Asia´s Rise Using Statistical Modelling

Year 11 Project 2; Surrealism (making a landscape collage in Photoshop)

Surrealism Pp

You are expected to make your landscape collage using a wide range of copyright free digital sources; to demonstrate your understanding of international law.


Copyright Free Media at Creative Commons

*Melting object effect tutorial (easy) using Pen tool shape layer model.

*Dali melting object effect tutorial using Warp and Liquify (difficult).

* I like this tutorial. Shows how to mix color with texture using linear burn. Also showing an easy method for creating shadow.

* A useful tutorial showing how to blend images together in a collage 

How should I present my writing?

I have made this blog post for those of you who are not sure how to present assignments properly. Yes, presentation is important especially if it is for a piece of writing that you want to be graded by your teacher. Remember, normal blog posts are more informal and so you don´t need to worry about the presentation of these as much..

Check out this template below

Word Processing Presentation

Not happy with your grades? Do something about it

You can re-submit your work at any time if you would like your work to be re-graded.

Send emails to mik.waldron@gmail.com

Year 11 Project 1

Adding a Twitter gadget

1. Set up a Twitter account and add the twitter gadget to your blog. (on
 Blog layout go to add gadget. Select HTML/Java Script

Grab the code from this website

http://twitter.com/about/resources/widgets 
Copy and paste the code that is generated into the box

Adding a Twitter Widget

1. Set up a Twitter account and add the twitter gadget to your blog. (on Blog layout go to add gadget. Select HTML/Java Script

Grab the code from this website

http://twitter.com/about/resources/widgets 
Copy and paste the code that is generated into the box

Twitter Tips

year 10 technology use

Class Survey

Class Blog Discovery

WELCOME BACK

This is our class blog. The class blog allows for communication between teacher and students, but it also allow communication between students. Along with Twitter, this a forum where you can express your thoughts, feelings, and ideas about our technology class. Using the blog often and participating in discussion will create a digital learning community that can benefit us all in a multitude of ways. 

Your task is to browse this website. Click on links to other sights, watch videos, read about assignments, browse the photo feed and twitter feed, and view other students' contributions and websites. After browsing the site, please answer the following questions about what you have found.

1. Name
2. Year Group
3. Tell one thing you liked about the site.
4. Tell one thing that could be improved, or tell about something you would like to see on the site
5. List two things we will be leaning this year
6. What supplies will you need for every class?
7. What should happen in the first 5 minutes of every class?

Setup a Google Account in 5 minutes

How to Email Gmail

Grade 8 Final: Advocacy Campaign

Grade 6 and 7 Final Review

Produce a project review. 

Pick one of the four topics we have covered this semester


1) Multimedia Presentation (Presenting to an audience)
2) Graphic Design
3) Information Reliability
4) Podcasting

Always include comments on what could be improved, use keywords, skills and ideas that you have been taught

• Were you satisfied with your final product Was it successful and why/why not?

• What new skills did you learn during this project and how did they help you?

• What improvements you would make if you had time. Did anything go wrong?

• What you would do differently if you did the project again. Do you have any alternative ideas that would make this project more successful?
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• What would you like to learn in the future to develop your knowledge/skills
  

Remember that the audience for this work is me, Mr Michael. Be honest, even when you are talking about yourself.  

Word Limit: 400 (1 side of A4 typed) in Microsoft Word
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Writing Rubric

Grade 6 and 7 Project 4: Podcasting and Working with sound

In groups you will produce an MP3 recording of.... 

A Public Service Announcement

- You will produce a plan which clearly states the audience and purpose of your recording

- You will create a script showing all dialogue

- You will create a running order showing all of the timings.

Finally, you will produce the final recording, using editing software such as Audacity
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If you are looking for sound clips and music files please check out the free websites SoundBible and Freeplay respectively. There are many others

Grade 6 and 7 Project 4: Podcasting and Working with sound

As an introduction to this new project complete Activity A. Activities B should be completed for homework

Click this link for the worksheet and make a copy of it.

What is Copyright?

What is Copyright

Grade 8 Project 2 Information Reliability, The Media and Propaganda

Click to see Project Overview and ITSE Assessment Standards

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Part 1 GROUP WORK

You will be given one of the following research briefs. You will be expected to work as a group to research and create a presentation using any appropriate software (maximum of six slides, or equivalent).

