Lane After School Technology: 2011

Holiday Photo Phun - Jib Jab

Locate your picture in the folder:
Step 1: Click on "My computer"
Step 2: Click on "Dept on 'Nwlane1' (X:)"
Step 3: Click on media > 2011-2012 > picture day > by ID number

Step 1: In another tab (right click open in new tab) go to this link http://sendables.jibjab.com/holidays/category/christmas/pictures

Step 2: Choose a school appropriate holiday card that you can put your face, or you and some friends faces into.

How to download an image that you cannot right click and save as.

There are many ways to do this I will show you what I feel as the easiest method.

Step 1: Open the application "Picasa 3" (Start > Programs > Picasa 3)
Step 2: Go back to the website that has your image that you want and press the keyboard key "PrtScn"

Step 3: Go back to Picasa 3, on the left under "Projects" click on "Screen Captures" double click to open the captured screen shot.
Step 4: Top left "basic fixes" click "Crop" drag select the area of the picture you want to keep, then click apply.
Step 5: File > Save As -- Save to your Y drive, rename if you want

Upload it here:
password: lane

http://dropitto.me/lane

After Supper.

My gift to you, FREE TIME
I know it's what you've been asking for... for several months now :)

Inspirational Quotes - Inkscape

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Welcome back from supper, we are going to make shape collages using pictures from websites.
Make 3 different shape collages with different picture sources.

PASSWORD YOU CAN CHANGE IT

https://password.pps.k12.or.us/

Pun Phun

Using GIMP we will put together pictures to illustrate one of these compound word puns.

First choose one you want to do:

cross eyed
microphone
light headed
eggplant
doctor pepper
abominable (a bomb in a bull)

avoidable (trying to avoid a bull)
mugshot
fire drill
knucklehead
butterfingers

tailgate
watch dog
fruit flies
thumbnail
laptop

basketball

rattlesnake

keyboard

honeymoon

raincheck

bookworm

honeycomb

keynote

carpool

footnote

tapeworm

ponytail

paradox (two doctors)

Next go find on Google images or Bing images the pictures needed to make up your pun.

Put them together using GIMP (start > program files > GIMP)
use eraser and move / scale / rotate.

Save to Y drive as filename.jpg and also upload below.

See more examples here

GIMP a silly animated face

Step 1. open GIMP (Start > program files> GIMP 2...)

Step 1.1 Find and drag into GIMP your picture day photo. (My Computer, X drive...)
(X:\Media\2011-2012\picture day\by ID number)

Step 2. In GIMP: click Filters > Distorts > Iwarp
Step 3. On the Animate tab click "Animate"
Step 4. Drag the slider up to 10.
Step 5. Check Ping Pong,
Step 6. On the settings tab move parts of your face to make a silly or interesting animation, then click ok.
It has now created the frames inbetween the start position and the end position for you.

Step 7. Save the animation as filename.gif IN your Y drive.
Step 8. after you click save the window "export file" choose to "Save as Animation"

Watch your animation by dragging the file.gif into a browser, (Internet Explorer, Chrome)

After Supper...

Same thing about a teacher, and this time we will share some of them on the website :)

Upload to:
Dropbox.com
login: ppslane@gmail.com
password: purple

Your Name in Three Dimensions

Step 1: Find a font that you like.

Dafont.com

1001freefonts.com

Step 2: Download the Windows font and then locate and go to the file.

Step 3: Right click on the zipped file and then click extract.

Next open the program Blender (find the icon on the desktop, or start > program files > blender)

Follow this video:
Delete the cube (delete key)

Add text, edit mode, type your name.

Follow the next video:
Increase the Extrude,
Browse for font
Scale, Rotate, Location to put the text where you want to see it in the camera view.
Keyboard shortcuts are: S for scale, R for rotate, G for location, 0 for camera view.

Follow the last video:
Set color,
Output settings: choose RGBA
output to Y drive, render only 1 frame, render as animation.

Cyber Monday

Welcome back from supper:
Play this shopping game.

Your Name in Three Dimensions

Step 1: Find a font that you like.

Dafont.com

1001freefonts.com

Step 2: Download the Windows font and then locate and go to the file.

Step 3: Right click on the zipped file and then click extract.

Next open the program Blender (find the icon on the desktop, or start > program files > blender)

Follow this video:
Delete the cube (delete key)

Add text, edit mode, type your name.

