Thursday, January 13, 2011

Keynote Project: Grades Based on Completion of Requirements Due 1/26/2011

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.

(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:

(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:

Due Thursday- January 27, 2011(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

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Blog Project

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

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Final Questions

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?

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

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?

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.