IP 20/30 iDVD instructions

Hi girls! If you have no yearbook work to do today, you can make your iDVD project so that we can burn your video contest submissions early next week. I know many of you said you didn't remember how to use iDVD, so here are a few guidelines to get you going:

1. Open iDVD from your dock, or your applications folder (it looks like a blue DVD icon).

2. Create a new project file with your name and the title of your video submission.

3. Choose your template using the options on the right side of your screen (under the drop down box that says 7.0 Themes - you can also use 6.0 Themes if they're there).

4. There are 3 buttons in the centre on the bottom of your iDVD window. The one on the right, a dotted box with an arrow going into it, is the box that shows your "drop zones." You can enter pictures in here that will appear on your iDVD menu.

5. Double click on the text of your iDVD menu to change it - the font options will pop up here as well so that you can change the size, font, etc.

6. To add your iMovie, click the + button on the bottom left corner of your iDVD menu. Choose "add movie" and then just drag your video into that space. You can change the file name, font, size, etc. the same way as you did for your title.

7. Once your video is on your iDVD menu, click on "Buttons" (the middle button in the bottom right corner of your screen). You can choose here what button will accompany your video when you play it on your TV.

8. If you want to change the music that is playing underneath your iDVD project (you can check it by pushing play and watching how your project will appear when played on the TV), click the "i" button (beside the + button in the bottom left corner). You can then choose a different song from iTunes or elsewhere on your computer, and drag and drop it into the section where the music appears in the "i" menu screen. You can also slide the toggle over to change the duration of the music loop.

Watch the video below, or leave a comment here if you run into any snags. Have a great day, and see you on Monday!

Updates for March 28th

It's time for an update, to make sure that we're all on the same page with everything at school, in all classes, bands, choirs, etc. Here we go!

- All band practice charts for March are due BEFORE the Easter break. Please have them to me, with your minutes totalled at the top and a parent or guardian signature, by Wednesday, April 4th @ 3:30pm

- We have been joined by several of our Japanese students in senior music classes. In Senior Choir we have been working on the Japanese children's folk song, Hotaru Koi. I would like to look at Seasons of Love shortly in Senior Choir... stay tuned (no pun intended).

- Jazz Choir is working on Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King, in 4-part SSAA a cappella. It will be beautiful! And, for something completely different, get ready for a toe-tappin', knee slappin' good time with our newest piece, The Pop Bottle Hoedown. Yeehaw!

- IP 20/30 is submitting our Work2Live and SaskEnvironment video contest submissions before the Easter break. We will be putting them onto a DVD (using the iDVD program) next class so that we can mail them with the release forms, etc. before their respective deadlines (April 20th for Work2Live and April 29th for SaskEnvironment).

- IP 10 will be beginning a new project today.... the long-awaited MUSIC VIDEO! This will be a major project and will take several classes to complete. Given the time allotted to this assignment, it will also be worth a substantial portion of this term's grade. It's also going to be a lot of fun - and of course, there will be a "movie night" at the end of it all!

- Computers 9I are compiling the video footage for their news broadcast, which is due on Monday, April 23rd. We have had many class periods to plan, film, and edit this project, so no extensions will be permitted (unless extenuating circumstances require one, in which case, see me to make a plan).

- We have been doing some African drumming in Music classes this week. Rivier students have got rhythm! Our theory classes will turn into African drumming classes as we get closer to the end of the school year. That being said, those that have theory to do will need to use that time to complete all assignments and quizzes before the final June report card. Stay tuned for an African drumming ensemble sign-up sheet for the final concert!

- Rivier is in charge of putting together a choir for the Celebration of Life mass on Friday, April 20th (evening). I will be there to sing and play the piano, and I need as many of you with me as possible. It is a great opportunity to represent our school and our music program, and our talents are always so appreciated by everyone. There will also be a pizza party for all singers who are involved in this mass..... added bonus! I will be posting a sign-up sheet on my homeroom door asap.

