Directons for Monday and Tuesday 4/27 & 28

Excel- you will be working on three diffrent sheets grab the packet and watch the video below to get started Click Here to view a larger video

Comparison Paper Formating

Compare FotoFlexor and Faluntr click HERE to see the format details

Technology Student Literacy Assessment

Click Here to take the TAGLIT

FlauntR Photo Editing

You Should have the FotoFlexor Post done before this one. See the post below this one for fotoflexor directions.

Another free photo editing web site is FlauntR for this post you will be exploring this site. Your post will include.

1. 3 different photos you edited using FlauntR. Provide a brief description telling us the types of edits you used.
2. 2 paragraphs telling me which service you would use and why? These paragraphs need to include 2 similarities and 2 differences between the two web sites.
   

FotoFlexer Photo Editing (Monday's Directions)

You should finish your Tour Operator Project before you start this post. You need to have your photostory on your blog and a link to your itinerary. Ask Wyatt or Dylan for help if you need it.

Many of the web applications we have used so far are part of the web 2.0 movement. For this post you will be exploring FotoFlexer, this is a free photo editing site.

Your post will include

1. What is web 2.0 provide a definition and link to where you found your info.

2. 3 photos edited using FotoFlexer. Be sure to use different edits for each. (I have put some in the shared file you can use or you can get some off the web just make sure they are large images)

3. Your opinion of FotoFlexer what features did you like or not like? would you use it to edit your own photos? Have you ever edited photos before? what did you use

We will finish this post up on Tuesday.

Directions for Wed-Fri

Assignment #1 Advertising Poster

1.  Open a blank document in Publisher.
2.  You have been asked to create a poster to try and get people to come to the    destination of your choice. 

Chose one of the following destinations 

(Each destination is linked to the official site you will need visit the site to get the information required.)

• Universal Studios Orlando
• Georgia Aquarium
• Six Flags New England
• San Diego Zoo
• Silverwood Theme Park

3. After you you have chosen an attraction you can start your poster. You will need the following information about attraction on your poster. They can be found on the web sites linked above.

• The full address of the attraction
• Ticket Price
• One of the main attractions (info about it on your poster)
• Remember the point of the poster is to get people to come to your attraction.

4. Please include the following publisher elements in your poster. You must start with a blank sheet do not use any of the pre designs.

• WordArt
• Formatted text boxes (fill and borders)
• Auto Shapes
• Design Gallery Object

Assignment #2- Trivia Newsletter

1. Choose a template from the shared folder.

2  Delete the last page you only need to do 3pages

3. Use the sites I have linked to help you choose a topic make sure you can fill 3 pages with your choosen topic.

4. Your finished newsletter will be graded on the following criteria. Some of these we will add when I return. 

•        Word Art 5pts                                                                 
  
•        Formatted Pictures 5pts                                                 
  
•         Drop Caps 5pts                                                         
  
•        Design Gallery Objects 5pts                                             
  
•        Auto Shape 5pts                                                              
•         Formatted Text Boxes (border, fill etc.)5pts                    
  
•        Work Cited must be hyperlinked 5pts                              
  
•    Overall Layout impression 10pts
  

See you on Tuesday!

Group Presentation Project

Project Requirements 

1. At least 5 slides
   
2. 1 embed video
   
3. 2 links to web sites with information about your topic
   
4. At least one picture per slide
   
5. Content Development- part of your grade will be the quality of your content. 
   
6. Your finished presentation must be embed ed on your blog by the end of the period Thursday. 

Semester Final Post

Visit the Channel One news site and do the following task. Be sure to organize your post and include pictures and links.

Your Post
1. Who won the Michigan presidential primary? Provide a picture of the winners and link to where you found it on channel one.

2. In the games and contests section find a game you like and link it in your post. provide a brief description of the game and why you liked it. don't waste to much time here. get your post done and then you can go back.

3. Chimps and gorillas are an endangered species. Check out this link to a sanctuary that is trying to save these cool animals and answer the following questions. Include the questions in you post as well as pictures.

1. What is the name of the sanctuary?

2. Where is it located?

3. How many acres is the sanctuary?

4. approximately how many chimpanzees are killed by poachers?

5. When was the sanctuary founded?

6. Provide one goal of the sanctuary?

All of the answers are on the linked page.

Post it and check your links and take out unnecessary spacing

Good Day

Who Would You Vote For?

Yesterday we talked about the Iowa Caucus and some of you commented on either disliking or liking certain candidates.

What Makes you Like or dislike a candidate? Their looks, how they talk, what your parents say?

What Should determine the candidate you like?

THE ISSUES!

Your Post

1.Choose the candidate that you currently think you like. Start your post with a picture of that candidate their name and why you like that candidate.

