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Friday, November 19, 2010

Monday, November 22-DUE Menu TODAY! DROP IN YOUR PERIODS FOLDER

READ ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE BEGINNING: 

SUBSTITUTE SHOULD HAVE HANDOUT FOR YOU ALSO (SAME INSTRUCTIONS AS BELOW)  PLEASE RETURN HANDOUT TO SUB--DO NOT KEEP!

Final Project:  TOTAL Project is 250 points

Students will create using Publisher, XHTML, Movie Maker (images and sound), and MS Word the following: 
           
Restaurant: Menu & theme (i.e. Olive Garden-Italian food), 30-second commercial (using Movie Maker), a basic web page, and flyers announcing the grand opening of your restaurant.

This is a professional presentation and you have been hired to create these products.

Free from grammatical errors, spelling, and capitalization. 

30 second commercial  (MovieMaker & Music)           
INCOMPLETE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!

FIRST PART-Menu due Monday, November 22, 2010!  No incomplete projects will be accepted

SECOND PART OF THE PROJECT—\-30-second commercial. 
Point total 60 points.  Due:  NOVEMBER 30TH

REMEMBER THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION.
INSTRUCTIONS for Using Movie Maker and commercial

Start, Programs, Accessories, Windows Movie Maker

First:  You want to Import  Pictures (save them to your folder) that reflect the types of food you are offering at the restaurant- remember this a a 30-second commercial!
Second:   You WILL want to write out your commercial
  • Under CAPTURE VIDEO Now to to Tools and select Titles and Credits.
  • Select IMPORT PICTURES
  • Go to your folder, under PICS and import the images you saved.
    • Down below in the Movie Maker, make sure "SHOW TIMELINE"  is active.
  • Your pictures should/will appear.
  • Up top you will notice COLLECTIONS-here you can select Video affects and Video Transitions.  Add an effect and a transition to all of the pictures.
  • Add a title to the beginning of the movie/commercial " Name of Restaurant....."
  • Next add the script--this would be your voice but since that isn't working you willwrite in your commercial in the appropriate spots so that it flows with the images.
  • Now add the Credits  at the end, such as your name and the artist's name from the music you have chosen. 
  • Add the music last making sure that it flows (no blurps)!  DON'T USE MORE THAN 29-30 SECONDS OF THIS MUSIC--COPYRIGHT LAWS!
  • Save as voice narration
  • Save your commercial as:  lastname commercial.  SAVE EXACTLY AS INSTRUCTED..NO EXCEPTIONS Last name first then name of commercial.
                Save it LAST NAME COMMERICAL  (Example:  Gutierrez Commercial)
Step Three:  DOUBLE CHECK, TRIPLE CHECK QUADRUPLE CHECK!
NO INCOMPLETE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED!
WATCH YOUR SPELLING, GRAMMAR, & CAPITALIZATION!
NO LATE WORK!


Thursday, October 28, 2010

OCTOBER 29

Students will complete all the lessons so far that they need to finish with XHTML.  The handouts provided (sub) have all the code.
Students will add to their "MY FIRST WEB PAGE" the following:
Using HEADERS, HORIZONTAL RULES, LISTS, LINKS, PARAGRAPHS, CENTER
Separate each area by a horizonal rule
Link this web page to the three others you have already created.
Use proper grammar, spelling, capitalization.

ADD:
A short paragraph introducing yourself and your experience with creating a web page.

example:  Hello, my name is....I am a high school student currently a Freshman, etc at Palo Verde High School.

Add: Using Lists (use more than one) the following terms to your web page:  Blogger, Closing Tag, Nested,  Pixel (hint: definition list will be used here; hint 2:  definitions are in the back of the text sitting by your computers).
Create a list of your favorite musicians and the title of your favorite song by this artist.
Create a list of your favorite foods.

Add:  Use links to add a link to  your favorite web pages..school appropriate
.

This needs to be ready to view on Monday!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

OCTOBER 5

We will be slowly moving away from the blog postings and moving more towards me using the projector and demonstrating the work for you.

Students will continue to complete their Quater Project due Octobler 8.

Quater Project includes a Paper and a a PowerPoint on the advances of equipment, tools, etc. have had through technology.  Paper is to be 350 words, Times New Roman 12 or Arial 12 proper grammer, spelling, punctuation.

Students will work on improving their table skills (centering, highlighting, alphabetizing, etc.)  using MS Word and the textbook Century 21 plus beginning on page 58 and moving to the end of the unit.

Monday, October 4, 2010

OCTOBER 4

ANNOUNCEMENT: We will be slowly moving away from the blog postings and moving more towards me using the projector and demonstrating the work for you.

Students will continue to complete their Quater Project due Octobler 8.

Quater Project includes a Paper and a a PowerPoint on the advances of equipment, tools, etc. have had through technology.  Paper is to be 350 words, Times New Roman 12 or Arial 12 proper grammer, spelling, punctuation.

Students will work on improving their table skills (centering, highlighting, alphabetizing, etc.)  using MS Word and the textbook Century 21 plus beginning on page 58 and moving to the end of the unit.

Friday, October 1, 2010

OCTOBER 1

Students will continue to work on their Technology Reports and PowerPoints.  This particular project is due OCTOBER 8.   THIS IS YOUR QUARTER PROJECT.  Make sure it is done well (better than your best)  Worth 100 points.


Students will continue to develop their skills in table formatting using MS Word, Tables and Century 21 plust textbook.  Lesson begin on page 58 (please read intro before beginning the activities and move through to the end of the Unit 66.  Please follow all instructions. 

SAVE AS YOUR LAST NAME AND HOW THE TEXT TELLS YOU TO SAVE IT.  EXAMPLE:  GUTIERREZ CA4-2A.

REMINDER:  TECHNOLOGY REPORT AND POWERPOINT ARE DUE OCT 8, 2010.
                           I DO NOT ACCEPT LATE WORK.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

SEPTEMBER 29 & 30th

Students will continue to work on finishing up their My Life PowerPoint due SEPTEMBER 30.  TODAY

Make sure you drop it in the appropriate folder.

Students will continue to work on their Technology Reports and PowerPoints.  This particular project is due OCTOBER 8.   THIS IS YOUR QUARTER PROJECT.  Make sure it is done well (better than your best)  Worth 100 points.


Students will continue to develop their skills in table formatting using MS Word, Tables and Century 21 plust textbook.  Lesson begin on page 58 (please read intro before beginning the activities and move through to the end of the Unit 66.  Please follow all instructions. 

SAVE AS YOUR LAST NAME AND HOW THE TEXT TELLS YOU TO SAVE IT.  EXAMPLE:  GUTIERREZ CA4-2A.

REMINDER:  TECHNOLOGY REPORT AND POWERPOINT ARE DUE OCT 8, 2010.
                           I DO NOT ACCEPT LATE WORK.

Monday, September 27, 2010

SEPTEMBER 27 and SEPTEMBER 28

Students will continue to work on Millan PowerPoint, My Live PowerPoint, Short tables assigment in Text on page 58 PLUS research on a tool, machine, everyday piece of equipment to see how "technology" has influenced change.  Please review Friday's post for more information.

REMEMBER WITH THE TECHNOLOGY PAPER/POWERPOINT--NO DUPLICATIONS IN WHAT IS CHOSEN.

POWERPOINT FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT SHOULD BE 10 SLIDE...Title slide should include the name of the product and your name period and date.  Introduction and conclusion.