Comp 8 Picnik - own choice assignment

Hi girls. 8M, your nature quote edits are due today. Once you are finished, you may edit a photo of your own choice, in any way(s) you choose. You may choose to add text, various effects, selective colouring, etc. When you are finished, save the file with your last name and first initial, "own choice" and submit it to the 8M drop box.

For next class, please bring a favourite picture of you and a friend or a group of friends. DO NOT RELY ON GETTING YOUR PICTURES FROM FACEBOOK DURING CLASS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT! Please come prepared with your picture(s) on a USB.

Happy Picniking! :o)

IP 10 Rivier iMovie project - BRING CAMERAS!!!

Hi girls. Remember to bring your cameras for the next few IP 10 classes so we can get started on gathering pictures for our Rivier iMovie projects! Thanks!

Science 7 updates (exam, rock candy, etc.)

Yesterday we began our rock candy experiment. Our jars were looking different already today, and the only foreseeable problem that we may encounter is that our jars may not be big enough (or are too full, etc.) and the solution has nowhere to go. That being said, we will observe them for a week and see what happens. So far everything looks very sticky, colourful, and delicious! :o)

We will be having an exam shortly on Unit 2 Topics 1.0-4.4 inclusive (p. 97-139). You will receive your exam review sheets next class, and you will have 2 class periods to study (1 independently, 1 game-show style). The review periods/exam dates are as follows:

Science 7C - Review today p. 2/Fri. p. 4, exam Wed. March 3rd p. 2
Science 7L - Review tomorrow p. 2/Mon. p. 1, exam Wed. March 3rd p. 6

School promo iMovie brainstorm

IP 10 brainstorm - Rivier iMovies:

- pictures of the school/grounds
- who founded it
- school history
- uniform (pictures)
- day students/boarding info (gr. 10-12), costs, etc.
- sports teams (curling, basketball, volleyball, badminton, track, etc.)
- pep rallies
- spirit weeks
- subjects offered (French, etc.)
- music program (strings, jazz choir, band, choir, African drumming, etc.)
- library
- extra-curricular activities (Amnesty, SLC, Book Club, Green Club, drama, yearbook, etc.)
- religion-based educational philosophies
- student comments about the school (testimonials)
- administration
- all girls
- grade levels
- tuition
- exchange programs (Japan)
- Europe trip (gr. 11)
- pool
- chapel
- auditorium
- liturgical dancers
- Mac computer lab/portable lab
- sewing/cooking lab
- gym/weight room
- Driver Ed classes
- students/teachers
- dining hall
- student lounge
- BCN
- parlour

Nature editing

Hi Computers 8! The order of business today is to finish your "shadows and sunshine" assignment. When you are finished that, move on to the nature assignment described below:

Choose one of the following quotations:

"In summer, the song sings itself."
- William Carlos Williams

"My profession is to always find God in nature."
- Henry David Thoreau

"All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within."
- Horace Friess

"Sounds of the wind or sounds of the sea
Make me happy just to be."
- June Polis

"Each moment of the year has its own beauty . . . a picture which was never before and shall never be seen again."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If one daffodil is worth a thousand pleasures, then one is too few."
- William Wordsworth

"The earth laughs in flowers."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The ocean . . . cold and wild the surf, rushing in to overwhelm the beach, the wind, stinging my cheeks, enveloping me in total freedom."
- Scott Holman


Choose a nature photo from Google Image Search that will complement the quotation you have chosen. Please be sure that the resolution of the photo you choose is high enough that you will be able to edit it with accuracy and that it won't be too "crowded" once you add your effects to it.

You can choose the effects you add to the photo. Remember that sometimes less is more. Some suggestions:

- selective colouring (turn the photo to black and white or sepia and paint back on some original colour)
- selective boosting (turn down the saturation of the photo, boost the picture, click "reverse effect" and then paint back on some boosted colour)
- text emphasis (pick out an important word or phrase in your quotation and change its font, colour, and/or size)
- vignette
- soften
- any other effect(s) that you deem appropriate

When you are finished, save your file as "Lastname, nature quote" and hand it in to my drop box.

Happy editing, you creative beings, you! :o)

Sc 7C questions p. 139

Hi 7C! Your questions on p. 139 (Communicate #1-3, Check Your Progress #1-4, 7) are due on Tuesday, February 23rd. Don't forget over the break! :o) I will be doing a homework check at the beginning of the class.

Shadows and Sunshine - Comp 8

Hi Comp 8!

Today's assignment is to choose an appropriate photo from Google Image Search (or from your own collection of photos, if you have one) that would complement the following quote:

"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The technique we will be experimenting with is that of changing the TEXT to emphasize certain words. This can be achieved by creating multiple text boxes so that you can change the size, colour, and font of certain words.

For this assignment, I would like you to emphasize the words "shadows" and "sunshine."

Save it as "last name, shadows sunshine" and submit it to the drop box.