Describe the importance of Netiquette and Digital Citizenship and how you intend to continue to use it throughout your digital lifetime.
How do you create a new folder on your MacBook and rename it?
How do you save a file in a particular folder with a particular name?
What is a file extension? Give three examples and what they are used for.
What is the difference between the world wide web and the internet?
What does http and html stand for?
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Final Application Description DUE DECEMBER 17, 2010
Describe and define how these Technology Discoveries will help you in your future academic career.
Blog/ Blogger.com 2. Google Documents 3. Gmail 4. Search Engines
Keynote 6. Pages 7. iMovie 8. Garage Band 9. iPhoto
Photo Booth 11. iCal 12. Address Book 13. Firefox/ Safari 14.Prezi.com
Google Sites 16. Webquest 17. Delicious.com
18. Netiquette/ Digital Citizenship 19. iTunes 20. Wikipedia.com
Blog/ Blogger.com 2. Google Documents 3. Gmail 4. Search Engines
Keynote 6. Pages 7. iMovie 8. Garage Band 9. iPhoto
Photo Booth 11. iCal 12. Address Book 13. Firefox/ Safari 14.Prezi.com
Google Sites 16. Webquest 17. Delicious.com
18. Netiquette/ Digital Citizenship 19. iTunes 20. Wikipedia.com
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Garage Band Reflection
Garage Band Reflection
List three different purposes for Garage Band.
2. Where is the Garage Band Application found on your MacBook and what is the icon used for it?
How could Garage Band be an effective tool for academic work?
What is the difference between a loop and a real track?
4. Describe where the loops, track time line, and tracks are located taking a screen shot of each.
5. In detail, describe how to record your own instrument/sound on Garage Band.
6. What are the three basic tracks needed to make a song?
7. In detail describe what automation is and how do you do it?
Describe in detail the best way to add a video audio clip to your song.
What is an intro/outro, verse and chorus?
10. How do you add a new track?
List three different purposes for Garage Band.
2. Where is the Garage Band Application found on your MacBook and what is the icon used for it?
How could Garage Band be an effective tool for academic work?
What is the difference between a loop and a real track?
4. Describe where the loops, track time line, and tracks are located taking a screen shot of each.
5. In detail, describe how to record your own instrument/sound on Garage Band.
6. What are the three basic tracks needed to make a song?
7. In detail describe what automation is and how do you do it?
Describe in detail the best way to add a video audio clip to your song.
What is an intro/outro, verse and chorus?
10. How do you add a new track?
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Video Reflection November 18th, 2010
Name: _____________
Date: ______________
IMOVIE REFLECTION
Explain what media is, what kind of media IMOVIE helps people create, and the appropriate use of this kind of media.
Describe the difference between the Project Library and the Event Library.
In detail, explain how to do all of the following:
a. add an event to the project library.
b. split a scene into two different scenes.
select a piece of a clip.
slow down and speed up a clip.
change the film from color to black and white
Add transitions
add music
add voice over
add text
From a scale 1-10, 10 being the best, how do you think your movie turned out, explain...
5. Rate each person’s participation in your group using a grading system 1-4, 4 being the best. Explain what each person did and the grade that you feel they should receive for each person.
Date: ______________
IMOVIE REFLECTION
Explain what media is, what kind of media IMOVIE helps people create, and the appropriate use of this kind of media.
Describe the difference between the Project Library and the Event Library.
In detail, explain how to do all of the following:
a. add an event to the project library.
b. split a scene into two different scenes.
select a piece of a clip.
slow down and speed up a clip.
change the film from color to black and white
Add transitions
add music
add voice over
add text
From a scale 1-10, 10 being the best, how do you think your movie turned out, explain...
5. Rate each person’s participation in your group using a grading system 1-4, 4 being the best. Explain what each person did and the grade that you feel they should receive for each person.