- We (the IP 20/30 class and I) are looking for yearbook photos from ALL grade levels. We want candid shots of you and your friends and classmates, either on the outside school grounds or in the classroom, hallways at lunch, etc. If you want to be represented in the yearbook, please submit photos to us asap! We will do our best to represent everyone, but it is difficult to do without the help of the student body.

- Computers 8M is almost finished the photo editing unit. Soon it will be time to develop our photo editing e-portfolio by compiling our best work into an iMovie presentation, complete with titles, transitions, and background audio. When this assignment is complete we will be having a "movie night" class where we can see each other's work (maybe we'll even watch the iMovies that you made in Grade 7 Computers class that we ran out of time to watch!).

- Just a reminder that Parent-Teacher Interviews are tonight (Wednesday) from 4-7pm and tomorrow (Thursday) from 4-6pm. There are no interviews on Friday!

- Choral/Vocal Jazz 30 - there has been talk about doing a Grade 12 number for the final concert. At this point it is looking like "For Good" from Wicked. I may have a lead on an SSA version so that we can get a bit of extra harmony in there vs. the duet music that I have currently. We will work out a time to get together and learn it. It shouldn't take long at all.

- I will not be here on Friday, so Mrs. Moon is subbing for me. Choral 10/20/30, she will be teaching the music for Celebration of Life with you during your 3rd period rehearsal. Please consider signing up for the mass. I know it is a Friday evening which is a lot to ask, but your leadership and talents are so appreciated. (Plus, free pizza!) :o)

Whew! Lots to think about. I'm glad we are getting things organized. We only have a couple days left until Easter break! Time is really flying by. Before you know it, we'll be tightening up loose ends for our June concert, and then it will be Grad.... YIKES!

I'm thinking about an "Around the World" theme for our final concert. What do you think? So far we have:

- 3 Russian Folk Songs (Russia, of course!) - Senior Choir

- Pop Bottle Hoedown / Can You Feel the Love Tonight (USA) - Jazz Choir

- O'Leary's Ceili Band (Ireland) - Senior Band

- Walkabout (American swing jazz) - Level 3 Band

- Sakura, Sakura (?) (Japanese folk song) - Level 1 Band

- Cha Cha Del Sol (Spanish) - Level 2 Band

- African drums (Africa, of course!) - Various students

- Hotaru Koi (Japanese children's folk song) - Senior Choir

- Seasons of Love (American Broadway) - Senior/Jazz Choir

- The Steppes of Russia (Russian folk) - Senior Band

- The Happy Wanderer/Val-de-ree (USA) - Senior Band

- She's Like the Swallow (Canada) - Chandra, Quinn, Rebecca, Miss Campbell

- Prayer of the Norwegian Child (Norway) - Cassidy and Shea

This could be a lot of fun! Your thoughts? Any song suggestions?

*Edit* - I just thought of some more good ideas. O Canada for band (any level), plus possibly Pokarekare Ana (New Zealand) for any number of voices. It's easy, I've taught it to most of the senior students already (3-4 years ago, mind you), and it's a song near and dear to my heart, as I learned it when I was teaching on my internship in NZ in 2007. Also, when I was interning and singing with the Wellington Youth Choir, I did a really cool arrangement of O Canada with God Defend New Zealand, their national anthem. I arranged them as partner songs, meaning that they're both sung at the same time.... AND it would give us an opportunity to sing in the Maori language! That might be kind of cool for senior choir I'm thinking.

So many ideas! :o)

IP 10/20/30 plans for March 22nd-23rd

IP 10 assignment for Thursday and Friday, March 22nd and 23rd:

Create an April bathroom reader to hang up starting the week before Easter. Try a new template, a new topic, and find some new and exciting material that you can share with the school. You can use Pages or Microsoft Word to create your 1-page project (newspaper template). If you finish early, you may either post to your blog (a school-appropriate topic of your own choice), or construct another bathroom reader. There are many stalls in this school, so the more, the merrier! When you are done, please label them with your last name first, April bathroom reader, and hand in to the IP 10 drop box.

