Computers 8 - Seasons Collage

Good morning ladies and gentlemAn (singular)!  It's FRIDAY!

Today's assignment is called "Seasons Collage" and the criteria is as follows:

1. Find four high quality photos of the 4 seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn).  Make sure they are distinctly from each season, and similar in the following ways:

- Content (i.e. Do they contain people - one or more?  Flowers?  Countryside scenery?  Cityscapes?  Something else?)
- Vantage point (i.e. Are they close-ups?  Are the photos cropped?  How big is the focal point of each photo?)
- Overall style (i.e. Are they edited with colour filters?  Are they vibrant colours or a softer palette? etc.)

2. Select your 4 photos and put them into a collage.  Edit the collage however you wish (NO quotes please - if you want to use text you may put the name of the season in a small, subtle, faded font on each cell of the collage).

Save it with your last name and first initial, "Seasons Collage."  Hand it in to the folder.  Happy editing!

(Below is my example that I created today.  Note that I chose a single flower in each season, and they are all placed in the outside corner of the photograph.)

Creating Yourself

Good morning Computers 8!  Today we will be doing another text editing assignment, similar to the "Some paths"-style assignments you had been doing earlier (think Tumblr quotes style, with overlays, different fonts, sizes, styles, banners, etc.).

The quote to work with is:

"Life isn't about finding yourself.  Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw

You are welcome to include quotation marks and the author of the quotation, or you can omit it for artistic effect, depending on how you are designing your project.

Criteria:

1. At least one image overlay (you can use lunapic to remove the background of an image if necessary)
2. At least 2 different fonts
3. At least 2 different font sizes with an obvious focal point on key words (ie. more important words = bigger font, or curved in the way that "some paths" was done, for example)
4. Text centered over your photo, leaving equal margins on top, bottom, left, and right

Make sure you check for all of the above criteria before you save your photo!  Hand it in when completed, with the file name Lastname, First Initial, Creating Yourself.

You can also hand in your last 3 assignments (Faith, Peace, Joy) from Monday as I will create folders in Period 3.

Computers 8 - Faith, Peace, Joy (Monday, April 24th)

Hi Computers 8!  I hope you all had a great Easter break.  I will be back tomorrow, and I maaaaaay have just bought you all a tiny present from Mexico. :)

Today I'd like to you to work on 3 different photo edits - you will have next class to finish these if required.

1. Faith
2. Peace
3. Joy


You can edit photos of your own choice that evoke feelings of FAITH (can be religious faith, spiritual faith, courage faith, or any other kind of faith you decide to focus on), PEACE, and JOY.  The key to success initially is taking time to choose just the right photo.  Take your time and pick a professional-looking, high quality, high resolution photo that evokes emotion in the viewer.


You may choose to add text to your photo, but it is NOT required.  If you do choose to add text, make sure you are thoughtful and artistic in your choices of fonts, sizes, placements, etc.


Below are a few text ideas to get you started on your photo editing.  You may include one of these quotes, or you may just read through them for inspiration and to set the tone before searching for your photo that you will edit without text.


Save your photos with your last name, first initial, and the name of the assignment (Faith, Peace, or Joy - 1 of each).


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FAITH:

“When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly” - Patrick Overton

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” - Reinhold Niebuhr


“You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.” - Mary Manin Morrissey


“Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow.” - Unknown


“Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.” - George Seaton


“Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.” - Kahlil Gibran


“Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.” - Oswald Chambers


“Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.” - Unknown


To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.” - St. Thomas Aquinas


“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” - Mother Teresa


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PEACE:


“There is no way to peace, peace is the way.” - A.H. Muste


“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.” - Peace Pilgrim


“Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.” - Robert Fulghum


“If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.” - Tenzin Gyatso


“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it" - Unknown


“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix


“To be at one with God is to be at peace ... peace is to be found only within, and unless one finds it there he will never find it at all. Peace lies not in the external world. It lies within one's own soul.” - Ralph Waldo Trine


“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.” - Mahatma Ghandi


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JOY:

“Enjoy life.  This is not a dress rehearsal.” - Unknown

“Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.” - Melba Colgrove

“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” - Richard Wagner

“Joy is increased by spreading it to others.” - Robert Murray McCheyne

“One joy shatters a hundred griefs.” - Chinese Proverb

“Carpe diem!  Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have.” - Horace

Computers 8 - Eyes collage (Monday)

Good morning Computers 8!  We are in the home stretch before the Easter break.  Today's assignment is to find a striking close-up photograph of somebody with interesting (and wide open) eyes.  You will make the photo black and white, and then tint the photo a different colour, reverse the effect, and paint back on the iris of the eyes only.  Do this 4 times with 4 different colours, saving your work each time.  Upload all 4 photos to Ribbet and place them into a collage.

Save your work as Lastname, First initial, Eyes collage.

You only need to hand in the final collage, not all 4 individual eyes edits leading up to that point.

Here is one I did as a sample, but I included many more than you are required to do.  It's a bit too much with this many eyes, but once I committed I couldn't stop!  Haha.