Friday, October 1, 2010
WebQuest Project
October 1, 2010
Mr. Gaylord, Mac Lab
Webquest Project
Description- A WebQuest is a tool used by tech savvy teachers, as well as, tech savvy students. Its purpose is to incorporate the computer and the world wide web into a project that helps participants learn something about a particular subject. A WebQuest is not just a lesson in disguise but should take participants on a journey that makes them work at a higher level of learning.
Objective- Our objective at Santa Rosa Academy is to have Mac Lab students make a WebQuest, so that they can distribute information at a higher level of learning, and also, think at a higher level themselves.
Resources
http://webquest.org/
https://sites.google.com/
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Requirements:
Topic- Cleared by the instructor
Task- Students must come up with a task for participants to complete in order to learn the information they are trying to present. Tasks must have participants using the internet to accomplish their goal, and must have participants think at a higher level of learning than just summary.
Process- Student must have a well thought out process in which participants must complete to finish a task. The process should use five hyperlink’s and have these following components: a site that has participants watch something, read something, and/ or play something.
Evaluation- Students must have a tool or rubric, in which to determine how successful a participant was at actually complete the task.
Conclusion- Students must come up with a conclusion for the WebQuest for participants to achieve closure on their completion of the task.
Benchmarks
Topic and Task- October 5, 2010
Process- October 12, 2010
Evaluation- October 16, 2010
Conclusion- October 21, 2010
Mr. Gaylord, Mac Lab
Webquest Project
Description- A WebQuest is a tool used by tech savvy teachers, as well as, tech savvy students. Its purpose is to incorporate the computer and the world wide web into a project that helps participants learn something about a particular subject. A WebQuest is not just a lesson in disguise but should take participants on a journey that makes them work at a higher level of learning.
Objective- Our objective at Santa Rosa Academy is to have Mac Lab students make a WebQuest, so that they can distribute information at a higher level of learning, and also, think at a higher level themselves.
Resources
http://webquest.org/
https://sites.google.com/
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Requirements:
Topic- Cleared by the instructor
Task- Students must come up with a task for participants to complete in order to learn the information they are trying to present. Tasks must have participants using the internet to accomplish their goal, and must have participants think at a higher level of learning than just summary.
Process- Student must have a well thought out process in which participants must complete to finish a task. The process should use five hyperlink’s and have these following components: a site that has participants watch something, read something, and/ or play something.
Evaluation- Students must have a tool or rubric, in which to determine how successful a participant was at actually complete the task.
Conclusion- Students must come up with a conclusion for the WebQuest for participants to achieve closure on their completion of the task.
Benchmarks
Topic and Task- October 5, 2010
Process- October 12, 2010
Evaluation- October 16, 2010
Conclusion- October 21, 2010
What is a WebQuest October 1, 2010
What is a WebQuest?
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. The model was developed by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University in February, 1995 with early input from SDSU/Pacific Bell Fellow Tom March, the Educational Technology staff at San Diego Unified School District, and waves of participants each summer at the Teach the Teachers Consortium.Since those beginning days, tens of thousands of teachers have embraced WebQuests as a way to make good use of the internet while engaging their students in the kinds of thinking that the 21st century requires. The model has spread around the world, with special enthusiasm in Brazil, Spain, China, Australia and Holland.
provided byhttp://webquest.org/
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Reflection Piece on Website
Questions:
5. Going step by step, explain how to make a google site.
- After working on google sites, what do you think makes the difference between a good website and a bad one.
- Explain what you think websites are for and why people visit them.
- Explain all of the following:
- How to put a picture on your google site.
- How to add a video to your google site.
- How to add a link to your site.
5. Going step by step, explain how to make a google site.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Resume Project Folder #2
Resume Project Should be done in Pages and look like this.
Name__________
Job Title________
Goal
Work Experience
Skills
Referrals
Name__________
Job Title________
Goal
Work Experience
- Job One
- Job two
Skills
Referrals
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
WIKI ME SOMETHING DELICIOUS PROJECT DUE SEPT. 10
Wiki Me Something Delicious
Project Description: We are going to make a Wiki using Wikispaces.com. We are also going to cite where we got our information by using the Social Bookmarking site called Delicious.com. Topic is of your choice, but the purpose of this project is to learn how to cite, research, and display information on the internet.