       

• Israel be recognized as its own 'sovereign' country by the Palestinians
• Palestine should receive aid from Europe and America.
• Israel should have to stop building settlements in occupied Palestinian territory. 
• Palestinian military groups are justified in using suicide bombers
• The United States should give $3 billion per year in military grants + aid to Israel

You can use any information you think is suitable but you are expected to source all of the information you use in the Information Sources Table and acknowledge the reliability of your information and if propaganda is likely to exist.

You are expected to make your presentation an interactive experience by including a wide range of copyright free digital sources; to demonstrate your understanding of international law.

Part 2 INDIVIDUAL WORK

Use this worksheet to create your own ePortfolio which demonstrates your learning of the standards in this project

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Resources

Information Sources Table Guide

Copyright Free Media at Creative Commons and Freeplay
ePortfolio Guide
Project Review

Project Rubric

Grade 6 and 7 Project 3: AIS News (Information Reliability)

 Click to see Project Overview and ITSE Assessment Standards 

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You are working for a fictional newspaper called "AIS News". You are going to design the front page and write the first cover "Bizarre Facts" story about either a celebrity OR sports event.

Activity 1: Use Internet Searching skills to find 5 sources of information to help you write your story. You must complete this Information Sources Table saying where the information comes from and if it is reliable or not.

Higher Level: You don't have to use just the Internet for this! Books, magazines and newspapers etc are also good information sources)

n.b. You can use any type of information in your story; reliable or unreliable, as long as you acknowledge it in your Sources Table!!  

Activity 2: Create an article for AIS News using Microsoft PowerPoint which will display your story. Use one of these templates to get started  

Extension Activity: Use Paint.net to design your own banner of header for the AIS news front page. 
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Resources

Project Rubric

Grade 8: Developing your Internet Searching Skills

Top Level Domain's

Often called TLD's for short, these are the highest level in the naming system of the Internet. Many of these you know already but can be useful for establishing if information on a website is objective (reliable and unbiased)

Basic Search Operators [ ^ ] 

Find all pages containing…

this that thing

returns all pages containing the terms "this", "that", and "thing"

this OR that

returns all pages containing either the term "this" or "that"

"this that and the other thing"

returns all pages containing the exact phrase "this that and the other thing"

this -that

returns all pages containing the term "this" but not the term "that"

this +that

returns all pages containing the terms "this" and "that"

define:this

returns a definition of the term "this" 

Search Query Modifiers [ ^ ] 

site: The site: modifier is used to limit search results to pages from a specific site. For example, a search query such as monster site:bbc.co.uk will return all indexed content containing the term "monster" exclusively from within the bbc.co.uk domain.

allintitle: The allintitle: modifier is used to limit search results to pages containing all of the given search terms in the title. For example, a search query such as allintitle:scary monsters will return only those pages containing the terms "scary" and "monsters" in the title.

intitle: The intitle: modifier is used to limit search results to pages containing a specific term in the title. For example, a search query such as intitle:scary monster will return only those pages containing the term "scary" in the title and the term "monster" anywhere in either the document or title.

inurl: The inurl: modifier is used to limit search results to pages containing a specific term in the URL. For example, a search query such as inurl:scary monsters will return only those pages containing the term "scary" in the URL and the term "monsters" anywhere in either the document or URL. 

date: The date: modifier is used to search pages from within the previous 3, 6, or 12 months. For example, a search such as "scary monsters" date:3 returns all indexed pages about monsters raging from within the past six months.

Advanced Operators

link: The link: operator is used to summon all of the indexed pages that link to the specified domain, directory, or document. For example, if I wanted to know which indexed pages are linking to any page at Perishable Press, I would use link:perishablepress.com, which would return the total number² of linking pages (in the upper-right portion of the search results) along with the links and their associated descriptions (if any). 

 

info: The info: operator is used to display the information possessed by Google concerning the site in question. For example, if I wanted to see the information about Perishable Press displayed by Google, I would use info:perishablepress.com.

related: The related: operator is used to find all indexed pages that are "similar" to your site, according to Google. For example, related:perishablepress.com would return all indexed pages that are in some way similar to Perishable Press. Hmmm…

                              

Grade 8; Flotilla Protests Homework

•Have you had a look on various sources to find out what Marc (Marc3pax)does?

•How does this video relate to the flotilla movement?

•Is the video objective (based on facts; unbiased)?

•Is there evidence supporting Marc3pax’s findings?

