Ending a Fairytale, Starting a New One

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     Once upon a time, there were 5 very incredibly normal kids. There was Dante, the 'poet'; Kelly, the 'cheerleader'; Mikayla, the 'musician', Nero, the 'artist', and The Dragon Writer, the...well, the 'dragon'. These children happened to study in the same science dungeon class. What they thought would be another normal science class turned out to be not so normal at all.

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     Their teacher, the Urban Guru, assigned them a blogging project - they were to create a web log, documenting their last few months here, at the 'castle' known as The Learning Tree. Being kids of the 21st century, they had to use 21st century fluencies - the creativity fluency and media fluency, to name just a few. Cooperation and creativity were key to making this project a success. And so, these five children started out with their web log.

    Of course, they had to prepare to make this blog a success. For a few days, they discussed what to name the blog, who would write and revise posts, and matters related to making this blog. By the end of the week, they came up with the name "Burning Wood", to symbolize their theme for Science Week. Strangely enough, there weren't any problems whilst making this blog - the bond between the children was strong and they were able to work effectively as a team.

     Would they do this project again, given the chance? YES! The group found this an interesting way to learn about science, and it did help them acquire new writing skills. This project also helped them develop better team collaboration skills.

     However, no matter how much fun they had making the different posts, the group wished that maybe some parts of the project would be changed - one being the 'like' and voting system on Facebook and on the site itself. Instead of getting votes, the group members think that it would also be good to get comments on their posts. This would ensure that the people would actually go to the site and read what they posted. The group, along with the others who also started a blog, put a lot of effort into what was written in each post - and it would make them very happy to know that people are reading their work.  Nevertheless, the group was relieved that the voting only constituted a part of the grade, and would not determine the total score.

     Each person learned many things from this experience, but they all agreed that the most important thing they learned was to always, always work hard! If they were finished with one post, they would check and revise it if needed before posting it. Another important lesson they learned was to cooperate with each other, because teamwork in projects like these counts and is a very big factor that contributes to the project's success.

     And now, this wonderful fairytale is about to end... *sigh* it was fun while it lasted, and we will never forget this experience. Though it will be sad to go, with every door closing, another opens. And with every goodbye, there is a hello in store!

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     This is Dante, Kelly, Mikayla, Nero and The Dragon Writer, signing off.

The End...for now.