Follow the last video:
Set color,
Output settings: choose RGBA
output to desktop, render only 1 frame, render as animation.

Hand Turkey

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

Yes you will literally put one hand on the computer monitor screen and trace it using the mouse. This is a practice of eye hand coordination.

create your hand turkey here:
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.

Then upload it here:

Pass the poll please...

Create your own poll that has something to do with the upcoming holiday.

What is a poll.. it is to take a sampling of the attitudes or opinions of.
Which means basically, to ask people to give their opinions of chosen things.

Ideas...
Things to do when not at school...
Food to eat...
Activities to do with relatives...
Sports team, game outcome..
Movies to watch...
Websites to go to...
Video games to play...
Whatever else you can think of...
Favorite myths or facts about the holiday...
polldaddy.com
Login: lanems OR ppslane@gmail.com
password: purple

Create a New > Poll

After Supper

Try out Google Recipe Search and find something that sounds good.
Refine your search on the left to narrow to a specific recipe.

Mr. Hurst Example: https://www.google.com/turkey sandwich

Wix your favorite color

After supper then in the address bar go to this address http://alchemy.l8r.pl/ or search for this "alchemy l8r" create 20 new elements.

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You will learn an online application called Wix to make your own online website focused on sharing your favorite color.

Your Website Must Have:

-at least 3 pages you created, LINKED together.

-at least 2 links to pages from the Internet you did not create.

-a page title of your favorite specific color.

-at least 5 images.

-a specific color name, not generic colors that my 3 year old daughter knows. (see list).

-in your own words a discription of what the color is.

-the historical date when the color name was first used, or scientifically where the color comes from.

-other fun facts about your color.

1. To get started simply identify your favorite color by name by clicking on this link and viewing the list, THE COLOR LIST REMEMBER, specific color names, NOT generic.
there is no wrong answer and if you are undecided just choose one that may not be your upmost favorite but is still favorable in your eyes.

2. once you know the name of the color, do a little research (Google it, Woflram Alpha it, Wikipedia it), make sure the color has some facts to put on your website about it.

3. Put your research and website together here: Wix.com

Once logged in, click "create" then click "start from scratch" or "blank template" or launch the editor.

Remember:

Your Website Must Have:

-at least 3 pages you created, LINKED together.

-at least 2 links to pages from the Internet you did not create.

-a page title of your favorite specific color.

-at least 5 images.

-a specific color name, not generic colors that my 3 year old daughter knows. (see list).

-in your own words a discription of what the color is.

-the historical date when the color name was first used, or scientifically where the color comes from.

-other fun facts about your color.

TIMELINE:
2 Days
Wednesday in order to earn free time you must have the name of your color and one page done, images, facts, links etc.
Monday we will continue and finish 2 more pages completing the total of 3 pages.

Halloween Movies!!!

Scared Shrekless
Fill out this online form, as you watch the movie, or after it is over.
If you try to answer them before you know the answers you may get them wrong...
If you get too many wrong you will have to take it again.

After supper - Monsters vs Aliens - mutant pumpkins from outer space
Fill out this online form, as you watch the movie, or after it is over.
If you try to answer them before you know the answers you may get them wrong...
If you get too many wrong you will have to take it again.

Pumpkins...

Take the quiz...
http://science.discovery.com/tv/punkin-chunkin/quiz/quiz.html

After supper, play the game
http://armorgames.com/play/418/pumpkin-smashin

Carve your own pumpkin

Get started here - theoworlds.com/halloween

Once finished, click DONE CARVING, Done and then the Internet address (URL) copy and paste as a blog comment using the name URL profile.

Wolfram Alpha Online Worksheet

Fill out this online worksheet.

Tic Tac Toe Redesign

First in the upper right click next, to see what other students have made.

You are going to redesign your own tic tac toe online game.

Step 1.
Download this zipped file and extract it.
tictac.zip
Right ClickClick, choose option SAVE.
locate file, right click > extract here.

Step 2.
Find FOUR images, try to find something that would oppose another thing, or relate to another thing.

One for you

One for your opponent

One for the nothing before you start

One background for your game.
Save the images to your home folder, or desktop.

Step 3.
Launch the program / application GIMP (Start > Programs> GIMP)
Edit the images to fit the correct sizes, feel free to use the provided nothing.xcf and back.xcf to get the sizes and shapes correct.
100px by 100px for the small three.
600px by 600px for the background.