Grade 8 Source Check

Research and make notes on;

• The Israeli-Palestine Conflict
• Brief History of the problem
• Who is Hamas
• The role of the United States of America
• What is the importance of the land called the Gaza strip and the West Bank

The ‘flotilla protests’

• Why is there a blockade of the Gaza Strip – preventing aid relief from getting through to the Palestinians.
• What do the flotilla’s try to do

Bizzare Facts: Grade 6 + 7 Assignment 2 (Part 1)

Learning Objectives

1.Understand that information comes from different sources and can be used for different purposes

2.Write open and closed questions to produce a simple questionnaire

3.Search for, and select the best information from the Internet (Searching Skills)

4.Judge a website to see if it is reliable or not

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Activity 1: Look at the websites Save the Pacific Tree Octopus and the Dog Island. Make notes on these websites and report back to the class on what you learn.

Activity 2: Go to this website and collect 3 bizarre facts. Add these to a blog post called bizarre facts and make up one 'fact' of your own. Share with a partner and see if they can spot the made up piece of information

Activity 3:  Create a 6 Question survey to help the Daily Bizarre get more readers! 

tip: Use a mixture of open and closed questions. If you use closed questions then make sure you use multiple choice or check box question types.

Activity 4: Test your Searching Skills

Activity 5:  Can you label a Web Address?  

1) Complete this online activity
2) Look at this website to help you. When you have finished post it to your blog.

Activity 6: Last lesson you learned some tips for judging the reliability of websites. 

Now it is time to annotate web-pages for reliability. 

Use VoiceThread to label the BBC website and The De Hydrated Water website. Use these 8 basic Checkpoints to help you.

Activity 7: Look at the unit learning objectives above. 

Fill out a stickie on this wordwall

Describing what you have learned, what you need to learn and what you need to practice.

Information Reliability: Propaganda techniques

You are being influenced

Knowledge is the key to protecting yourself

Bandwagon



Scapegoating



Lesser of two evils



Down with the kids



Assertion



Omission

Grade 8 Project 2 Pre-test

Grade 6 and 7 Project 2: Graphics and Design Project

 Click to see Project Overview and ITSE Assessment Standards

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1. You will learn about layers in Paint.net and produce 2 original images.

2. You will review a series of publications (business letter, flyer, brochure, and poster) and attempt to describe the design in relation to the amount of text and graphics

3. You will create at least two different products using built-in templates (Microsoft Publisher) making the necessary changes to the template so that it is fit for purpose and audience

4. You will review one of their publications and one of another student giving recommendations for improvement where appropriate

5. You will look at logos and try to formulate rules for what makes a good logo and what design characteristics make bad logos.

6. You will plan a logo by collecting stimulus materials from the Internet or by producing a hand drawn sketch

7. You will design a vector logo design using DrawPlus

8. You will evaluate the logo of another student compared to the rules they made. They will provide written feedback on how the logo could be further improved.

9. You will research, design and produce a Vector avatar using Drawplus



FINAL TASK

Helping Hand Saigon want someone to design either a poster or a flyer. The purpose is to try and get more people interested in volunteering at a local orphanage in Binh Thanh. 

1. Decide on who the audience will be
2. Plan on paper either an A4 poster or flyer
3. Using the design skills you have learnt, make the poster using any suitable software.
4.  Screenshot and label the poster describing all of the skills you have used to make it and why it is suitable for your audience.

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Want to know how to design a good poster? Read this blog post

Get free font styles here

Search for copyright free images here

Project Rubric

Grade 8 Embed content in Google Sites

Grade 8; Writing Assessment - Project 1 Review

Produce a project review. Always include comments on what could be improved, use keywords that you have been taught and try to make use of feedback from others.

• How well did you meet the standards and were you satisfied with your final products i.e. the financial model and the brochure. Would this trip be a success?

• What new skills did you learn during this project and how did they help you?

• How well did your plan work? Did you use either the Systems Life Cycle or the Gantt Chart to help you manage the project. What did you learn about planning a big project like this?

• Did you test your model? Does it work? how did decide who would test if for you?

• What did others have to say about your work

• What improvements you would make if you had time. Did anything go wrong?

• What you would do differently if you did the project again. Do you have any alternative ideas that would make this project more successful?

Remember that the audience for this work is me, Mr Michael. Be honest, even when you are talking about yourself.  

Word Limit: 400 (1 side of A4 typed)

Rules of Good Design: Making a Brochure

Using Images is a good way to attract interest in your designs. Follow these rules but remember that the goal of your brochure is to communicate a message

We all want to create a visually appealing poster or brochure however If you do not have a clear and concise message then you do not have a good design.

