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So Long

It has been a pleasure being your teacher, coach and fellow-learner. Thanks for everything, especially for trying to reach for the gold ring. In the process of completing projects I observed your moments of frustration and confusion. I was so proud when you tried a second way and a third way to design projects that told a compelling story, were easy to understand and interesting.

Who knows what the internet will be like in ten years, but I am confident that your knowledge of computer applications, web 2.0 tools and habits of learning will be a useful support in the years to come.

Have a great Summer and keep in touch.

Malaria

Students in the United States are trying to stop the spread of Malaria.

Malaria is an infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Each year, there are approximately 515 million cases of malaria, killing between one and three million people, the majority of whom are young children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Malaria parasites are transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes.

We Land on Mars

Successful landing on Mars

What do you think this might mean for earthlings in the future?

What skills do people have to learn to to a successful project like this?

Parents Monitor Students

Parents can monitor students in school using the internet. Summarize the article and add your response with evidence to support your response. Add an image.

Times Change

Global Warming

Jayni Chase a graduate of JJHS spoke to students about Global Warming. She was trained by Al Gore to present slides that are similar to the ones that you might have seen in the film Inconvenient Truth. Please create a post in your blog that (1) presents five observations and facts that indicate that the earth is getting warmer (2)explains why the earth is getting warmer (3)list three specific consequences of global warming and lastly what we can do to reduce the risk of global warming in our lifetime.

Include at least one link and an image.

Movie Trailers for "Horton Hears a Who"

Create a trailer for "Horton Hears a Who." The trailer should include major stars, producer ,director and some images. Use Flash to create the trailer. Use the skills you have learned during the past weeks, to create an attractive trailer.
Create the trailer so that your eye can easily follow the text or images.

Argentina

We took a brief survey about the student's knowledge about Argentina and some important leaders. The results are surprising.

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Brendan's Flash File

What do you think this Flash file creates. Notice the staggered start of various layers.

10 Step Star Wars

1. Create a background.
2. Create a new layer.
3. Make a text box with your first line of text in it.
4. Insert a keyframe at 80.
5. Use free transform to shrink and move the text to where you want it to be at its end.
6. Repeat steps 2-5 for your other lines of text each with its first keyframe 25 frames after the one before it.
7. Go online and find music.
8. Right-click and save to your file.
9. Go to Flash again and go to File > Import > Import to Library > Select the music file and hit okay.

Click the music from your library and drag it into the background

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Flash File( .fla)

Exam the two slides. If you would play this flash file, what would you see?

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Images

How to get images

There are many sources of images for your digital story that are not subject to the copyright laws. These images can be reused and modified

• Creative Commons, http://search.creativecommons.org/
• Flickr, http://flickr.com/creativecommons
• A common category for reusable images , Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
• FlickrCC, http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/
• Free images, http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
• Pics4Learning educational images http://www.pics4learning.com/
• Historic photos from the Library of Congress, http://www.flickr.com/commons

Photos Linked to Photos

Presented at the TED Conference...Amazing photos with the same meta data can be linked together

Technology and Friends

One thing that we are observing is how technology affects our world---school,work, love, family and play. Has the internet, email, social sites changed our definition of a "friend". Has it changed our relationships?

Microsoft Tries to Purchase Yahoo

In our last communication Yahoo had plans to restructure and become more like Facebook and other social sites. Now Microsoft has offered share holders a lot on money $44 billion to purchase Yahoo. Why do you think Microsoft would do this? What advantages do they see? Will this move influence the strategic plans of Google? Stay tuned. Things happen quickly on the internet?
What do you think?

Listen to conversation with Times reporter, Andrew Sorkin http://graphics8.nytimes.com/podcasts/2008/02/01/02backstory-sommer-sorkin.mp3

Cellphone Novels in Japan

Its all thumbs!!! Her novel sold 400,000 copies.
Why?

I am amazed. Technology and people produce change that is unexpected all the time. The internet is such a creative platform for communication.

A Space for Creativity

Some environments seem to promote creativity. An artist’s studio, a pottery studio, a kitchen, and hopefully a writer’s desk come to mind. The class was very observant about how they create an environment for learning:

• Ermira said, I have to work with loud music
  
• Jesse said, What helps me is by looking at scenery and just drawing it.
  
• Kelsey said, When i take notes they arent very helpful at that tiem and place but later on i usually go back to them and use them for guidlines.
  
• Lauren said, Thinking or drawing always helps me understand things much better.
  
• Ariel said, I can always draw in my old sketchbook if I want too, or I can use my computer and write in a word document to get my thoughts down on paper.
  
• Autumn said, When I'm most creative when I'm listening to music in my room.
  
• Brendon said, Most of these places are eerie places such as cemetaries, or in the woods at night. I also get inspiration believe or not from places such as churches or any sacred place like that
  
• Brendan said, I need to be distracted while I work
  
• Jacob said, Although it is hard to explain, I believe that nature is the best cultivator for the mind.
  
• Jay said, I think that people are the most creative in the places that they are most comfortable. I also like to write in my spiral notebook.
  
• Jeremy F. said, i feel like im most creative in my room sitting at my computer with no sounds.
  
• Jeremy Z. said, Sometimes I realize that I write my best work when I am inspired by some sort of recent event, particularly a tragedy. For example, for my English class, we were given an assignment to do one of various things to write a two-page entry in our journals, but for mine, a great deal of ideas ran through my head.
  
• John said, I have a cool pen made 100% of blue glass, that you dip in ink to write with, and a really cool green leather notebook, that really help my creative side come out.
  
• Katherine said My house is a good place for me to be creative. My basement is very quiet and away from any distractions.
  
  
  

YAHOO

Post on your blog about Yahoo

Internet heavyweights like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Facebook may not be major corporations on the internet in the future. In many ways it is survival of the fittest. They are competitors.

In your post restate the business plan for Yahoo that may help it remain an internet leader. Discuss whether you think this plan will be successful. Be specific. Write in your own words do not copy and paste from the internet. Your post should be a few paragraphs. You may have a quote from the Times article. Include a small appropriate image, links that support your opinions ( linked to words in a sentence).

Use information from the Times article,
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/technology/14yahoo.html?pagewanted=all

the video about Facebook
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml
and looking at the websites of these corporations. And budget your time.

Good Luck!!!

http://www.facebook.com/

http://www.yahoo.com/

http://www.google.com/

Place for Creativity

Cre-ate v.t. to produce by one's own thought and imagination.

Sometimes a moment of creativity is supported by your immediate environment. Think about it. Do you need to be in a special place or special time of the day. Do certain pads of paper or markers or pens help you write a story or design a webpage. Does taking notes in a special pad help in the creative process?

Please write a post that describes the environment that helps you be creative.