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I am an 8th grader and I want to tell you all about me. I am still counting down the days until the day I turn 13 years old. I live in Maryland, and I have been living here for six years. I have a older brother, older sister, and a younger brother.

One of my favorite hobbies I love to do is to sing and play the piano, and I am usually always happy and smiling. I am a very creative person. My favorite show is Degrassi: The Next Generation. I go to the movies often. One of my favorite activity is just to watch the sunset. Every summer I head to to the beaches and I hang out at the beaches all day.

Many great friends hang out with me and and they have all have served a great purpose in my life and their personalities have helped shape who I am today. Everyone needs friends and family and I hope I will never be without them and I hope my life never changes. :)

We only have one life to live and we must enjoy it and the people around in it!

Steps to Create an All about Me Collage Picture in PowerPoint
*Start Microsoft PowerPoint *Choose a blank slide once the program is started. * Locate multiple pictures that are a description of your personality off the Internet. *Copy, paste, and align these pictures onto a slide in PowerPoint until you have created a square image on the PowerPoint slide. *Make sure you resize your images so that no white space is shown. *Browse to the location where you want your file to be stored. *Save this one slide as a jpeg file by clicking File Save as and then *Select the jpeg file format (type) before clicking on the save button *A prompt will appear, select save current slide. *The file got stored in the location you browsed to a few seconds ago. *Go to this storage area to locate and learn how to use this image in other programs. *Insert this image into a Word Document and then write your inspiration message about yourself with the collage design in mind *Prepare to add this image and the typewritten message to your All About Me Webpage in a later lesson.
Enrichment Activity	Use sound recorder to create an audio message of your written details about yourself! Import the recorded sound and image files into Movie Maker. Then, you will have created a mini-Podcast and a multimedia product. Have Fun!!!
Listen to Sample Collage Podcast from a Student If you finish completing your collage and essay response, create a podcast and record an audio version of your essay. You may use Audacity or Sound recorder to create your podcast. If you use Audacity, remember to add music in the background, and lower the volume of the music making it possible to hear your spoken voice clearly in this podcast.	Sample Collage Podcast As you prepare to listen to the collage message, be sure you can view the picture as you listen to podcast message. (Right-Click the file link below to listen to a sample podcast.) Untitled (18).wma