Start editing video for your audience

Storyboards and Timelines

The storyboard and timeline are where you will build and arrange your movie, bringing all your clips, stills and sound files together. Some video editing packages make use of a storyboard, which allows you to assemble the clips in the correct order before editing them. In the image below, you can see a storyboard with one clip in place.

Watch the video below to see how to add a clip to the timeline.



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Adding Video Effects

A video effect can be used to add interesting visuals or texture to a movie clip, image or title. Watch this video to find out more.

Video Summary

1. Go to Tools>Effects and choose the one you want.
2. Drag the effect onto the desired clip on the timeline. Effects can be added to video files, titles and images.
3. A symbol will appear on the timeline where an effect has been added.

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Adding Video Transitions

A video transition can be placed between two movie clips to join them in an interesting way and ensure that a whole movie flows together. Watch this video to see how.

Video Summary

1. Go to Tools>Transitions and choose the one you want.
2. Drag the transition to the timeline and add between two clips.

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Adding Text (Titles, Subtitles and Credits)

Video editing software allows you to add text at the beginning (known as titles) and at the end (known as credits) of your movie. You can add text anywhere in your movie. Watch this video to see how.

Grade 6 and 7 Project 1: Multimedia Science Project

Click to see Project Overview and ITSE Assessment Standards

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1. You will Plan out a multimedia science presentation of  6 slides. You will decide on the audience and purpose of the presentation

2. You will prepare digital resources including sound effects, bitmap images and video

3. You will design and make a template for your presentation using Slide Master

4. Embed (add) the digital content; add an edited video, edited images and sound, along with the text content

5. Review the work to ensure it is fit for purpose and meets the requirement of the audience

6. Peer review a partner's presentations and provide written feedback in the notes area with possible improvements

7. Explain / Annotate your own presentation (final review)
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Project Resources


Sound Bible and Freeplay for sound effects/music
Zamzar for downloading online content
Flickr and Wallbase for bitmap images

Know your Bitmap and Vector Images

How to Create a proper Blog Post

Step 1 – Choose an appropriate title

Step 2 – Add content (HTML code or Compose)

Step 3 – Add Labels (Keywords)

Step 4 – Publish post

Grade 8 Project 1: Planning a trip to Tokyo

Click to see Project Overview and ITSE Assessment Standards

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You will learn how to manage a budget and organize a trip. The aim of the project is to create a spreadsheet which  will calculate the costs for a class trip to Tokyo and which will tell you whether the trip is possible or not.

First: Create an itinerary including the following minimum elements

• Flights (There and Back)
• Accommodation
• Trips 

Using the Internet you will need to find the costs of each trip, accommodation and flights. You will complete a trip worksheet using the research you have gathered.

Second: Create a layout for the Tokyo Budget spreadsheet using the example given.

• You will complete the revenue worksheet and add it to your spreadsheet.
• You will use functions and formula to calculate the totals.Calculate how much each student will need to pay over a four month period. Is the trip over budget or under budget?
• Create a chart showing the costs of each trip and the flights

Third: Create a leaflet giving all of the relevant information to parents about the trip and the different activities on it such as where the trips are, Cost breakdown of the trip and flight information





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Project Resources

Gantt Chart 
Systems Life-cycle
Trip Worksheet
Testing Sheet 

Project Rubric

Using Google Docs to Share and Collaborate

Google Documents allow the live updating of a shared workspace.

However, there are limits on the number of synchronous collaborators for each Doc type.

10 people can edit a Presentation at the same time.
50 people can edit a Spreadsheet simultaneously.
50 people can edit a Document at the same time.

There is a limit of 200 combined viewers/ collaborators for all of the different Doc types.

Classwork:
Add your name to this spreadsheet. Add your resting and active heart rates to the sheet

Homework:
Use formula's and functions to analyze, average, chart and explore the data.

Can you notice any trends?

Grade 8: Project 1 Pre-Test

Twitter Tips

What is Digital Citizenship?

Read these articles on Digital Citizenship;

1. Online game theft earns real-world conviction

2. Funny money: Louis CK earns $1 million in 12 days with $5 video 

3. Canadian uses iPad to enter US

4. How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates

 

Other Resource


Feds release cyber safety booklet

Take this suvey!!

Final presentation Grade 8

Final presentation

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