner first. Remember to describe and develop your answers.

Post #1 Challenge Course: Describe your experience at the challenge course. What were your goals? Did you accomplish them? How did you feel before, during, and after the experience? What did you learn?

Possible starters: 

• When I first got at the challenge course, I felt... because
• During the challenge course, I felt .... because
• After the challenge course, I felt.... because
• I learned..... about myself from this experience.

Post #2: What did you learn about yourself today? What did you learn about your potential? Explain. How will you use this knowledge to make yourself a stronger leader?

Post #3: What was the most fun thing you did and why? How did you feel about yourself?

Monday: Edit Sunday's Posts and Plan with Group

OMLI rocks. Say it with me... You did an awesome job on your first posts. Every writer knows that writing requires some rewriting. It's fun stuff!
Before you blog about your activities on Monday, do the following: (5 min)

• Look at your post and edit it with a parnter. (Read it out loud.)
• Does it have your name in the title and does it describe the post's content?
• Do all of your sentences begin with a capital letter and end with punctuation?
• Is your "I" capitalized? It doesn't want to be a small i. Don't hurt it's feelings.
• Is everything spelled correctly? (You can use the spell checker.)
• Can you suggest a way for your partner to develop his/her ideas or to add details?

• Talk to your group about your plan.
• Are you all working on using similar labels?
• Are you using the same font? or colors? etc.

Happy blogging!

Sunday Post

Include your name in the title of each post!

(You may choose to work with a partner. You may write in English or Spanish.)

Post #1: Introduce yourself. Tell your audience why you are here, what you hope to learn while you are here. (optional) Give a motto that reflects who you are. (Don't mention where you are from or your age.)

Possible starters: I am here because.. I want to learn.... while I am here. A motto that reflects who I am is... because...

*If there is more than one person in the picture you use in your post, describe where you are. For example, I am the person on the left.
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Post #2: Describe the activities you have done so far at the leadership Institute: getting to know each other activities, campus tour, class time topic: developing relationships, mentor fair, kickball. What have you learned so far?

Possible starters: Today I.... It was (adjective) because... I learned....
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Post #3: Your choice based on one of your pictures.

Other possibilities: What does leadership mean to you?

Don't forget to publish by clicking on "Publish Post."  If you run out of time, click on "Save Now" and you can return to it tomorrow. 

Happy blogging!