Media 8th Period

PhotoShop video on how to create a color sketch

Did You Know 2.0

Analyze Photos: http://simplescience.org/Lessons/Digital_Literacy/PF/Lesson0.htm

Enhancing Photo Details: http://simplescience.org/Lessons/Digital_Literacy/CS/Lesson0.htm

Build your own show—Need at least 10 pictures
http://animoto.com/
http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/upload?work_params=theme_id%3D19
http://www.slide.com/arrange?bc=0&fx=0&tt=14&sk=105&cy=bb&th=0&sc=0

http://animoto.com/
infor for above:   rordway@longlakecsd.com--llcs

Know your audience for sound: http://www.school-video-news.com/index_files/PopwithMusic.htm

http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/upload?work_params=theme_id%3D19
infor for above:   rordway@longlakecsd.com--llcs45


http://www.smashmash.tv/index.php?nr=1  need to install plugin but will add motion to your photos

 

December 18, 2007

  1. Complete: WWW Scavenger Hunt
    View: What is the Web
    Read Handout(s): The Birth of the Internet and Internet Backbone
  2. Complete: Browsers on the Web
    Read Handout(s): PING
    Visit the Ping and TraceRoute Information Site: http://help.expedient.com/general/ping_traceroute.shtml
    Visit Lookup Resource site: http://www.network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=lookup&host=www.yahoo.com
    Do: Review Internet Basic Questions
  3. Read pages 198-202
  4. Do: pages 215-219
  5. Do: pages 220-223
  6. Do: pages 224-228
  7. Do: pages 229-233
  8. Do: pages 234-239
  9. Do: pages 240-247
  10. View: Evolution of the Internet
    Define the terms: synchronous, asynchronous, DSL, protocol
    What is the difference between synchronous and asynchronous communication on the Internet? Which do you prefer?
    Describe three methods of asynchronous communication. List them in order of your favorite. Explain why you prefer one method over another and describe why is it would be useful to you as a student.

    Explore the MarcoPolo site and discuss the synchronous and/or asynchronous nature of the site.
    Try your hand at "open heart surgery" as an alternate form of learning and "comic creator"
  11. Complete: Internet Basic Quiz Questions
    View : FTP, Newsgroups, USENET, HTTP, and Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN).
    Explore: Network Solutions web site and seeing what domain names are available.
    Do: Handout on archive.org
  12. Do: "Connecting to the Internet" assignment.
    View: "Anatomy of an E-Mail Address"
    Do: e-mail assignment.
    Complete: Email Basic Study Guide
    Complete: What can you find out?
    Visit: OutLook Express in the Classroom
    Use the site: http://www.Learnthenet.com
  13. View: If it’s on the Internet it must be true….
    Complete: Evaluating a web site and Validate These Web Sites! and Define the terms Propaganda.....
  14. Visit: Hoax and http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxsites.html and http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxsitesgr.html
  15. Read pages 2-8
    Do: pages 9-24
  16. Do: pages 25-39
  17. Do: pages 26-50

Surf the following sites:

www.altavista.com for a reverse lookup
www.networksolutions.com for "who is"
www.archive.org for a Way Back look at the sites

Your Domain Says What? 9 Hilariously Misleading Websites
http://www.stumbleupon.com/demo/?review=1#url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Talk%2FYour-Domain-Says-What-9-Hilariously-Misleading-Websites.109049

1. Feline reactions to bearded men
http://improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html
A fun site to use when teaching kids how to validate web resources.

2. California's Velcro Crop under Challenge http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html
Did you know about the Velcro shortage in California?

3. Dihydrogen Monoxide http://www.dhmo.org/
What is dihydrogen monoxide?

4. Dog Island Free Forever
http://www.thedogisland.com/
A puppy dog paradise. Is it real?

5. The Pacific Tree Forest Octopus
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html
Does the Octopus really exist?

6. Victorian Robots
http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/index.html
Is THIS the real site?

7. Hungry Jack’s
http://www.hungryjacks.com.au
Is this really real? What country does it originate in?

8. Jacopo di Poggibonsi, Artist
http://www.umich.edu/~engtt516/index2.html
Visit Encyclopedia Britannica to determine if this is a real artist.
http://www.britannica.com/

Homework: Collect ideas on graduation slide show: song(s), order, theme, etc.


  1. View: Identity Theft & Internet Fraud
    Discuss and critique case studies on identity theft Do: Case Studies
    Phishing archive site for use in class
    Homework:.Visit the site http://www.identitytheft911.com/education/fraudalerts.htm
    and locate a recent "phishing" example. Print it off, read it, and be prepared to talk about it.
    Understand the term "phishing"
    Using the Internet, locate several sites that illustrate the problems associated with "phishing"
  2. Do: Internet Search Lab handouts.
    Read: Boolean Searching
    View: Boolean Searching
    Search phrase: cats and dogs
    means find web pages in which both terms occur
    Search phrase: cats or dogs
    means find web pages in which either term occurs
    Search phrase: cats not dogs
    means find web pages in which the term cat appears but not dog
  3. Read: Search Tips
    Sites to visit: http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html (The good, the bad, and the ugly), Noodle Tools, and LearnWebSkills
    Do: Using Search Tips October Exercise
  4. How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory
    Visit the above website and explore the variety of search engines and directories that are available
    Take notes of searching terminology
  5. View: "Copyright and Intellectual Property"
    Complete: Copyright Ingringement and Laws
  6. View: "Plagiarism"
    Complete: Plagiarized handout
  7. View: "File Formats and Extensions"
    Visit this link for a complete list of file extensions online.
    Complete: File format & Extension Exercise
  8. Read and locate information at www.howstuffworks.com about Identity Theft and computer security
    Complete: How Stuff Works ID Exercise
  9. Visit: Invasion on the ID snatcher
  10. Test on Above

Introduction to Adobe Premire

Start Graduation Presentation by April 16, 2007 if not before

Complete show by May 23, 2007

Mrs. Ordway approval by May 24, 2007

Changes needed made by May 25, 2007

Private viewing for Mr. C and select few others.May 29, 2007

Make any changes needed and Burn DVD's May 30, 2007

Final copies done by June 1, 2007

June 4-8 work on Graduation Program

Final day setup and practice graduation presentation

site to work with