Lyrics as shapes - Tagxedo



-Make a word collage of a holiday song you like, in a shape you like.
-You have the ability to change the colors, fonts, layouts etc.
-To save, choose "web" then fill out the fields and copy the URL (complete) and paste it as a comment using the Name / URL.
 -If you want to ALSO save it to your Y drive choose 1MP PNG.

Holiday song lyrics - find a song, copy the lyrics.

Tagxedo.com - load words, paste, change colors shapes.

Patterns 2 - snowflake design


Today we are going to design our own snowflakes using an online drawing tool called myoats.com

-Snowflakes have 6 sides so make SURE to change the "Sides" to 6
-Try each of the various tools and options out, change the opacity, line size, intensity, etc.
-Stay inside the boundaries, especially the top, so we can see the whole flake.
-Make 3 snowflakes and download each HD design to your Y drive.

Student Examples:

Patterns


Today we are going to make a pattern out of our faces.

Using this website: repperpatterns.com

Get your photo from the school photos X:\media\2010-2011\pictures

Save it to the Y drive

Student Examples:

Google Search Stories

Today we are going to learn how to make a google search story

the search story should tell about school, middle school, lane, learning, etc.

Put it together at youtube.com/searchstories

once you have put the 6 different searches that make up the story,
then put the final 7th that ends the story, then click next.
Choose some music, if you do not have headphones, listen to the various music selections on Mr. Hursts computer.



Show Mr. Hurst the finished story and he will then login so you can upload and finish the project.

Bubbl.us Brainstorming

Today we are going to learn how to use a brainstorming web application called bubbl.us.

The overall idea is to brainstorm and visually
pull the ideas out of your head and then once they are out start organizing.

WHAT ARE WE MIND MAPPING?
Candy, what candy do you like?
Map the candies you like and organizing them in a way that makes sense to you.

You could organize: by candy color,
candy types (sour, gummy, soft, hard, chocolate, fruit etc.)
Candy brands, sizes, flavors, etc.

You need to have at least 20 different candies mapped out.

If you want to you are welcome to use the 2.0 beta (it's nicer).

ALSO and don't forget, map a few candies that you DON'T like, on the same map but different bubbles.
I'm sure you can think of a FEW that you would rather switched to a tasty peanut butter M&M than the nasty
grape flavored taffy, okay so thats a personal example, I'm sure you can think of your own.

Feel free to research candies online to refresh your memory, great websites include:
candy.com, candywarehouse.com, candiesdirect.com.



TO GET STARTED, Visit the link, bubbl.us and then click start brainstorming.
If you want to SAVE your mind map so you can edit it again
ask Mr. Hurst for a login or create your own account.


TO FINISH so that you can be done and enjoy some free computer time.

Down in the bottom right is a "MENU" click Menu > Export.
Radial button Image and change it to PNG.
Then click OK

Save the downloaded image to your Y drive folder.

Hand Turkey

Today we are going to learn a web painting program and practice hand eye coordination

Examples of what a hand turkey is

The goal is to make a hand-turkey on the computer using this painting program / website.
http://www.onemotion.com/flash/sketch-paint/


Remember to make a background for the turkey, several colors and save the turkey picture to your y drive.

Fyrebug - make your own game

Today we are going to make our own flash game.

Using the website fyrebug.com

Make a game with the theme of Lane and Halloween.
So you could use images from Lane Middle School in the
X drive > Media > Lane Pictures.

Also search the Internet to find images of Halloween related things.

You can if you would like to create your own account,
you will need to check your email to complete making your account.

If you would rather borrow a Lane student account the login is:
lanestudent
Password:
--ASK MR. HURST--

Flock Draw - Think College

today we are going to use an online drawing program that allows us all to draw the same picture at once.

flockdraw.com
once we play around for a few minutes learning how to use it we will finish by creating a piece of art that illustrates and shows some element of Think College.

Wolfram Alpha

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cjVfanJ0RlZ6WlR5WWUwQ0VYQzhVZUE6MA..

Flipbook Animation

Today we are going to learn some basics in animation,
how the frames lead one to another to create a motion.

Create a basic animation, it doesn't have to tell any particular story or be of any importance,
this assignment is an introductory one to get you used to and practiced in animating.

Make an animation that uses ALL 100 frames. NO LESS, USE ALL ONE HUNDRED.

http://www.benettonplay.com/toys/flipbookdeluxe/guest.php

As you save it will ask you for an email, you do not need to put in your real name or email you can put one I create for this assignment "ppslane@gmail.com".

Remember no VIOLENCE, no guns, etc..

We Feel Fine

Today we will learn about emotions and trends in emotions using this fun website called we feel fine.
explore all the various avenues of how this website works,
be sure to try local portland,
try by specific emotions,
try by weather,
etc...


This website combs through social networking websites and pulls data to make these trends and interactive stats.
If you have such a social networking profile and have it set to public, chances are you are in these statistics.