2. Now take a look at the Rock the Vote Website to read about why you should vote. Here they discuss the topics and how they affect young people. Pick 3 topics that your are passionate about and interest you. Write what your stance is.

3. For the 3 topics that you chose find how your candidate stands on those same issues and provide a brief summary. to get your candidates stance on the issue look at vote-smart.org

4. Has looking at the issues changed your candidate? If so why? Who will you look at now?

Channel One Thread 01/03/2008

Leave thoughtful comments

Channel One Thread

View comments section to see our discussion for Channel One News for 12/17/07

Voki- Avatar

Get a Voki now!



You will need to go to Voki and create an account. Remember to keep your avatar school appropriate. Give you avatar a name, we will be using these alter egos for various posts. Post your Voki to you blog with a simple introduction message such as mine.

Tour Operator

Tour Operator Project

Overview
You are the owner operator of a tour business specializing in tours of foreign countries. Your company caters to young travelers that want to see historical sites and have a bit of adventure.

You have been asked to create a four day itinerary for your country of choice.

Project Elements (What you post)
Travel Itinerary (4 days) See Rubric for itinerary requirements.
Promotional voice thread for your itinerary.

Directions
Make use of your available resources to create a four day itinerary for your chosen destination. Be sure to cater to your customers and include pictures in your itinerary.
Create promotional voicethread for your destination

Here are some good sites that will help.
Lonely Planet
Yahoo Travel
Moon Books
STA Travel
Expedia- great site for Hotel Prices

Here is the Rubric for your itinerary

Itinerary
· Properly caters to customer base ­­­­­­­ ___ 5 pts
· Includes lodging with pricing ___ 5 pts
· Includes 2 restaurant reservations with descriptions ___ 10 pts
· Includes 2 outings such as snorkeling or sailing. ___ 5 pts
· Includes 3 museum or historical site visits. ___ 5 pts
· One description of a museum or historical site visit ___ 5 pts
· Accounts for all time logically ___ 5 pts

Total ____ of 40

Promotional Voicethread
· Includes 1 historical site description ___ 10 pts
· Includes 1 restaurant description ___ 10 pts
· Objective impression ___ 5 pts
· Photos used ___ 5 pts
· Creative ideas used ___ 5 pts
· At least 5 slides ___ 5 pts

Total ___ of 40

Channel One News

Is it important to read the news?

Channel One is a website that covers news for teenagers and attempts to make it relevant to you.
Take a look at the site here.

http://www.channelone.com/

Your Post
Section one

• After watching the December 3rd episode I would like you to further explore one of the news stories discussed.
• Find an article from a reputable news source and post a link to your blog. Comment on the article.
• Give your opinion on the topic you chose

Here is a list of the news stories covered

1. Teens Tried as Adults
2. Homeland Security Cuts
3. Clinton Standoff
4. Russia Votes
5. Teacher in Sudan
6. Record Sales on the Internet

Section Two

• Browse the site and post two links to things you found interesting or cool and link to it in your post. Provide a summary about what you linked to and why you liked it. here is my link

Example Summary:
I like to think that my geography is pretty good. Try this game I found on channel one called Geo Master. The best I did was three out of five try to beat me.
One of the countries I got was Albania.

Section 3

3. Watch these videos on North Korea and comment on your blog. Make sure you reference the video you are commenting on.

http://www.channelone.com/news/2002/10/30/north_korea/

The Stories Pictures Can Tell

Photographs are a powerful tools that may lead us to believe something that is not true. For example look at the photo below taken on 911.

The story goes that this photo was taken just before the plane hit the tower.
This photo was actually published by the associated press as a real photo. It has now been proven to be a altered picture.

So as you can see even professional journalists can be tricked.

on this post you will come up with short stories based on one picture.
It will be interesting to see the many different stories that we come up with

Here is an Example

The Lawn Chair Fans

Story: At the second annual lawn chair convention the crowd gathered around the inventors cabin. Invented in 1902 the lawn chair quickly caught on with the people of South Dakota. To celebrate the lawn chair thousands of revelers gather each year in Spearfish South Dakota to trade stories about lawn chairs and purchase new accessories for their lawn chairs. One such accessories is a TV tray that attaches to your lawn chair.

Your Post (Picture Stories)

Below you will find 3 pictures you will need to post each picture into your blog and write a short story for each.

Here are the three photos

Voice Thread Post

Now that we have finished our voicethread projects we can post them to our blogs. In addition to posting your voicethread project, please discuss the following.

1.Story Summary-Provide a brief summary of your story, similar to ones that you find on the back of books that entice you to read them. Your summary should intrigue me to watch your voicethread.

2. Technology Used- discuss the hardware and software used to create your voicethread.

§ Were there problems?

§ How did you fix your problems?

§ What piece of technology would have made this assignment easier?


3. Comments- provide feedback to your peers about their story.