IP 10 April/May Bathroom Reader

April/May bathroom reader

Assignment: Create a poster-style page to be posted in bathroom stalls for the purpose of entertaining those who are using the loo.  The poster should be relevant to the specific month in which it will be displayed.  Use a creative writing style, and include photos, fun facts, quotes, or any other information that you deem relevant.  Content must be school appropriate!  Search for special (or wacky) holidays, birthdays of notable figures, seasonally appropriate information, etc. in order to choose the theme of your bathroom reader.  You may choose either April or May for this particular assignment.  Check newsletter templates in Microsoft Word that you may wish to use as the template for your Bathroom Reader, deleting extra pages where necessary.

Criteria:

1. Must include a heading: April (or May) Bathroom Reader

2. Include the name of the school as a small subheading.

3. Include at least 5 separate pieces of information.

4. Include at least 2 pictures or other graphics.

5. Proper spelling, grammar, and sentence structure is imperative!

6. Must be in a visually appealing format (leave a margin around all sides, line text boxes up, full justify text, etc.).

Have fun!  When you are finished, save the document as Lastname, First initial (or name), April Bathroom Reader and hand it in to the folder.

Computers 8 Texture edit (Tuesday)

Choose a silhouette photo without too much foreground or background distraction (aim for 1,000 pixels as usual) and upload it to Ribbet.  Using the Texture feature and its various options, edit your photo to your liking.  We will discuss how to save the photo during class today.  Save it as "Last name, Texture" and a description of the photo itself, for example, "Lohneis, Texture Butterfly" or "Lohneis, Texture Umbrella Girl" etc.


**** EDITED TO ADD: To save this project, follow these steps:
1. With your photo on the screen, press the Print Screen button.  This will copy the contents of your screen in the computer's memory.
2. In the start menu, open the "Accessories" folder and select Paint.  Open the application.
3. On your keyboard, use the paste shortcut (Ctrl + V) and your image will appear.
4. Click the "Crop" button and draw a box around the image you want to capture.  Once you have drawn the box around your image, click the crop button again.
5. Save the resulting image as Lastname, first initial, Texture Trees (or whatever the content of your photo is).  Make sure to save it as a .jpg file extension - the default in Paint will be .png



Here are a few examples so you know what your project should look like.

IP 10 Yearbook Ladder creation

Hi IP 10!

Today you will try to slot the pages from your yearbook brainstorm into an 80 page ladder.  How many pages should each item have?  Which pages will lay side-by-side?

Page 1 stands alone, as does page 80.  Everything else in the book will have another page beside it.

Your ladder should look like this:

1.

2.
3.

4.
5.

6.
7.

8.
9.

10.
11.

12.
13.

(etc.)

Keep the pages in groups of 2 so that you know which pages will be side-by-side.

When you have filled all 80 pages you can hand in your Word document with the file name Lastname, First initial, Yearbook ladder planning.

This is last year's ladder, to give you a solid working start on this year's book:

2015-2016 Yearbook (80 pages):

1. Full-size page of Rivier (signed)

2. Principal’s Address

3. Staff portraits

4. Staff candids

5. Teacher roasts

6. 7T portraits & class picture

7. Grade 7 candids

8. 8L portraits & class picture
9. Grade 8 candids

10. 9O portraits & class picture

11. Grade 9 candids

12. 10H portraits & class picture

13. Grade 10 candids

14. 11KC portraits & class picture

15. Grade 11 candids

16. 12S portraits & class picture

17. Grade 12 candids

18. Badminton/Cross Country

19. Grade 7/8 Boys Volleyball

20. Grade 7/8 Girls Volleyball (2 teams)

21. Senior Volleyball

22. Grade 7/8 Girls Basketball

23. Grade 7/8 Boys Basketball

24. Senior Basketball?? TBA by Wed. Dec. 2^nd (Or Jr. Track)

25. Junior/Senior Track & Field (or Sr. Track)

26. Freshie Day

27. Freshie Day

28. SLC President’s Address

29. SLC candids montage

30. SLC Executive

31. SLC Room Reps

32. Model UN

33. Book Club

34. Math Club/Rosary Club (Mother Rivier picture?)

35. Social Justice Club

36. Variety Night

37. Variety Night

38. TBA (chapel photo?  Mother Rivier photo?)

39. Celebrations/Liturgical Dance

40. Ski Trip

41. Waskesiu Trip

42. Orchestra

43. Choirs

44. Band

45. Band

46. Drama cast and crew list

47. Drama full-page photo

48. Drama candids

49. Drama candids

50. School Life (misc. candids) (Sax 4tet, Trade Show)

51. School Life (misc. candids)

52. School Life (misc. candids)

53. School Life (misc. candids)

54. Grade 11 Europe Trip

55. Grade 11 Europe Trip

56. Grade 11 Europe Trip?

57. Grade 11 Europe Trip?

58. Final Assembly & Awards

59. Final Assembly & Awards

60. Final Assembly & Awards

61. Final Assembly & Awards

62. Valedictorian’s Address

63. Full page Grad Class of 2016 throwing cap photo

64. Grad baby photos and write-ups (3 per page)

65. Grad baby photos and write-ups (3 per page)

66. Grad baby photos and write-ups (3 per page)

67. Grad baby photos and write-ups (3 per page) – full group grad formal photo?

68. Grad cap & gown

69. Grad cap & gown

70. Grad formals

71. Grad formals

72. Grad formals – full page photo

73. Grad mass

74. Grad awards

75. Grad awards list

76. Grad banquet, grand march, dance

77. Grad banquet, grand march, dance

78. Grad banquet, grand march, dance

79. Grad banquet, grand march, dance

80. Yearbook team photo