Java Experiments - Your Name in Flame!

Today we are going to have some fun with some java scripted experiment simulators.

Draw your name in flame and save it to the Y drive.

Mix the colors together, try separating them, blobbing them, exploding them etc..

Make some water splash around, try building a fountain.

Burn baby burn, try making a structure and then throw a flame ball at it

Examples:

Earth Day Action

Today we are going to do our part at saving our earth.

Your two choices are:

1. www.everywun.com - make an account, or ask Mr. Hurst for one I created and we can share,
do a few quizzes about recycling, or the environment or other random interests
and then plant at least 1 tree from the quizzes, so 2 total with the signup bonus.

2. www.freerice.com - do the trivia questions to earn 1000 grains of rice.
-be sure to try various subjects.

Phone Phrenzy

Read this article

Look up some phones

More phones to look at

Phone comparision

Lastly, fill out this Online form

Animasher Halloween

Today we are going to make an animated story.

Using an online web application called Animasher.com

we are going to tell a story about how your halloween weekend was.

It could be a fictional story, or a realistic story.

It does need to have some kind of beginning, a middle and an end.



Animasher requirements


-Learn how to upload your own image and add it to the database (first download an image to the desktop).

-Create the story with at least 5 different SCENES.

-Each scene needs to have at least 2 different MOVING PARTS.

Save the final animashion and show Mr. Hurst

Race on Google Maps

Choose a route
Type two addresses without the ZIP codes

Consider starting at your home address and ending either of these places.

Lane Middle School
7200 SE 60th Ave. Portland, OR

McDonalds
5613 SE 82ND AVE, PORTLAND OR

http://www.tomscott.com/realworldracer/

School Dance Website

Today we are going to learn how to design a basic webpage and put animated gif images on it.

The content of the website will be a flyer about our school dance.

Use the program frontpage express (found on the X drive > media > apps > frontpage express) to design a one page site that illustrates and gives information about our upcoming dance.


Website must include this text, can be said in different words, but must communicate same messege.

Thursday, October 28th, 2:45pm-3:45pm

Dance Requirements:

C+ or higher in all classes

No more than 1 referral

No suspensions

Attendance is 92% or higher



Feel free to be expresionative and creative and not limit yourself
to only the link I provided to find dance related animated gifs.

http://www.heathersanimations.com/danceone.html
http://www.heathersanimations.com/dancetwo.html

Also don't limit yourself to using default fonts/colors backgrounds.

Save in Y drive.

Example:


Bullying Wordle

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHVjVEFvbDFXMVJkX0FraHVqTkE4ZXc6MQ

Who are you? Who is this Mr. Hurst guy...

Fill out this form, in doing so you can read the subtitles of the questions to learn about Mr. Hurst.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&pli=1&formkey=dDVrYl8tNnhGZ1BJcVAta2pfT0lOSWc6MQ#gid=0

Screencast-O-Matic

Today we are going to learn about how to make a screencast.

What a screencast is, is a video of your computer screen that you can then show others
how to do something.

First brainstorm what you want to show others how to do, then do and share it.

We will use Screen-cast-o-matic.

SEARCH | HCRAES (reverse)

Today we will learn about reverse searches.

Basically what it is all about is once you have already found something and you want to know where it also is, or more information about it, that's what a reverse lookup is.

So we will try it on two different things, first we will do it on a picture.

First find a picture on the Internet, possibly something that you will obviously recognize but more obscure than a company logo or the like.
Then go to the website TinEye.com
Paste the URL, or if you downloaded the image upload it to TinEye and see what the results are...

Then the second type of reverse search we will do is type a land line phone number into google.com it will (if it's listed) do a reverse search for more information on that phone number like the owner of it, address it's registered to, etc.

Mobile phones usually do not work.

Try grandparents numbers, parents numbers, people that still have land lines (feel free to pull out your mobile phones to look in your address book) because nobody remembers phone numbers anymore...

Active Desktop Backgrounds

Today we are going to make your own active desktop wallpaper,
you can if you so choose share it with the entire Lane community.
If you do not want to do this let me know.

First view the examples, see how they fade into the blue on the right, yours needs to do that too.






THEN - Download this image, right click on the file and "open with GIMP" -
if that doesn't work open the application GIMP and drag the file into GIMP.




As you need help with GIMP I will float around and assist,
consider a theme and build 3-5 images surrounding that theme together in a collage.

Color

Today we will learn about color, how one color compliments other colors,
how the different shades, hues, and other color related things play into how we see and use it.

We will visit this website and explore several aspects of understanding color.
-choose a color, then set it to complimentary, see it's compliment color, also its triad color etc.