IP 20/30 assignment for Friday, March 23rd:

Go through your yearbook pages and add an appropriate "infinity" quote to each of your pages (or wherever is appropriate - candid pages, spirit days, etc.). Do any finishing work you can on the pages containing events that have already happened (i.e. Blessed Marie Rivier page, school portraits and class pictures, Sound of Music, sports, student retreat, Mexican Week, etc. Can Sr. Basketball be done now?). Continue to add photos, scan grad pics (Keisha), upload photos that you've been taking or collecting from students, add your text, etc. If you can't do much with your pages at the moment, look up infinity quotes that may be used on other pages and save them in a Microsoft Word document.

Alphabet photography

Check it out! Here's a super cool project for computer classes (we're going to start with IP 20/30 and go from there). It's "alphabet photography" - the name speaks for itself. It's amazing how you will see things differently when you start looking for letters in all of your surroundings! Once we have collected as many letters of the alphabet as possible, I will show you how to edit and compile them into collages like this.

Thurs/Fri morning

Hi girls (and Mrs. Moon!). Mr. Seghers and I will be playing in the pit band for "South Pacific" this morning and tomorrow morning, so here's the plan while Mrs. Moon is here:

Thursday:

P1 - IP 20/30 - Your movie trailers are due today by the end of the period. Use this time for last-minute touch-ups and exporting and then hand in to the IP 20/30 drop box please. Save with your last name first so it gets filed alphabetically in the hand-in folder.

P2 - Comp 8I - New assignment: "FAITH"

Choose a high-quality photo and include one of these quotes. Save your work with your last name first and "Faith" and hand in to the drop box.

“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

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

Friday:

P2 - Science 7 - Unit 3, Topic 1 exam - review sheets handed in as well please.

P3 - Choral 10/20/30 - Mrs. Moon will work on songs for the upcoming masses. Singing tests will resume next class (Jesus Remember Me, Look at the Cross, Early One Morning, and the first page of Lead Us to the Water).

IP 20/30 movie trailer deadline

Hi girls! Just a reminder that your movie trailers are due this week and we have now finished all of the class work periods, so if you haven't finished yet you must do so on your own time. Exporting can happen during next class, but if you still have to film any clips or enter the footage into iMovie, please see that it happens outside of class time.

IP 20/30 movie trailer due date

Hi girls! Just a reminder that your movie trailers will be due after the Gr. 11s return from Europe. If the rest of you finish your trailers before that, then you will be able to work on yearbook pages, proof reading, editing, etc.

The due date for movie trailers is MAY 12TH.

So far things have been very entertaining around here - I can't wait to see what you come up with! The filming is underway for most groups already, and once we get your footage imported to iMovie you will really start to see the product come together. Remember that your clips should contain fairly fast and/or noticeable action, as many of the spaces in the template only allow clips of 0.5-2 seconds, which can pass by quicker than you may anticipate (and if the clip is too static, it may end up looking like a still photo). There will always be room to re-shoot certain clips if necessary once you start working with the iMovie templates.

Updates all around!

Science 7 - Notes on the theory of plate tectonics, types of boundaries (converging, diverging, transform), brainstorm and discussion on earthquakes and volcanoes

Comp 8I - Nature Quote, start April calendars when you finish the nature edit

Comp 8M - April calendars

IP 10 - Brainstorming for news broadcast video project

IP 20/30 - Start thinking about when you will begin filming for your movie trailer video project - the brainstorming and planning process should be coming together now with some concrete ideas for how you will shoot each clip, camera angles, costumes, effects, etc.

