Hello. I hope everyone is having fun studying, and learning, and reviewing. But don't forget about other things that are due, too! Like your portfolio! Although we have exams starting on Wednesday, we still have to manage our time wisely so we can get some time to work on our portfolio's as well. Remember that this portfolio is very important, because it reflects back on everything you have done and learned about during this year. Make sure its something creative and original. If your portfolio is original and eye catching, Mr.Case will actually publish it onto the web, and of course, raise your mark! So work super super hard on it to make it like nothing Mr.Case has ever seen! I am very busy studying right now, but I am going to finish up my portfolio tomorrow and hopefully hand it in on Tuesday!
Study and work HARD!
Bye.
And good luck!
- Peggy .
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Always the worst part!
I really am sorry for the delay in my blog. Th reason I haven't been keeping up is because my mind is so full of information on all my subjects, and getting prepared for my exams that I simply have no time for extra things. Although my blog is also very important because it will indeed be marked by Mr.Case, even now, so I will do my best to not miss any days. Another reason is that I have been away a fair bit this week, and haven't found the time to ask around, to see what we have done in class, but I will post events to the best of my ability.
On Thursday, we took up the BTT test that we did a while ago. I must add that I could have done much much better, but I think its a bit late for tests because school is somewhat at an end. But I am going to raise my marks with the portfolio that is due on Tuesday. Hopefully I will do a good enough job to raise my marks!
That's about it for today.
Work Hard.
Bye.
- Peggy .
On Thursday, we took up the BTT test that we did a while ago. I must add that I could have done much much better, but I think its a bit late for tests because school is somewhat at an end. But I am going to raise my marks with the portfolio that is due on Tuesday. Hopefully I will do a good enough job to raise my marks!
That's about it for today.
Work Hard.
Bye.
- Peggy .
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Free at last!
You have no idea how happy I am that our summative is finally done and handed in! Personally, I think that last week was very stressful because there were a lot of due dates and sumamtives to hand in, it was just crazy! But I'm very glad that all of that is over, and we can spend this week and a couple of days from next week studying for our exams, since they will be starting exactly a week from today!! On the other hand, yesterday in class we learned something very interesting. Its not something we have to memorize, but something cool for us to use anywhere and anytime. We learned about Cloud based Computing. We went on a website called: icloud.com and we explored. Basically what this website is that it contains a lot of things that you can have on your computer. For example email, msn messenger, clocks, and so much more. It kind of represents your computer, which is pretty neat because this website offers every member 2GB of space. You can put pictures, videos, movies, or anything else you want onto this website, and delete it off your computer to make more room. Since you have all this information on the website, you can access it anywhere, on any computer youd like! Its kind of like a USB, but its much cooler!
All you need to do is sign up and your ready to go!
Have fun exploring!
Bye.
- Peggy .
All you need to do is sign up and your ready to go!
Have fun exploring!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Last chance!
Hello. Today is unfortunately our last chance to finish our summative in class, because it is due tomorrow. I am a little worried about my website because I have not yet completed it, but I am doing my best so that I can complete it tonight and put it onto a CD, ready to hand into Mr.Case tomorrow. We got this period to finish off anything that we needed in order to prepare it for tomorrow. I managed to finish everything today, other than my website which still needs a few finishing touches. Other than that, I am truly happy that our summatives are complete! This week is the last week for all of them, and then we have to get ready for exams. And to be honest, in a way, I cant wait for exams because I am very eager for the school year to end, and for summer to arrive!
That's all for now.
Hope everyone does GRRRR-EAT on their summative
Bye.
- Peggy .
That's all for now.
Hope everyone does GRRRR-EAT on their summative
Bye.
- Peggy .
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Taxes. We all hate them but we have to pay them!
Where do you think Mr.Case gets his paycheck from? =P
Here's a good clue for you, from the taxes that our parents pay! Don't instantly think badly about this because this is how the economy works out. We pay taxes, and some of those taxes go to government funds, paying people's paychecks and even for yourself. The taxes that we pay go towards paying for teachers, fire fighters, police officers, roads, government and many more. In order for us to live in a less stressful world, we pay taxes, so that we can worry less about things that don't need worrying to do. We have to pay a set of taxes in Canada. PST is 8%. GST is 5%. All businesses have to pay one of these taxes, however, if you know that your business will not be able to make more than $30,000 a year, you don't have to pay GST. Not only are taxes a pain, but they help us in many ways. For example, a portion of the taxes that we pay goes towards OHIP, which is a health card, and therefore is free for us. If you ever wanted to visit a doctor, it would be for free, because of the taxes we pay. But if you went to America and visited a doctor there, it would cost you a lot, for every visit.
