These Archive-it collections were created by students of James H. Moran Middle School in Wallingford, Connecticut. Moran Middle School serves grades 6-8 and is committed to guiding students from childhood through adolescence by encouraging independent thinking, self-worth and mutual respect necessary to become responsible, productive citizens in our ever-changing society. Moran Middle School students have archived 15,413,212 documents.

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Moran Middle School's Collections

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Social Networking

This is a collection of social networking sites that kids use, including student blogs. This collection contains 5,947,061 URLs.

• http://aliciaf09.edublogs.org
  

  This is a blog belonging to Alicia. On it, there is softball, about her life, what she likes (such as her favorite colors, animals, things she does, her family, friends, pets, about her school James H. Moran Middle School, activies, and things her awesome teacher, Mr. Paul Bogush, made her do in his socail studies class). There are things you could kearn about in the past.

• http://ashleyf09.edublogs.org/
  

  This is a social studies blog created by Ashley. This is one of the blogs from students at Moran middle school, in Wallingford, Connecticut. This blog has stuff that teenagers are interested and like. Projects and homework are also found on here, as it is part of the daily class. Cool widgets and post are what makes this a really cool blog!

• http://camerone09.edublogs.org
  

  This blog is a typical things that teenagersn talk about. It is for my social studies teacher, Paul Bogush's class. I write about certain topics like: actions and intentions, wishes, library of congress, and the lewis and clark expedition.

• http://christinee109.edublogs.org
  

  A student blog by Christine, who is an 8th grader at Moran Middle School in Wallingford, Connecticut. It is a Social Studies blog that uses 21st century technology. Also has posts on typical teenage life.

• http://cj109.edublogs.org
  

• http://collaborationnation.wikispaces.com/
  

  This is a wikispace page created by an 8 grade teacher and used by him and his students. It's a place for students to visit and see what homework and projects our teacher assigned. Sections such as "current unit" provide information on what we are currently reviewing.

• http://equineballet.deviantart.com/art/FLCL-31229998
  

  DeviantArt is a website for sharing and commenting on art that people create. This is just one person of the many that are on Deviant Art.

• http://facebook.com/
  

  Facebook is a social networking website that people use to keep in touch, such as family members and close friends. People use this website to post pictures and to tell others what they are currently doing.

• http://juilliard.edu/about/history.html
  

  This is a school in New York City. You go there if you are interested in performing arts: dance, singing, acting, and instrumental.

• http://kevin109.edublogs.org
  

  Kevin's school blog. This blog is a kid's who does write for school, and other funny posts. It was made for a social studies class in the 21st century. It is used with the wiki named collaberationnation.

• http://laurena09.edublogs.org
  

  This is the blog of a teenager named Lauren. It started as a class assignment for Social Studies. But she also writes about personal experiences, international news, and much more. It contains many thoughtful, and entertaining posts. This blog is part of a series of blogs that were created to promote 21st century technology being used in schools. It is an example of what many schools may decide to do in the future.

• http://mallorie109.edublogs.org/
  

  This is the blog of a teenager named Mallorie. She writes posts about her opinions on political and personal affairs, along with posts for school. Blogging is a great way to collaborate with people all around the world. This blog was created as a school project, but Mallorie writes about much more than just school. This is a great example of how schools are using technology in the classroom.

• http://marissaf09.edublogs.org
  

  Marissa went to Moran Middle School in Wallingford, CT. Her teacher Paul Bogush started the class on the blogs. This is a teenager's blog.

• http://megana09.edublogs.org/
  

  This is a blog by a teenager named Megan. It contains posts about what was going on in her life and things she had to do for school. Many students blogged and this is just one example of these creative websites. The blogs are a way for teenagers and others to express themselves on the internet. They can write about how they feel or interesting stories. They are used by many people of all ages, all around the world.

• http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy
  

  This website is home of the New York Yankees. I archived this website because it is an example of sports in america. The Yankees are located in Bronx, NY. The present captian of the Yankees is Derek Jeter.