Jazz Choir - We're Doin' a Show/What a Wonderful World - memory work on Wonderful World should be almost done now

Senior Choir - Body Talk, new piece(s) TBA, Early One Morning/Fare Thee Well, Love for final concert as well

All bands - Online theory marks have been printed and will be 30% of your report card mark again this semester. Practice charts for March are due by this Friday, and need to be signed by a parent or guardian to verify that your minutes have been completed. CONGRATULATIONS to the Level 3 and Level 4 bands who played at Music Festival yesterday and scored marks of 87 and 88 (Level 3), and 86 and 87 (Level 4). We are so proud of you! Way to go!

Junior choir opportunity - If you want to sing with the choir for the Way of the Cross celebration on April 18th, please let me know. We will be singing "Sing Hosanna," "Eat This Bread," "Look at the Cross," "All You Who Pass This Way," and "Jesus, Remember Me."

Online safety

To go along with the online safety presentation by Rob Nickel that we were fortunate enough to attend on Wednesday, here's the address to use to check in on your Windows Live profile (if you have a hotmail e-mail account, etc.):

http://members.msn.com/youraddress123@hotmail.com

Just use your own e-mail address after the last slash in the address and it should pull up your profile if you have one. In addition to upping our security settings on facebook, this is a good place to check if you're concerned with how much of your personal information is out there on the net.

IP 20/30 Gr. 8 portrait template options

2 options:

1. Change to head size B and use template #202.

2. Stay with head size C, use the 306 templates for both the left and right pages, delete all the bottom element boxes but one, and reshape that one to accommodate the group class photo.