Make sure to save as the correct file names.
x.png
o.png
nothing.png
background_tictac.jpg
The easiest way to do this is simply open the file, put your image in place of it and re-save the file.

GIMP tools to use, Move, scale, rotate...

Step 4.
Edit the code
The opponent still says Quazi, we simply need to do a "find and replace" for the word Quazi and replace it with whatever opponent name you want.

4.1 - Right click on the file tictacquazi.htm
4.2 - choose open with > notepad
4.3 - Edit > Replace4.4 - Find Quazi, replace with **Your opponents name**
Save and close

Open with browser, try out the game.

Step 5.
Upload a zipped folder of it, to dropbox.

Put all files into a folder, name the folder your name.
Right click on the folder > send to > compressed (zipped) folder.

Dropbox.com
login: ppslane@gmail.com

password: purpleYAY ALL DONE, enjoy free time!

School Dance Banners

Create your own banner at mybannermaker.com!

Make your own banner for the school dance at MyBannerMaker.com!

Details to include:

$3.00
or
1 quasar = 10 cents

Students in good standing = no D's or F's, 92% attendance, no referrals.

submit url as comment

http://www.demolistic.com/edit/dance-playlist

http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-fast-food-brands

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 you want your Halloween to be.

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

It does need to have some kind of beginning, a middle and an end. (basic story elements)

Animasher requirements

Create YOUR OWN ACCOUNT THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER YOUR OWN PASSWORD.

-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, submit animation URL as a comment.

Find a simple background wallpaper

Find 2 backgrounds to add to the active desktops wallpaper.

Backgrounds must be abstract, no direct words or photographs of specific things.
see examples here:
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/40-cool-abstract-and-background-photoshop-tutorials/
Simple is also nice.
http://simpledesktops.com/browse/33/

Feel free to find whichever you would like to add..
http://www.google.com/search/simplebackgrounds

Once found, SAVE to desktop.

Upload to dropbox.
login: ppslane@gmail.com
password: purple

After Supper.
Submit as a comment a link of your recommendation for the best simple game to add a link to the active desktop, much like the tic tak toe, fast typer 2 and mad libs.
The top one will be put on there.

Comment as - Name/URL

Columbus Day Time line

Research two Christopher Columbus facts that have dates to add to our group time line.

password: purple

Each time line event MUST have an image also.

*Be sure to put your first name in the description of your additions to the time line.

After Supper
Complete this game.

http://www.flashgame6.com/39609/the-discovery-of-america

Goofy School Pictures

http://www.celebrityschoolpics.com/index.php

Find FIVE goofy looking celebrities school pictures, feel free to Google search if you want to also to find other pictures.

Download them to your desktop.
(Right click Save picture as)

Then create a collage of at least 5 (you could do more) on this website.

photovisi.com

Save final collage to Y drive.

After Supper
Design your own fountain

3D Layers - Flame Name

Learn about 3D and Layers.

Make something recognizable. A bird, chair, horse, cat, car, logo, etc. anything that is more than just random chunks of blah.

Click here to get started, and to see the example. Guess what the example is supposed to be.

Turn it in by posting the finished URL as a comment. The URL should look like this. See below comments.
see last year assignments by 6th graders

After Supper

Your Name In Flame

Who are you, who is Mr. Hurst?... - Tech Savvy Survey

Get to know Mr. Hurst, and let Mr. Hurst get to know you

How Tech-Savvy Are You?

Avid

Jaycut.com

laneavid
purple

snipmp3.com

Youtube avid
laneavid
purplepower

tech bundle

http://280slides.com/Viewer/?user=65322&name=Lane%20Tech%20Bundles&fullscreen

http://280slides.com/Viewer/?user=65322&name=Lane%20Tech%20Bundles&fullscreen

After School Technology End

Yearbook Sparkle

Make a Yearbook Advertisement and then make it sparkle.

FIRST using GIMP put together a collage of yearbook words and images.

Images located here: X:/Media/2010-2011/yearbook_ad

Use the GIMP tools:

Scale,

Move,

Rotate,

Perspective - to stretch the angles like I did, or you have the freedom to create it however you like.

Put at least 3-4 yearbook pages or parts of the pages into your advertisement.