Even though we all hate paying taxes, it is something we all have to do no matter what, and in a way, if you think about it, it helps us out!
That's all for today.
Don't forget to pay your taxes!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Here's a good clue for you, from the taxes that our parents pay! Don't instantly think badly about this because this is how the economy works out. We pay taxes, and some of those taxes go to government funds, paying people's paychecks and even for yourself. The taxes that we pay go towards paying for teachers, fire fighters, police officers, roads, government and many more. In order for us to live in a less stressful world, we pay taxes, so that we can worry less about things that don't need worrying to do. We have to pay a set of taxes in Canada. PST is 8%. GST is 5%. All businesses have to pay one of these taxes, however, if you know that your business will not be able to make more than $30,000 a year, you don't have to pay GST. Not only are taxes a pain, but they help us in many ways. For example, a portion of the taxes that we pay goes towards OHIP, which is a health card, and therefore is free for us. If you ever wanted to visit a doctor, it would be for free, because of the taxes we pay. But if you went to America and visited a doctor there, it would cost you a lot, for every visit.
Even though we all hate paying taxes, it is something we all have to do no matter what, and in a way, if you think about it, it helps us out!
That's all for today.
Don't forget to pay your taxes!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Great time to catch up!.
Can you guess what we are all doing in class right now?[ Well theoretically yesterday because today is Tuesday and I am writing this blog regarding yesterday's work!] That's right, we have a work period today, so that we can finish any part of the summative that we have not yet completed. Our summative due date is beginning to come to an end, because we only have a few more days to finish them, and we have to hand them in on Friday. Although, I must point out that Friday is a day 2, meaning BTT01 doesn't have business on that day, so I guess that we will have to come on our own time to hand it in!
Make sure you complete all the parts of your summative, because keep in mind that this is worth 30% of your mark, since we will gladly not write an exam for this course.
Anyways, I should get back to finishing the parts of the summative that I'm behind in, and start to think very seriously about how I'm going to present my final project.
That's it for today.
Bye.
- Peggy .
fSunday, May 24, 2009
Panick attack!
I apologize for writing a bit late in my blog, but I have just been so busy with finishing all my summatives, I don't even find the time to come on the computer. However, now that I have spare time on my hands, I will reflect back on the things we did in BTT on Friday. But before I start, I would like to point out that our business summative is due on Friday, and for some people, including myself, that's terrible news. Now you might ask why, and I can give you a few reasons. For one, I have not finished my website, or brochure. Both being very important parts of this summative. Two, I don't have a lot of time on my hands to finish them, and therefore will 99% end up staying up late at night to complete them, at home. Which brings me to my next problem: I don't have the programs I need in order to finish them! Problem number four: the library isn't always open for a long period of time whether after school, lunch, or before school, so I will have to work efficiently and quickly! And problem number five: I can never find the time to go after school because I am at work, or have summatives to complete. On the other hand, I am learning a lot about time management and organization. But I am sure that I will find the time to finish everything in time, because I am very determined to get the best mark I could possibly earn. Besides me panicking and somewhat whining, we did get time to work on our recent assignment. We all got the chance to ask questions about any difficulties we had, or finish any other part of this assignment that we haven't already completed. Writing a good business letter is important. Not just the way it looks, but the quantity of it, too. It is a big challenge for kids our age to be taken seriously when starting a business on our own. However, we can overcome some of the challenges and make our own lives easier. One way to do so is by writing a well though out and convincing business letter. If it is convincing and professional enough, we will be payed more attention to.
Take it from me, try to stay on task because its very difficult to catch up if you miss something!
Oh and also don't forget to add you new expenses to your budget because that will count too!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Friday, May 22, 2009
How good can you convince someone?
Yesterday in class we learned how to write a proper business letter, in order to send to companies so that they can take us seriously, and accept the business we have in mind.
In the end of this summative, you should think about how you are going to present your final copy, because it will count a fair bit towards your mark. If you hand in something that looks like you spent 5 minutes putting together, the chances of Mr.Case not taking you seriously is very high. However, if you hand in something that looks like you have put some effort into it to make it look the best in the class, it will be imprinted on Mr.Case's brain, and that's a good thing!
We are now in the process of learning how to write a proper business letter.
MLA means modern language association. A professional business letter uses aerial or times new roman as its font, and 10-12 font size. Once you chose the font size, try to use it throughout your letter, because it will look more professional and consistent. You should always start your business letter with the date on the left side of your page. *HINT: never put a date on your letterhead because then you would have to write every letter that same day and get them out to people!* After that, you should have the sender's address. Although, sometimes you don't need to put it because you already have it in your letterhead. Then it is, of course, the recipient's address. Then you begin your letter with a greeting, like Dear ''someone'' or anything else. Try not to make it look like the recipient is your friend, because that will not look very professional.