What is a Wiki? A Wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. In other words, it is a easy to make web page for users of the internet. It also allows more than one internet user to edit the page at once, making a Wiki a collaborative tool for creating web based media.
Why would we use a Wiki? Well for starters, a lot of us are familiar with Wikipedia. Most of us are familiar with this site because a lot of us go there for answers about random questions and etc. Wikipedia, however, is a site not developed by professional web designers, but more accurately, a site designed by internet users who are really interested in a particular topic and are able to share a little bit of their knowledge by adding to the Wiki.
How can we be sure the information on a Wiki is correct? The simple answer is we cannot, but for the most part the information is because many people edit Wiki pages at a time and users constantly check recently added material’s accuracy, fixing misinformation.
Directions: Creating a Wiki
http://www.wikispaces.com
Click on “Get Started”
Create an account and make a wiki name consistent with topic
Click “register”
Requirements:
Topic with subtopic from each member. (5 points)
Subtopics with 3 paragraphs each. (10 points)
Two Relevant Pictures relevant to each subtopic. (5 points)
One video relevant to topic. (5 points)
One audio file relevant to topic. (5 points)
Benchmarks:
1. Outline
2. Draft of Subtopics
3. Draft of Wiki
4. Final Product
Project Description: We are going to make a Wiki using Wikispaces.com. We are also going to cite where we got our information by using the Social Bookmarking site called Delicious.com. Topic is of your choice, but the purpose of this project is to learn how to cite, research, and display information on the internet.
What is a Wiki? A Wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. In other words, it is a easy to make web page for users of the internet. It also allows more than one internet user to edit the page at once, making a Wiki a collaborative tool for creating web based media.
Why would we use a Wiki? Well for starters, a lot of us are familiar with Wikipedia. Most of us are familiar with this site because a lot of us go there for answers about random questions and etc. Wikipedia, however, is a site not developed by professional web designers, but more accurately, a site designed by internet users who are really interested in a particular topic and are able to share a little bit of their knowledge by adding to the Wiki.
How can we be sure the information on a Wiki is correct? The simple answer is we cannot, but for the most part the information is because many people edit Wiki pages at a time and users constantly check recently added material’s accuracy, fixing misinformation.
Directions: Creating a Wiki
http://www.wikispaces.com
Click on “Get Started”
Create an account and make a wiki name consistent with topic
Click “register”
Requirements:
Topic with subtopic from each member. (5 points)
Subtopics with 3 paragraphs each. (10 points)
Two Relevant Pictures relevant to each subtopic. (5 points)
One video relevant to topic. (5 points)
One audio file relevant to topic. (5 points)
Benchmarks:
1. Outline
2. Draft of Subtopics
3. Draft of Wiki
4. Final Product
DELICIOUS.COM ACCOUNT CREATION August 24th
Social Bookmarking Using Delicious.com
Bookmarking is a way of saving websites you have browsed and found important enough to save. What makes it social is that we are going to save our bookmarks to the web where others can see what we have bookmarked.
To do this, we will be using delicious.com. It is a good site to use for this because it is free and because it is on the internet we can access it from any computer that has the internet. It is also good to use because it allows us to take notes on each site.
Directions:
1. Go to Delicious.com
2. Join Now
3. Create and account
4. Register
Mr. Gaylord will lead tutorial on how it is used and how our class will be using it.
Bookmarking is a way of saving websites you have browsed and found important enough to save. What makes it social is that we are going to save our bookmarks to the web where others can see what we have bookmarked.
To do this, we will be using delicious.com. It is a good site to use for this because it is free and because it is on the internet we can access it from any computer that has the internet. It is also good to use because it allows us to take notes on each site.
Directions:
1. Go to Delicious.com
2. Join Now
3. Create and account
4. Register
Mr. Gaylord will lead tutorial on how it is used and how our class will be using it.
Monday, August 23, 2010
BUSINESS CARD PROJECT DUE 8/24/2010
First you want to open "Pages" on applications dock and click the "business card" template. Choose "Personal Business Card."
