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Welcome to my wikispace. At this wiki I will post important information about our class including announcements, homework, and important links. From this wikispace you can also link over to our collaborative wikispace at 8thgradeiclassroom.wikispaces.com. That is the wikispace where we will collaboratively work on things.

The 8thgradeiclassroom is a private space which means that you must be invited to be able to access and participate in it. I must invite you to join the space. It is only for the 8th grade class. With this wonderful Web 2.0 technology comes heightened responsibility on your part. Please read the wiki etiquette page here on my wikispace (it is also included as a page at our 8thgradeiclassroom wikispace). Why in two places? Because it is important! It is VITAL that you maintain responsible digital academic behavior when contributing to any wikispace or blog. We will be able to do great things with this collaborative technology, but there will be serious consequences for those that are not able to meet the St. Mel Digital Responsibility Expectations. Please, let's embrace this new venture in Web 2.0 technology, we have the opportunity to blaze a progressive path for the future grades.

Using this type of collaborative technology is what Web 2.0 technology is all about. It is the present and the future, it is YOUR future. How lucky you are! Technology will play an active role in every aspect of your life. What great information you can get from it, what wonderful things you can do with it! But it is up to you to use it responsibly, with dignity and respectable moral character. Use this 8th grade year to learn about this wonderful technology, we will experiment with it together. We will take the road not taken.

===I am looking forward to a FANTASTIC year! A year of active learning, of compassion and friendship, of heightened social awareness, of the development of thoughtful and creative writers, and the beginning of lifelong readers. ===

=GO ST. MEL!=

=GO CLASS OF 2009! - Your 8th grade year is here and it's going to be great!=