If you would like to make a color theme for everyone to share and see, you need to sign up, I am not requiring this, but if you want to, it's fun.

http://kuler.adobe.com

Find your birthday color

Basics about color

Picture Pile

Fast 3D text maker online

http://www.creatingonline.com/image_editing/3d_textmaker.htm

Graffiti Creator

Face morph blend flip

http://www.notwosouls.com.au/#/yoursoul/

GIMP

Filters > Distorts > Polar Coordinates

Uncheck "map from top"

Find your own image to map on panoguide.com then locate the original jpg using this example:

http://www.panoguide.com/gallery/1535/
http://www.panoguide.com/gallery-images/1535.jpeg

Examples / pictures to use

Other Examples

Even more examples

How it works

Tilt Shift Photography

You will learn how to make a post-processing tilt shift photograph which basically means a picture of a real thing that "looks" like it's a miniature model.

This assignment must:

-Have a tilt shift image of a place of residence (your house, your uncle freds house, your grandpas house, apartment, condo etc, keep it personal not some random celebrity).
-Have a tilt shift image of a school (grade school, middle school, high school, college, your favorite one even if you havn't yet attendend).
-Have a tilt shift image of a place of interest / attraction (amusement park, favorite hotel / park / mall, famous building, etc).
-Images must be captured from maps.live.com birds eye view.
-Images must be captured and cropped in GIMP.
-Tilt shift images can be made in GIMP or much easier at tiltshiftmaker.com.

The assignment:

The goal is to learn how to make a miniature model scene of familar places which is called tilt shift photography. The basic principal is that by blurring the the viewer's gaze may be directed to parts of the image the photographer wishes to emphasize. And this direction causes the lifesized objects appear to be miniature in the photograph.

For the full artical please see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_miniature_faking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallgantics

Timeline 1 day:

Day 1: Intro to project, begin searching on a map, capturing images turning them into tilt shift images.

If needed we can turn this into a 2 day long assignment, but it should be fine to complete in one day.

STEP 1: Find the picture.

First go to bing.com/maps then search for the location of interest, start with your house so put your full address don't forget the city and state. Then click on the button "birds eye", on the left you have navigation to zoom out and in and to rotate from four different angles.

Once the view looks good make sure and clear the screen of all access clutter so make the minimap smaller, make the search smaller, make the navigation smaller, and to get maximized size in the browser click "view" then "fullscreen".

Remember you need 3 different locations: 1 house, 1 educational facility, 1 popular attraction / place of interest.

Ideas for popular attractions:

Pittock Mansion
Oaks Park
World Forestry Center
OMSI
Oregon State Capitol
Disneyland
Poineer Courthouse Square
Disneyworld
Eiffle Tower, France
Colossem Rome
RMS Queen Mary
Sydney Opera House
Las Vegas
Lisbon, Portugal
Basilica di San Pietro, Vatica
Statue of Liberty
Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Reichstag, Germany
Alcatraz
Washington Monument
Times Square
Pearl Harbor
Trafalgar Square, England
Niagara Falls
Hollywood Sign
Universal studios, Universal city, CA
Sea World, San Diego
National Gallery, UK
Basilique du Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre, Paris
Pleasure Beach, UK
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Florida
Grauman’s Chinese Theater
The London Eye, UK
Navy Pier
Temple Square
Waikiki Beach
Myrtle beach
Oregon Zoo
Mount Rushmore
Bosque de la Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Gravensteen
Guimaraes Castle



STEP 2: Capturing the image (say cheese).
In most all computers you have the abililty to take a snapshot of whatever the screen displays by pressing the "print scrn" key which is to the right of the "f12" key in the top right of the keyboard.

Once it has taken the picture it has the picture in the clipboard you need to put (paste) the picture into an image editing program (like GIMP).

Then crop the image to just the selected section of the screen that you wish to keep. To crop in GIMP use the rectangle selection tool and select the portion you wish to keep then click "image" then "crop to selection".

Save the image to your folder as "tiltshift.jpg".

This is another more explained version of how to do the same thing:

STEP 3: Make it at tiltshiftmaker.com
Follow the directions provided on it's website.
Remember to "get full size" and then "click here to download" and save the file to your Y drive.

EXAMPLES - This is my neighborhood guess which is my house, also,where I went to college at Biola University, and the Statue of Liberty.





REMEMBER
SAVE YOUR WORK OFTEN, CROP THE IMAGES TO THE BIGGEST SIZE YOU CAN WHILE NOT SHOWING WEBSITE STUFF, WHEN YOU NEED HELP ASK(raise your hand) but FIRST re-read the assignment guidelines.

3d Stereograms

Today we are going to be making stereograms (3d pictures).

First we will learn how to train our eyes to unfocus and refocus to see
different depths in order to see the pictures in 3D. - click on "how it works".

you will make one of just your first name with your pattern of choice.

you will make a second of a mask of choice and a pattern of choice.

you will make a third where you need to make your OWN mask and use a pattern of choice.

use website http://www.easystereogrambuilder.com and GIMP, Inkscape to make your own mask.

http://www.easystereogrambuilder.com/howtheywork.aspx