• http://pbogush.edublogs.org/
  

  This is the class blog from Moran Middle School made by the teacher. (Paul Bogush) Here you will find the the homework for the eighth grade students. This was a typical schedule that Paul Bogush followed to teach his class.

• http://prezi.com/
  

  Prezi is an innovative way to present something. It allows you to zoom in and out to show information, pictures, video, and sounds.

• http://roberte09.edublogs.org
  

  This is Rob's blog. This is for my Middle School Social Studies Class. My teacher is Paul Bogush. My school is Moran Middle School in Wallingford, Coneecticut. THis is a blog from Edublogs.

• http://samw09.edublogs.org/
  

  This is Sam's blog... He is a student from Moran Middle School in Wallingford Connecticut. He is in Mr. Bogush's class working on the Web Archive project.

• http://tima09.edublogs.org
  

• http://ustream.tv/
  

  Ustream is a great website to watch people all around the world live. You can chat with the author and with other viewers.

• http://www.airforce.com/
  

  This web site is the official website of the US Air force. It was choosen because it is probably the least publicitized branch of the military. It deserves a pat on the back and should be noticed and remembered!

• http://www.digg.com/
  

• http://www.joef09.edublogs.org
  

  This is a blog made by an 8th grade student named Joe. If you enjoy baseball then you can check out the baseball page on this blog.

• http://www.juilliard.edu/about/history.html
  

  This is a school in New York City. You go there if you are interested in performing arts: dance, singing, acting, and instrumental.

• http://www.meebo.com/
  

  It is an instant messaging website for AIM, meebo, yahoo messaging, and more to communicate to your friends.

• http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=20290909&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=592754&rfi=8
  

  This is an aricle about Moran Middle School(Wallingford,CT) web archive project. This newspaper is written out of Meriden, CT. This article was written by Samaia Hernandez. Th Newspaper is called the Rcord-Journal.

• http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/promotions/moments/consoles.htm?WT.srch=1
  

  Online gaming in witch you can interact with people from around the world.Many of my friends play as well with thousands of other kids my age .

• http://www.yahoo.com/
  

  A online webiste in witch you can send a message from one point in the world to the other. Important to many people in my family they use it to talk with each other during the day wehn not iwth each other.

Fashion and Trends

A collection of sites where you can buy clothes or other items online. This collection contains 5,846,252 URLs.

• http://converse.com/
  

  Converse is a shoe company that was created in the early 1900's

• http://dooney.com/
  

  Here you can see and order any of the Dooney and Bourke products. They sell purses, wristlets, and many other traveling bags.

• http://eastbay.com/
  

  This is an online store where you can buy many different articles of clothing.

• http://edhardyshop.com
  

  These clothing line has everything from t-shirts to shoes! The clothing has a tattoo-like pattern on them.

• http://lids.com/
  

  This is a online store where you can buy many different kinds of hats.

• http://nike.com/
  

  These are a sneaker shoe. You can view and buy their sneakers.

• http://reebok.com/
  

  A popular shoe and clothing store

• http://www.aeropostale.com/home/index.jsp
  

  Aeropostale is a preppy brand of clothing and is very stylish. On this website it is easy to find what you were looking for and buy clothes and accessories.

• http://www.eastbay.com/
  

  Eastbay is a website where you can by clothes, shoes, and accessories.There are many different brands including Nike, Under Armour, Ed Hardy, Easton, Reebok, DeMarini, Mizuno, Rawlings, and more.

• http://www.gap.com/browse/category.do?cid=6300
  

  A popular clothing store for kids and adults

• http://www.jeep.com/en/2009/wrangler_unlimited/
  

  this is a nice jeep that is the off spring of the grand cherokee and the cj-7 it is a four door off road rubicon. the 7 slot grill shows that this jeep was driven on all 7 contents.

• http://www.lids.com/
  

  Lids is a website where you can buy pretty much any hat imaginable. Many kids my age buy hats from this website. Lids is also a store.