Writing a business letter is similar to writing an essay, however you only need three paragraphs instead of five. The introduction, middle and conclusion.
The introduction is to explain why you are writing the letter. It has to be written in a way that convinces the reader to read ahead, but also to attract their attention.
The second paragraph is the convincing part. You have to support the points you gave in the first paragraph.
And lastly, the concluding paragraph finishes off any other points or ideas, but leaves the reader thinking. Mr.Case has provided useful sites that we can go to, to look at examples of business letters. You can also go to google.com and type in business letters. Keep in mind that your business letter needs to be in MLA format. The proper way to write a business letter in MLA format is to either indent each paragraph or out space in between each letter, but never do both in one letter!
We have been assigned to write a letter to five people, using mail merge. try to convince them to use your product, and why it is good. Once you are finished with the letters, you have to print them to hand in, but also drop one off in the drop off folder, so that he can see you have used mail merge. Make sure you finish all your assignments, and if you are behind, try to get help because sadly, the assignments are due on FRIDAY, MAY, 29!!!!!!!
Good luck!
Bye.
- Peggy .
In the end of this summative, you should think about how you are going to present your final copy, because it will count a fair bit towards your mark. If you hand in something that looks like you spent 5 minutes putting together, the chances of Mr.Case not taking you seriously is very high. However, if you hand in something that looks like you have put some effort into it to make it look the best in the class, it will be imprinted on Mr.Case's brain, and that's a good thing!
We are now in the process of learning how to write a proper business letter.
MLA means modern language association. A professional business letter uses aerial or times new roman as its font, and 10-12 font size. Once you chose the font size, try to use it throughout your letter, because it will look more professional and consistent. You should always start your business letter with the date on the left side of your page. *HINT: never put a date on your letterhead because then you would have to write every letter that same day and get them out to people!* After that, you should have the sender's address. Although, sometimes you don't need to put it because you already have it in your letterhead. Then it is, of course, the recipient's address. Then you begin your letter with a greeting, like Dear ''someone'' or anything else. Try not to make it look like the recipient is your friend, because that will not look very professional.
Writing a business letter is similar to writing an essay, however you only need three paragraphs instead of five. The introduction, middle and conclusion.
The introduction is to explain why you are writing the letter. It has to be written in a way that convinces the reader to read ahead, but also to attract their attention.
The second paragraph is the convincing part. You have to support the points you gave in the first paragraph.
And lastly, the concluding paragraph finishes off any other points or ideas, but leaves the reader thinking. Mr.Case has provided useful sites that we can go to, to look at examples of business letters. You can also go to google.com and type in business letters. Keep in mind that your business letter needs to be in MLA format. The proper way to write a business letter in MLA format is to either indent each paragraph or out space in between each letter, but never do both in one letter!
We have been assigned to write a letter to five people, using mail merge. try to convince them to use your product, and why it is good. Once you are finished with the letters, you have to print them to hand in, but also drop one off in the drop off folder, so that he can see you have used mail merge. Make sure you finish all your assignments, and if you are behind, try to get help because sadly, the assignments are due on FRIDAY, MAY, 29!!!!!!!
Good luck!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Only seven people?!
Wow. Its been five days since I haven't written in my blog! On the bright side, the reason behind this is not that I am behind or have been lazy, but because we had a three day weekend, well four if you want to count Friday, this week. And on Tuesday we didn't have BTT so there wasn't really anything I could write about, until today. There were only about seven of us in class today, because everyone else was at Vanier for orientation. Therefore the ones that were here had to move a book shelf to the other side of the library! The way we did this was that we first took out the books from the bookshelf and put them on the floor, moved the empty book shelf, and then put all the books back again. It took almost all the period, which resulted in us not getting any sort of work done, but on the other hand, we got good exercise! However all that ''exercise'' went to waste when we got donuts and freezies! But it was very fun, so yeah.
That's about all I can say about what we did today in class.
Oh and the brochure and website are due soon, so try to finish them, and if you haven't handed in anything else, make sure you do!
Bye.
- Peggy .
That's about all I can say about what we did today in class.
Oh and the brochure and website are due soon, so try to finish them, and if you haven't handed in anything else, make sure you do!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Friday, May 15, 2009
Have you made your mark on Mr.Case's brain?
Today is the day before a long weekend, and personally I cant wait! For one reason, I have three days[Friday is my day off] to work on my summatives and try to complete most of them, as they are due the following week. And for two, I can use my free time to just relax a little, because there has been so much pressure lately, I've been short on sleep. But on the long run, I am very excited because the end of the school year is just four weeks away, and I cant wait for a long two month summer of relaxing and having fun!
