Sc 7 lab write-up due dates

Hi girls! Your Science lab write-ups ("Mix it Up" - p. 102-104) are due:

7C - Wednesday, Feb 3rd
7L - Tuesday, Feb 2nd

I understand that many of you are involved in Alice in Wonderland. These Science classes are happening during the production, so many of you will be away. It is still your responsibility to get the assignment handed in on or before the due date, regardless of absence.

7L, you will have one period to work on the write-ups, today in P6. We have the portable lab booked.

Public Market photo edit due dates

8M - This assignment was due today. If it is not in by the beginning of next class, you will be stepped. So far the assignments are looking fantastic!

8I - Public Market will be due Monday, Feb. 1st. Please note that this class is during the first show of Alice in Wonderland. If you are involved in the production, you must arrange to hand in your Public Market photo on your own time, BEFORE Feb. 1st. The next assignment is the flower edit, which you will save as lastname, firstinitial name of flower (i.e. Campbell, L Lily).

Happy editing!

Comp 8 Intro to Picnik (1st and 2nd assignments)

Hi Computers 8! Here is the order of business for today (and continuing):

1. Begin editing the "PUBLIC MARKET" sample picture from www.picnik.com that I showed you on the "Share Screen" feature. Remember, we are practicing our selective colour painting techniques, which means that we want to change the entire picture to black and white and then paint back on the red lettering by using the circle brush tool. If you try to paint back on the original red and it's not working, chances are you accidentally saved it mid-process and now the computer thinks that portions of your original are black and white. You may have to restart this project.

Please save your work as Last name, First initial, Public Market and submit to the hand-in folder (drop box).

For next class:

2. Choose a picture of a brightly coloured flower from Google image search. Daisies work well for this effect, as there are some great photos out there of high quality close-up images of vibrant daisies. If you would rather choose a different flower, that's ok too, but please choose an artistic photo rather than just a snapshot of a garden. Using selective colouring again, paint back on the most vibrant colours (likely the petals, and depending on the composition of the photo, maybe some green as well). In this instance, often less is more. Once you have finished the selective colouring, use the text adding feature to add the name of the flower pictured (i.e. Daisy, tulip, chrysanthemum, etc.). You may choose the font, colour, size, and positioning of the text, as long as the text is clearly visible. Be creative with your choices - choose a font that complements your photo. Also, remember that you can increase the saturation of colour on the original photo before you change it to black and white so that the vibrance of the colours is more intense against the black and white. Try playing with colour saturation and/or the "Boost," "Orton-ish," or "Lomo-ish" effects. You can also alter the percentage/fade of the effect by using the sliding bars if it's too strong (or not strong enough).

3. If you have any time left over, choose another photo from Google image search to edit using the same techniques (selective colour effect painting, and text addition).

****** MAKE SURE YOU ARE SAVING YOUR WORK!!!! You will hand in these photos to my drop box when you are finished, so please label them with your name as well. The easiest way to submit your work may be to save the file to your desktop and then drag and drop from there to my drop box. ******

4. Bring a favourite picture from home or from Google image search for next class. If you want a photo that you have on facebook, you must put it on a USB before class, as we will not be signing into our facebook accounts to retrieve pictures.

Catching up after midterms/finals

Hi girls! Time for a fresh start in the new semester!

Sc 7L - Today we conducted most of the "Mix it Up" experiment on pg. 102-103 in our textbooks. If you were absent today, you must arrange to meet with me to go over the lab procedure on your own time. This is your responsibility, so please see to it.

IP 10 - We are continuing the process of converting our resumés to a Pages document (found in the iWork '08 folder). When you are finished you may start brainstorming and formulating ideas for a "Family and Friends" write-up that will eventually end up in your portfolio.

7C Homeroom - We have changed seating plans. Please ensure that your desks and lockers are clean and organized in your new spot in the classroom, as the "Clean Desk Turkey" will be making more regular visits to 7C to help encourage tidiness and organization. Also, if you need to retrieve anything from the Lost and Found bin, you must pay 25 cents (which we will donate to charity on a non-uniform day near the end of the year).

Keyboard Shortcuts - IP 10

Keyboard Shortcuts

1. Apple (Command) + B = bold
2. Apple (Command) + U = underline
3. Apple (Command) + I = italics
4. Apple (Command) + C = copy
5. Apple (Command) + V = paste
6. Apple (Command) + P = print
7. Apple (Command) + Shift + > = increase font size by 2 points
8. Apple (Command) + Shift + < = decrease font size by 2 points
9. Apple (Command) + + = subscript
10. Apple (Command) + S = save
11. Apple (Command) + Option + Control + 8 = turn screen to negative
12. Apple (Command) + A = highlight all
13. Apple (Command) + Z = undo
14. Apple (Command) + O = open a saved document
15. Apple (Command) + W = close a window
16. Apple (Command) + N = open a new blank document
17. Apple (Command) + Q = quit entire program
18. Apple (Command) + H = hide all open windows in a program
19. Apple (Command) + L = left justify text
20. Apple (Command) + E = center justify text
21. Apple (Command) + R = right justify text
22. Apple (Command) + D = font menu (in Word) / bookmark a page (Internet)
23. Apple (Command) + F = find text in a document or window
24. Apple (Command) + T = open a new tab in an Internet window
25. Apple (Command) + Shift + arrow keys = highlights an entire line, depending on where your cursor is
26. Option + Shift + arrow keys = highlights one word at a time, depending on where your cursor is (get rid of shift key in order to just skip back and forth between words without highlighting)

More keyboard shortcuts for Mac

Hi IP 10! Check out these links - there are a ton of shortcuts here that we did not cover in class. Experiment with some of them and find ones that will be useful to you.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/msword_keyboard.htm

A super cool discovery!

Hey everyone!

I've just made a super cool discovery for all of you photo/video/iMovie-type buffs out there. Check out www.animoto.com - it's easy to use and produces really slick presentations with minimal effort. You can make 30-second videos for free, and if you want to do anything more you have to pay for it; it may not be for everyone, but it doesn't hurt to tell you about it anyway!

See you girls on Wednesday!