- Name
- Address
- Insert Picture (create on in photo booth).
- Occupation
- Phone #
Friday, August 20, 2010
Brochure Project Example. Started 8/19 will be completed in class 8/23
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Keynote Project: Grades Based on Completion of Requirements Due 8/20/2010 Friday
Keynote Project
This project is designed so that you can get used to using technology for the purpose of presenting material to an audience in an effective manner. This is a group project and requires all group members to participate equally. Please follow the steps in numerical order and make sure that your presentation meets all of the requirements.
This project meets the following National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)- 1. Creativity and Innovation, 2. Communication and Collaboration, 3. Research and Information Fluency, 4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making.
Tuesday: (5 points)
Before you begin, you must get into groups of three or four. Select a team leader, two researchers, and one person to be in charge of designing the keynote presentation, known as the designer.
Once you have accomplished this task, pick a topic of your groups’ choice and check in with teacher.
Once you have been cleared by teacher, you may begin to do research on topic.
Wednesday: (15 points)
You must get information from five sites about topic.
Record sites used and a brief four sentence paragraph describing each site chosen.
You must grab five to ten images representing or illustrating topic.
Keynote requirements:
Thursday/Friday (20 points)
At least five slides and no more than seven slides in presentation
The first slide must be a Title Slide with Names of Group members.
The last slide must have sites used for gathering information on topic
Each slide must have a transition to next slide and an animation for each point.
Each point must be no more than five words long, and each slide must have no more than five points.
There must be two images on each slide relevant to topic.
Presentation Requirements:
Monday/Tuesday (10 points)
Each person in group have speaking part in presentation.
Presentation must be under ten minutes long.
Presentation should be clear to audience.
Presentation should have an element of entertainment
This project is designed so that you can get used to using technology for the purpose of presenting material to an audience in an effective manner. This is a group project and requires all group members to participate equally. Please follow the steps in numerical order and make sure that your presentation meets all of the requirements.
This project meets the following National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)- 1. Creativity and Innovation, 2. Communication and Collaboration, 3. Research and Information Fluency, 4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making.
Tuesday: (5 points)
Before you begin, you must get into groups of three or four. Select a team leader, two researchers, and one person to be in charge of designing the keynote presentation, known as the designer.
Once you have accomplished this task, pick a topic of your groups’ choice and check in with teacher.
Once you have been cleared by teacher, you may begin to do research on topic.
Wednesday: (15 points)
You must get information from five sites about topic.
Record sites used and a brief four sentence paragraph describing each site chosen.
You must grab five to ten images representing or illustrating topic.
Keynote requirements:
Thursday/Friday (20 points)
At least five slides and no more than seven slides in presentation
The first slide must be a Title Slide with Names of Group members.
The last slide must have sites used for gathering information on topic
Each slide must have a transition to next slide and an animation for each point.
Each point must be no more than five words long, and each slide must have no more than five points.
There must be two images on each slide relevant to topic.
Presentation Requirements:
Monday/Tuesday (10 points)
Each person in group have speaking part in presentation.
Presentation must be under ten minutes long.
Presentation should be clear to audience.
Presentation should have an element of entertainment
Back to School Night
Hello Parents,
It was a pleasure meeting all of you last night. If you are reading this then you are at my blog for the mac lab that I run here at Santa Rosa Academy. The purpose of this blog is to keep you and your student up to date with projects worked on in class as well as homework assignments. Lately, we have been starting class off with a warm up that usually includes using technology in a creative and innovative way. The reasoning behind this is to be in compliance with iste's National Education Technology Standards or (NETS), which I will have a link to in the right side bar of this page labeled (NETS). Also, a couple concerns were answered that I will readdress right now. For starters, if you are still having trouble emailing and are unable to print at home from your student's computer, then I suggested purchasing a flash drive which allows students to save files, and then, transfer to another computer. This purchase will be a worthwhile expense, but by no means is required for this particular class. With concerns for printing, this will be handled on an individual basis. First you need to record what kind of printer you have and have your student talk to Mr. Sanchez who will assist in the installation of the necessary printer driver for your MacBook. I wish you a good day.
