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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!

Computers 1: Week of 11/29/2010

- The 3 (Making Friends, Electronic Explosion, and Choose 1 of 3 on page PP 1.78) PowerPoints from before Thanksgiving are now past due.
- Due This week, adding animation and using Google Docs Presentation Software:
    1) Spring Break (pages PP 2.04-2.53)
          - Put YOUR NAME in place of the "Sponsored By"
    2) Roadside Breakdowns (pages pp 2.61-2.63)
          - Put YOUR NAME in place of the "Presented By"
- Current Tech Article Summary Presentations will be Friday, December 3. All news must be put into your  words and originally created in Google Docs.

TV P&C Reading Week of 11/29

Lenses: The Basics

TV P&C: Marking Period Grading

For each marking period, each student (no more than 2 per event) will be required to do the following:
Filming (outside of school hours)
A= 6+ Events
B= 4-5 Events
C= 3 Events
D= 1-2 Events
F= 0

Importing/Editing of Footage
A= 6+ Events
B= 4-5 Events
C= 3 Events
D= 1-2 Events
F= 0

Friday, November 19, 2010

TV P&C: Trip to Nutley High School

Please post a detailed comment to this posting that contains a full report of your trip. Include what you gained from this experience, how you can benefit personally, ideas that W-RHS can incorporate in our TV Production class, equipment that W-RHS should acquire, and any other information you wish to add. Make sure you put your name in the comment.
DP

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Computers 1 - Week of 11/15

1) PowerPoint Project 1 (Save as Making Friends) from book. Due 11/16
2) Test Grade: PP 1.72- PP 1.74, (Save as Electronics Explosion)
a. Due 11/18
b. Do not print
3) All students must choose 1 PowerPoint word problem from Page PP 1.78. Read the scenario and create a PowerPoint based on it. Save as PP 1.78.
4) Tech Article Due 11/19. Must be uploaded.

All files MUST be uploaded to your PowerPoint folder in Google Docs.

Computers II - Week of 11/15

RSS and Web Feeds!

1) You have subscribed to at least 1 feed in Google Reader
2) Share with me dporfido@gmail.com
3) On your own blog, post a new entry about how YOU specifically can use Google Reader for your courses, personally, and any other ways that will benifit you and make your web surfing easier
4) Create a new folder in Google Reader for this class and make sure you have all 12 blogs (including mine) in it
5) Don't forget your weekly tech blog postings, include a video! image! Record yourself and post it! be creative!