IP 20/30 yearbook ladder assignments 2010-2011

2010-2011 Yearbook Planning

1. Full-size page of Rivier (Bishop Pascal entrance from street) - Miss Campbell

2. Principal’s Address - Camille

3. Blessed Mother Rivier (full picture and paragraph) - Kat

4. Staff portraits (including Marion Aquatics) – Miss Campbell

5. Staff candids - Miss Campbell

6. 7C portraits and class picture - Rikkeal

7. Grade 7 candids - Miss Campbell

8. Grade 7 candids - Karalee

9. Grade 7 candids - Karalee

10. 8I portraits and class picture - Karalee

11. 8M portraits and class picture - Dani

12. Grade 8 candids - Calla

13. Grade 8 candids - Calla

14. 9O portraits and class picture - Liz

15. Grade 9 candids - Jamie

16. Grade 9 candids - Tristen

17. Grade 9 camping trip - Tristen

18. 10T portraits and class picture - Kat

19. Grade 10 candids - Camille

20. Grade 10 candids - Camille

21. Grade 10 candids - Camille

22. 11K portraits and class picture - Brianna

23. 11C portraits and class picture - Joanna

24. Grade 11 candids - Brianna

25. Grade 11 candids - Joanna

26. 12S portraits and class picture - Calla

27. Grade 12 candids - Liz

28. Grade 12 candids - Rikkeal

29. Grade 12 candids - Rikkeal

30. Grade 7 Volleyball/Grade 8 Volleyball - Claire

31. Senior Volleyball - Claire and Jill

32. Grade 7 Basketball/Grade 8 Basketball - Claire and Karalee

33. Senior Basketball - Claire and Karalee

34. Curling - Rikkeal

35. Badminton - Claire

36. Junior Track - Miss Campbell

37. Senior Track - Miss Campbell

38. Full page photo - TBA

39. Terry Fox walk - Caitlin

40. SLC President’s Address - Jill

41. SLC candids montage (elections, spirit days, etc.) - Jill

42. SLC Executive - Jill and Miss Campbell

43. SLC Class Representatives - Jill and Miss Campbell

44. Spirit Day (Freshie Day) - Kat and Camille

45. Spirit Day (TBA) - Kat

46. Spirit Day (TBA) - (open)

47. Spirit Day (TBA) - Michelle

48. Amnesty - Rikkeal

49. Extra page (TBA) – (open)

50. Junior/Senior Book Club - Tristen

51. Art Club/Green Club - Tristen

52. 2-page spread of entire school photo - Miss Campbell

53. 2-page spread of entire school photo - Miss Campbell

54. Variety Night - Calla

55. “Mama Mia!” school trip - Jamie

56. School dances - Michelle

57. School dances - Caitlin

58. School ski trip - Jill

59. Full page ski trip photo – Jill

60. School Celebrations/Religious Life - Karalee

61. Student Life (TBA) - Tristen

62. Student Retreat - Kat

63. TBA – (open)

64. Band - Miss Campbell

65. Orchestra - Miss Campbell

66. Choir - Jamie

67. Jazz Choir - Caitlin

68. Narnia cast and crew list - Liz

69. Full page Narnia photo – Liz and Miss Campbell

70. Narnia candids - Rikkeal

71. Narnia candids - Rikkeal

72. Grade 11 Europe trip - Brianna

73. Grade 11 Europe trip - Brianna

74. Grade 11 Europe trip - Joanna

75. Grade 11 Europe trip - Joanna

76. Residents - Camille, Kat, Claire, Calla

77. Residents - Camille, Kat, Claire, Calla

78. Final Assembly and Awards - Dani

79. Final Assembly and Awards - Dani

80. Final Assembly and Awards - Claire

81. Final Assembly and Awards - Claire

82. Valedictorian Address - Camille

83. Grad Class of 2011 (full-sized formal photo) - Liz

84. Grad photos and write-ups - Calla

85. Grad photos and write-ups - Calla

86. Grad photos and write-ups - (open)

87. Grad photos and write-ups - (open)

88. Grad formals - Michelle/Dani

89. Grad mass - Caitlin

90. Grad exercises - Liz

91. Grad awards - Caitlin

92. Grad Banquet - Jamie

93. Grand March - Jamie

94. Grad Dance/Candids - Dani/Michelle

95. Grad Dance/Candids - Dani/Michelle

96. Full page yearbook team photo - Miss Campbell

Link for online blog countdown

www.mycountdown.org

HW updates for Monday, Jan. 31st

Computers 8I/8M: Your first photo edit ("Public Market") is now due, as both classes have had a full period to work on the assignment, plus the first class in which we practiced the selective colouring technique. Just a reminder that you are welcome to experiment with additional photo effects, as long as the final product shows that you have changed the background to black and white, and that you have selectively coloured all of the lettering/clock hands and numbers back on.

Science 7: As we had 7 absences from our class this morning, we used our time to clean our desks and lockers, recycle old papers, tidy up our spaces, and work on homework from our other classes. We have just begun the Particle Theory of Matter, and it made sense to use our time for other projects rather than re-teaching the new concepts when the rest of you return.

IP 20/30: We are in the process of analyzing and editing our preliminary yearbook pages (class photos/individual portrait pages, staff photo page, etc.). We will be continuing with candid pages today. If you have any photos that need to be uploaded, from any grade level, please do so asap so that those pages can start to develop - there are several blank ones at this point.

Band (all levels): Your January practice charts are due by this Friday. Every month I have at least 1 or 2 people panicking on Friday, as they forgot their chart at home. Please hand yours in asap so that you do not have any last-minute panic moments! They can be handed in to me personally or to the basket on my desk starting today. I already have a few, so keep them coming!

Narnia: We are officially 1 week away from our first show! It's definitely "crunch time" but I have faith that we will pull it off. PLEASE memorize your songs if you have not already - we need to focus on our characters rather than our lines, lyrics, harmonies, etc. It's your show - let's present a performance that we are all proud of! :o)

IP 20/30 Yearbook info - printing PDFs for editing

Hi girls. I will be away for Wednesday and Thursday, and it occurred to me last class that I did not show you how to print PDFs of your yearbook pages for editing with Mr. Monette. I will outline, step by step, how to do just that in this blog entry. But first, another matter of business:

It has also been brought to my attention that some of you have had trouble with your iMovies. Mr. Jalbert is a good resource for your technological questions (although please try to avoid interrupting him during class time). Alternatively, you may choose to use one of the Macbook Pro laptops - in this event, you must make certain of a few things:

1. Copy your iMovie project onto a USB

2. Copy all of your photos/videos/music files, etc. used in the iMovie onto the USB as well - YOUR IMOVIE WON'T WORK IF THE FILES ARE MISSING

3. Make a note of which laptop you are working on, as your files will be saved on the hard drive, and NOT the server which we are used to on the computer lab Macs. In order to retrieve your project again, you will have to use the exact same laptop.

