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Benchmark Testing (12/3 & 4)

Today and tomorrow you will be completing your Benchmark Testing for Language Arts and Math.  Please go to the School District of Philadelphia LOGIN website.  (Click Here) Enter your STUDENT ID NUMBER and your personal PASSWORD.  Thanks for your participation in this testing. - Mr. S

Habit #4 - Think Win-Win (12/2)

Today you will be watching the video for Habit #4 (Covey) - Think Win-Win.  Please use a few minutes to discuss this habit with the class and then enter a 2-3 sentence reflection in your Weebly.com Journal.  If you missed class, the video is linked on the left side of the page here on the blog.  Thanks for your effort with this part of the class. -Mr. S

Historical Facebook Page Research Project (12/2)

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Today you will be learning how to do Online Research using the Internet.  Please click on this link (FB PP Page) and download the blank Facebook Page PPT.  You will choose a famous person from history and fill in the page completely.  You must add who they would have friended, who they would have blocked, and some of the posts they would have had on their wall.  This project is going to be due by Christmas.  Make sure you fill in the pages completely.  I will keep a log of the people you are researching.  I would suggest you upload this document to Google Drive for safe keeping and continue to update it as possible.  I will post the list of students and the people they are working on.  Enjoy this project.  You must choose your person from BIOGRAPHY ONLINE TODAY (Click Here) If you are confused, you need to have all of the information for your Facebook page listed like the example below: Try to have fun with this project! Good Luck!...

End Of The Marking Period (11/1,2,3 & 12/1)

Photo Collage Requirements are listed in the last post.  You must also add at least two photographs to our CAA Photo Collaboration Project (Artistic Photo Publication).  I will assign a team leader in each row to collect the pictures and create a 2-page layout in Apple IWork Pages for submission to the APP. Everyone now has the tools to become digital citizens.  In our class you have done the following: Created and Email Account Learned to Use Google Gmail Sent Files as Attachments to Emails Created Online Documents with Google Drive Investigated Personal Learning Style and Left/Right Brain Dominance Created Digital Stories Created Online LIVE Websites for EPortfolios Learned about Internet Safety & Security Created and Presented Autobiographies Completed Online Assessments for Reading and Math Investigated and Discussed the First Three Habits of the 7-Habits of Highly Effective People Learned Garage Band Basics Learned IMovie Basics Learned to Save and Share Document...

Photo Collage (10/4)

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Today you will be creating a Photo Collage with PIXLR.COM like the one above.  Please make sure that you leave a space on the collage for a "key" (Description or Title for each picture and how it corresponds to the assignment requirements. Also make sure that you upload and make all changes, editing or cropping decisions before starting the collage.  Have all seven pictures finished and saved to the desktop before beginning the collage.  The collage function on pixlr.com will not save work.  You start and complete the collage in one session.  See below for the photo topics.  You will create the following photographs (each topic is YOUR interpretation of what that picture should be,  be creative and show me what you think represents each topic below) for this assignment: 1.  Architecture With Attitude 2.  Self-Portrait 3.  Blur Blur Blur 4.  Black and White 5.  Comic Book 6.  Food For Thought 7.  Micro-World You must t...

PIXLR.COM (10/3))

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Today we will be working online with pixlr.com.  This is a powerful website (CLICK HERE) to help you work with and manipulate digital photographs.  Please use the time today to explore this software using pictures from Google Images.  You will also be given time in class, after our preview of this software, to take pictures and start creating your Photo Collage.  Please keep in mind the information in the Digital Photography presentation (See Below Link To The Left).  Try to remember the basics of Composition that we discussed and the information on how our Nikon L24 digital cameras work.  I hope you enjoy this project.  We will be asking each row to choose a leader and create one to two page layouts for an artistic Photo Publication. I hope you enjoy this project as we start to think about the Thanksgiving Holiday. - Mr. S

Digital Photography (10/2)

Today we will be discussing a brief history of Digital Photography.  Watch the presentation (CLICK HERE) and fill in the questions below on a separate piece of paper: _________________________________________________________________________________ Photography Training Worksheet 14 November 2012 NAME________________________________________      College ________________________________________ 1   Describe the difference between F-Stop, Shutter Speed, and Film Speed and how they effect pictures. 2   Describe two different types of LIGHT and how they effect pictures. 3   What are pixels and how do they “create” a picture digitally? 4   List four different settings for the Nikon cameras in the classroom and how you will use them: On the back of this page, write a one-page essay on how you plan to complete the photo project outlined online.   You will need to take the following pictures:   Architecture with Attitude, Self-Portrait, Blur Bl...