NEXT: put together the glittering / sparkling effects using this website.

http://glitterboo.com/photo-effects.php

Save finished project as animated gif to your Y drive.

Auto Tune

Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64iv40rqDf4&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

Read this article: http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/auto-tune.htm

Do it yourself: http://slothtoss.com/projects/flash_auto-tuner/

Talking doesn't sound as good to auto-tune, consider trying to sing so that the notes get stretched out.

Internet Riddle

Use your Technology Troubleshooting Skills to solve this Internet Riddle

Angry Birds on Chrome

X:\Media\apps\GoogleChrome

http://chrome.angrybirds.com

Live the hype!

Voice Forge - Text to Speech

http://www.voiceforge.com/demo

Try out several voices, say various things, find how long of a sentence / paragraph you can say for free on this site.

http://translate.google.com/# - Try using the different languages and translate something in that voice's language to speak in that language. (preferably something you might recognize or understand).

DO NOT TYPE PROFANITY, obviously you are at school and the code of conduct will still apply even if you type it instead of speak it.

Then after several minutes of understanding how this text to speech voices work, try out this.
http://www.sitepal.com/howitworks_B/

Create your own with the picture of you from picture day, or if you do not want to you can create one from a teacher.

Mother's Day Resources Website

Today we will be collaborating in making a single page website of Mother's Day Resources for students.

https://docs.google.com Mothers Day Resources

I already put example content on the site, now it's your assignment to put in more and better content.

Research (go find) more websites that have to do with mothers day, more websites that provide Ecards / Flowers / maps to local flower / gift shops, etc.

Build them into this page with pictures, links, information etc.

Everyone is working TOGETHER, so be considerate and DO NOT DELETE others work.

If you are caught being mischievous, messing with others work or not doing your part, you will have to build your OWN page all by yourself, which will take time and you will likely not have as much free time later.

Free Rice

MONDAY
Login:
lanemiddleschool

Password:
purple

freerice.com

Each student will sign in and contribute at least 1000 grains of rice EACH. (should take somewhere around 10 to 15 minutes, if you are focused).

Try out all the various subjects.

Make sure you sign in so that I can see the progress and you will get the credit for doing the trivia.

WEDNESDAY
Complete this online form.
Solar 4 R Schools

Webcam Control

Check out ALL of these links. feel free to surf around a lil on the pages.
By check out that means, visit the link, see what is there, try out the control, zoom in and pan around etc. Once you get it, move onto the next one.

WHY: so that you can understand the different types out there and give your opinion of your favorite one as a comment at the bottom.

http://www.webviewcams.com/america/oregon/columbia-river-maritime-museum - Astoria

http://www.obrhi.com/hawaii/diamond-head-beach-hawaii-webcam/

http://www.kitebeachcam.com/webcam/ - several, hawaii

http://instacam.com/ - Oregon coast, change every setting to all, increase speed.

http://webcam.oregonstate.edu/live.php - BE sure to check out the time lapse and events at the bottom.

http://webcam.uoregon.edu/view/index.shtml - HD no control

http://207.224.31.229/local/popup.html - Seaside, OR.

http://www.webviewcams.com/america/texas/carrollton - AWESOME, slow frame rate, but cool subject.

http://www.webviewcams.com/america/michigan/boyne-mountain-avalanche-bay-indoor-waterpark -

http://www.webviewcams.com/america/hawaii/maui-napili-bay - beach low resolution

http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/webcam/westlawn/ - college - high bandwidth, smooth fast.

http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/webcam/isucam/ - college - high bandwidth, smooth fast.

Now that you have checked out all these various webcams, comment using name/url (ignore the url) your favorite one and EXPLAIN WHY it is your fav.

Lane Skate Video

Today we are going to edit a quick video about Lane skateboarding.

Everyone will be provided with the same footage.

Video must be 1 minute long.
Video must have text.
Video must have at least 5 video segments.
Video must have at least 1 clip in SLOW MOTION.
Video must have at least 1 transition.
Video must use the provided audio file for music.

NOBODY is to delete ANY footage (because it deletes it for everyone else also) and if that happens, NO FREE TIME for the unlucky person that decided to delete footage.

www.jaycut.com

login (top right)

lanemiddleschool

password:

lane

(DO NOT CHANGE, or MESS with the password or profile, or NO free time for you)