• http://www.shaws.com/
  

  Here you can get groceries and look at what is on sale.

• http://www.stopandshop.com/
  

  At this store you can buy your groceries and many other type of things. Foods, movies, and games.

• http://www.zumiez.com/zshop/ProductDetail.aspx?
  

  Typical fashion for people who skate. Clothes have designs and pictures on them.

Entertainment

This collection includes websites that students visit for entertainment purposes. This collection contains 3,619,899 URLs.

• http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=about
  

  Here you can see the people that are going to be participating in Dancing With The Stars a television show. They have to pairs, and describe them individually.

• http://bored.com/
  

  This website is a great way to kill some spare time. If you are bored or feeling stressed you are bound to find some way to cure it on here.

• http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/
  

  This is the official website of the Boston Red Sox. They are located in Boston, Massachusetts. The present captian of the Red Sox is Jason Varitek.

• http://cinemassacre.com/
  

• http://connecticutgasprices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx
  

• http://failblog.org/
  

  A website that has lots of pictures of things that fail. These pictures make people laugh.

• http://fantasticcontraption.com/
  

  A game that involves physics to move wheal to its destination.

• http://gamesrader.com/
  

  A videoo game website.Many if my friends and other gamers use this website to find tips and cheats for there games

• http://hulu.com/
  

  Hulu is a great site if you want to get educated by other people's videos. Here you can learn about almost any topic. This website is full of useful videos, and you can whatch full episodes of your favorite TV shows.

• http://imdb.com/
  

  This wesbsite will provide you with information about virtually any movie. Are you going to the movie theatre and don't know what movie to see? Just visit IMDB. It has great summaries that will direct you to the movie you should see. It also has the show times and other information you might need.

• http://linerider.com/
  

  A game that uses velocity to move a person on a sled on a line.

• http://lukewhittaker.co.uk/
  

• http://lukewhittaker.co.uk/soundfactory/index.php
  

• http://radiotower.com/
  

• http://runescape.com/
  

  An online RPG that people all over the world play.

• http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/suitelife/games/pizzapartypickup/index.html
  

• http://uconnhuskies.com/
  

  This website is the official website of the UConn Huskies. They are located in Storrs, Connecticut. They also play at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. They have won many national championships. Their coach is Jim Calhoun.

• http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
  

  An encyclopedia that anyone can edit to add their knowledge

• http://vgcats.com/
  

  A website that uses drawings and comics to make points about things that are wrong in the world. It could be about games or jobs or weather or anything.

• http://wikispaces.com/
  

  It's a great way to share your ideas and connect with people.

• http://www.addictinggames.com/
  

  This website is for fun and games that you will get hooked on. If you are bored and have nothing to do then go to www.addictinggames.com and you'll find something you like.

• http://www.apple.com/
  

  Apple is a company that brings everyone together with their technology, it lets you express yourself.

• http://www.comedycentral.com/
  

  I picked this site because Comedy Central is a funny way to get people laughing.

• http://www.newgrounds.com/
  

  This is a great site - it lets people share flash videos that they have made and allows people to comment and review them.

• http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com
  

• http://www.target.com/Nintendo-Wii-Video-Games-Electronics/b/
  ref=sc_fe_l_1/175-7778480-6932461?ie=UTF8&node=242444011
  

  The first type of game that uses your body to play the game.

• http://www.uncyclopedia.wikia.com/
  

• http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/
  

  Watch your favorite TV shows that appear on USA Television Network.

• http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/
  

  This is a very funny show on USA Network. It was chosen because of amazingness and it is pretty popular.

• http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8129550
  

  This is a game for the Nintendo Wii that comes with a controller. Further down on the page are other games and products for the Nintendo Wii. The Wii is a an example of entertainment that many people enjoy. Many games can be played using the controllers.

• http://www.youtube.com/
  

  It's a place for people to make accounts and than posts videos of whatever they want! People can comment on your videos and become your friends.