Hi everyone! Here is the link to Sharifa’s awesome blog: http://sharifayoutube.wordpress.com/
Sharifa’s blog started out as a place for her to express her opinions about YouTube videos that she found interesting, helpful, funny, or whatever! As the blog evolved, Sharifa also added posts with stories, ideas, thoughts… anything that she wanted to put out there!
I hope you all enjoy reading her entires, I think they will have you laughing! Can’t wait to see everybody at the party!
Sharifa:
Okay sadly spring break ended today so that means work. Thankfully I had a bunch of whole new experiences over break. For example I fell out of a tree. Not fun. I got addicted to DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION. I wrote a bunch of post for my blog about music I like, like Glitch MOb and the Wombats.
Sarah:
Sharifa added a ton of awesome stuff to her blog today! Lots of cool details about her spring break, music she likes, and more! I’m loving seeing her blog grow & grow, and hearing her animated voice tell stories through her blog posts!
Today we decided to take our project in a little bit of a different direction! A twist! We decided to create a blog that will be a place for us to collect YouTube videos as well as post our own. We decided to do this because it will let Sharifa voice her opinions and commentary on a lot of different topics and YouTube videos. We are going to draw on a lot of different kinds of YouTube videos- funny videos, Improv videos, videos about music, educational videos, and explain why Sharifa thinks they are funny, interesting, important to see, etc.
Today we made our first post about Improv Everywhere. We created a link to an Improv Everywhere video, and Sharifa wrote a paragraph explaining why this video is cool and important.
We’ve been busy making plans for our YouTube project! Today we created a YouTube account that will be a place for us to put our videos. Sharifa is on YouTube all the time, it’s something she really enjoys. This project will let us become creators of YouTube videos instead of just viewers. Sharifa is planning to make weekly videos about opinions, things that go on in her day that are “totally amazing,” random stuff, and anything else that is interesting or exciting. Sharifa says, “people don’t express themselves face to face anymore, YouTube is the new way.” We both think YouTube is a really cool place to express yourself- ” If YouTube was cut off for a week, people would go crazy!!” We also think that YouTube can be a really useful resource. For example, Sharifa learned how to play the chorus of Katy Perry’s “Firework” on the clarinet from a YouTube video, and she learned how to tie knots. Sharifa uses YouTube as an educational tool. She watches “Minute Physics,” and has learned about dark matter or how hydrogen has a sound! She also watches videos like “America’s History in a Nutshell,” that relate to things she’s learning in school. We also think YouTube can just be really fun and funny!
Here’s an example of a MinutePhysics video that explains how observation impacts an experiment:
Here’s a video that’s just kind of goofy! But it also expresses interesting ideas about new technology and how it can be kind of crazy!
And here’s a video of GlitchMob a band that Sharifa discovered on Pandora and then found on YouTube! YouTube is a great resource for music too!
I love manga or Japanese comic books. I really like greek mythology, and eygptian mythology. My best friend is Sam D. I am in eighth grade. I have a little sister as well as a brother. I love climbing trees even though I’m not very good at it. I’m on the varsity swim team and crew team. My favorite author is Darren Shan. I can’t stand the Twilight Saga. I want to be a psychologist. I really want a good pair of combat boots. I want to go the bottom of the ocean in a submarine and see the lake and shore of mulesk. I want to go to Prague. I play first clarinet. One day I will be able to eat three plates of nachos in one sitting. I’m kind of scared of the ocean. I like camping.
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