It was a pleasure meeting all of you last night. If you are reading this then you are at my blog for the mac lab that I run here at Santa Rosa Academy. The purpose of this blog is to keep you and your student up to date with projects worked on in class as well as homework assignments. Lately, we have been starting class off with a warm up that usually includes using technology in a creative and innovative way. The reasoning behind this is to be in compliance with iste's National Education Technology Standards or (NETS), which I will have a link to in the right side bar of this page labeled (NETS). Also, a couple concerns were answered that I will readdress right now. For starters, if you are still having trouble emailing and are unable to print at home from your student's computer, then I suggested purchasing a flash drive which allows students to save files, and then, transfer to another computer. This purchase will be a worthwhile expense, but by no means is required for this particular class. With concerns for printing, this will be handled on an individual basis. First you need to record what kind of printer you have and have your student talk to Mr. Sanchez who will assist in the installation of the necessary printer driver for your MacBook. I wish you a good day.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Directions for creating a blog
Blog Project-
Description: noun- blog (a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies) "postings on a blog are usually in chronological order"
verb- (read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal)
Purpose: We are going to create a blog using blogspot.com because it is free and works nicely with gmail accounts which all students should have through Santa Rosa Academy. The blog is a tool people use to write and share ideas with others and has become sort of a big deal in the online community. I want to use this blog for students to ask each other questions and for help with assignments in this class and other classes as well. Students will be expected to follow my blog and post on theirs twice a week.
Creating the blog
Need a gmail account to get started. You should have a Santa Rosa Academy Email account which works. If not, then follow these steps to get started and create a gmail account.
Go to gmail.com
click on create an account
fill out the text boxes under “Get started with Gmail”
choose a login Name and Password that you will remember
Sign in to new account.
Go to https://blogger.com/start and click on the “Create a Blog” button
Use Santa Rosa Academy email or the new gmail account you created as email for blog.
Create a password you will remember
Create a display name
Click Continue
Create a Blog Title, which will be MacBook (initials)
desired address to link, which will be your full name.
Click Continue
Choose Template
Continue
Start Blogging
Follow my blog
Go to https://mrgmaclab.blogspot.com
Click on follow
click on google
click ok
Description: noun- blog (a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies) "postings on a blog are usually in chronological order"
verb- (read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal)
Purpose: We are going to create a blog using blogspot.com because it is free and works nicely with gmail accounts which all students should have through Santa Rosa Academy. The blog is a tool people use to write and share ideas with others and has become sort of a big deal in the online community. I want to use this blog for students to ask each other questions and for help with assignments in this class and other classes as well. Students will be expected to follow my blog and post on theirs twice a week.
Creating the blog
Need a gmail account to get started. You should have a Santa Rosa Academy Email account which works. If not, then follow these steps to get started and create a gmail account.
Go to gmail.com
click on create an account
fill out the text boxes under “Get started with Gmail”
choose a login Name and Password that you will remember
Sign in to new account.
Go to https://blogger.com/start and click on the “Create a Blog” button
Use Santa Rosa Academy email or the new gmail account you created as email for blog.
Create a password you will remember
Create a display name
Click Continue
Create a Blog Title, which will be MacBook (initials)
desired address to link, which will be your full name.
Click Continue
Choose Template
Continue
Start Blogging
Follow my blog
Go to https://mrgmaclab.blogspot.com
Click on follow
click on google
click ok
Monday, August 2, 2010
What's first?
1.Create a gmail account by going to gmail.com, clicking on new user, and creating a new username and password.
2. Go to http://www.blogger.com and use your new gmail account email as your new username for blogspot and create a new password. Then create a blogspot account and blog. Find my blog and click on the follow button to follow my blog for news and homework assignments.
2. Go to http://www.blogger.com and use your new gmail account email as your new username for blogspot and create a new password. Then create a blogspot account and blog. Find my blog and click on the follow button to follow my blog for news and homework assignments.
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