Anyway, back to printing PDFs. If you are done your commercials and they have been handed in with no technological woes (or as few as possible, hopefully), you can print PDFs of your yearbook pages to be edited by a peer. To print a PDF:

1. Sign in to the yearbook website

2. On the top menu, click "Book Creation," then "Plan," then "View Proofs."

3. In the text box, type the page number that you want to print (i.e. 24), or the page RANGE that you want to print (i.e. If you have a 2-page spread that you would like to print, enter the page numbers with a hyphen between, like 4-5)

4. Print, and give to a classmate to edit. Write your suggestions down on the PDF itself, circle things, cross things out, etc. Don't be afraid to mark it up with pen - it will be changing a bunch before the end of the year anyway and the PDF editing process is just that: a process. Pass it on to 3-4 people and see what kinds of suggestions you receive.

We will figure anything else out when I get back.

Sc 7 HW check/Comp 7 iMovie practice due date/IP 20-30 commercials

Hi girls! Just a reminder that Science 7 will have a homework check tomorrow morning in period 1 for page 75, "Communicate" #1-3.

Computers 7, your "iMovie kids" practice assignment is due for next class, which will be on Monday, Nov. 22nd.

IP 20/30 - Your commercials are due on Monday - please be sure to have them done outside of class time, over the weekend, etc. if you are not finished, as there are no more class periods designated for this assignment. Have fun! I can't wait to see them!

Comp 7 iMovie intro, IP 20/30 commercials, 7C assembly duties

Hi girls! Just a quick update on a few items:

Computers 7 - iMovie intro - Please start thinking of a topic that you would like to base your iMovie on. If you are collecting photos from Google image searches, please ensure that they are full-sized, high quality images. If you wish to do your iMovie on a topic for which you have your own photos (from your camera or computer at home), please bring your photos on a USB for next class so we can get started.

IP 20/30 commercials - Due Monday, November 22nd (Period 1). If you haven't finished filming yet, you should be working outside of class time to get your footage collected. You will need all the time you can get in class to actually put the project together, edit it for length, clarity, impact, etc. and add music and/or sound effects where appropriate.

7C assembly duties - We are responsible for Monday's assembly (November 15th). We will be singing "Reach Out" and 3 people will be in charge of singing "O Canada," leading the Lord's Prayer, and reading the daily announcements. If you wish to be a part of the extra duties, please let me know and we will draw names from a hat.

Yearbook update for IP 20/30

IP 20/30 girls:

The school portraits have now been uploaded to the Lifetouch website and are ready for us to plug into our yearbook class templates! Check it out!

How to eject a USB

To eject a USB:

1. 1. Click on USB icon on the desktop and use Apple + E on keyboard

2. 2. Drag USB icon to trash can on dock

3. 3. Press “eject” button in finder window

4. 4. Right click on USB icon (on the desktop) and select “Eject ______ (name of USB)”

Oh yeah? Well I could do that when I was 3 years old too!

Just kidding.

Also, check out his little sister pretending to play along with him in the background. So cute!

Also, on a school project-related note, here's what will be happening with IP10 and 20/30 classes starting tomorrow:

IP 10 - portfolio introduction/beginning creating resumes

IP 20/30 - brainstorming and starting the planning stages of the commercial/advertisement video assignment (we will record a list of group members tomorrow)

Also, on the IP 20/30 note, I was thinking that we should save iDVD until we have a large number of video projects completed. That way we can take that opportunity to make a giant compilation project that we can then burn to DVD at a later point in the year. Fun!