Today in class, we talked about another way in which we can advertise our business other than a business card and letter. Something people wont throw away, or lose, or not care about. Its a brochure. It is a great way to talk about your business in a more detailed, yet simple manner. Brochure is next to being as effective as a web page, because business cards can get lost, and they don't contain much information about your business. A letter will usually end up in the garbage. But a site can be accessed anytime, and will provide the reader with a lot of information. Just like a brochure. We learned how to make our own brochure for our business on Microsoft Publisher 2003. *HINT: If you want to get a better mark, try not to use the templates, because Mr.Case has seen them all. And if you are absolutely stuck and cant make your own brochure, use the templates, but change things around to make it more like your own- unique and attractive.*
It is also a good idea to first make your brochure and then your website, because your brochure will contain everything your website will. So an easy way is to get all the information for your brochure, and once your done, you can simply copy and paste your brochure information onto your website. However, if you are REALLY lazy and cant even be bothered to copy and paste the information, what you can do is save a second copy of your brochure as a web page, and that will make it into a website. But if you do that, you might want to go into dream weaver and edit your site, because what might sometimes happen is that when you save your work as a web page, it might get messed up. Another key to a successful business is if you use a domain for your email rather than something@hotmail.com or something@gmail.com or anything like that. Your business will look more professional if it is something@somethingcool.com , it will be remembered more easily, and will be easier to access.
Here comes the hard part, the due date. Start thinking from now how you are going to present your information. Think about it, if you hand in a pile of disorganized paper, that has food stains everywhere and looks like your dog might have taken a bite out of it, do you think Mr.Case will take it seriously? Most likely, no. You want to try and make yours the best and most outstanding. Try to put all your information into a nice binder or folder or anything else, so that it will make its own mark on Mr.Case's brain! ;]
After all, that's what business is all about- COMPETITION!
Have a great loooooooong weekend!
- Peggy .
Today in class, we talked about another way in which we can advertise our business other than a business card and letter. Something people wont throw away, or lose, or not care about. Its a brochure. It is a great way to talk about your business in a more detailed, yet simple manner. Brochure is next to being as effective as a web page, because business cards can get lost, and they don't contain much information about your business. A letter will usually end up in the garbage. But a site can be accessed anytime, and will provide the reader with a lot of information. Just like a brochure. We learned how to make our own brochure for our business on Microsoft Publisher 2003. *HINT: If you want to get a better mark, try not to use the templates, because Mr.Case has seen them all. And if you are absolutely stuck and cant make your own brochure, use the templates, but change things around to make it more like your own- unique and attractive.*
It is also a good idea to first make your brochure and then your website, because your brochure will contain everything your website will. So an easy way is to get all the information for your brochure, and once your done, you can simply copy and paste your brochure information onto your website. However, if you are REALLY lazy and cant even be bothered to copy and paste the information, what you can do is save a second copy of your brochure as a web page, and that will make it into a website. But if you do that, you might want to go into dream weaver and edit your site, because what might sometimes happen is that when you save your work as a web page, it might get messed up. Another key to a successful business is if you use a domain for your email rather than something@hotmail.com or something@gmail.com or anything like that. Your business will look more professional if it is something@somethingcool.com , it will be remembered more easily, and will be easier to access.
Here comes the hard part, the due date. Start thinking from now how you are going to present your information. Think about it, if you hand in a pile of disorganized paper, that has food stains everywhere and looks like your dog might have taken a bite out of it, do you think Mr.Case will take it seriously? Most likely, no. You want to try and make yours the best and most outstanding. Try to put all your information into a nice binder or folder or anything else, so that it will make its own mark on Mr.Case's brain! ;]
After all, that's what business is all about- COMPETITION!
Have a great loooooooong weekend!
- Peggy .
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Dont fall behind!
Hi there. It is a shame that I have to say that I have not yet printed out my completed form. Mainly because my printer recently ran our of ink, and also because I simply could not find the time to print it at school. With work after school and work in the cafe at lunch, and summatives, projects, tests and homework, I am eagerly counting the days until summer! Anyhow, I am going to print my form tomorrow morning at school and hand it into Mr.Case to take a look at it. I'm proud to say that I have completed my business card and letter, so I can say that I'm not falling behind.
Mr.Case is not here today, but has left us new work on the summative blog on the wiki. Honestly, I'm not too excited about the fact that we have to make our own website, considering my other one still needs improving, but I have no other choice but to do it. That's about all we did in class. We had time to finish our business cards, if we hadn't done so already and our letter too. Then when the bell rang at 3:00pm, all of us just ran out the door. =]
That's all the news for today.
Oh and I will be uploading P.N.S News eleventh edition tomorrow so check it out!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Mr.Case is not here today, but has left us new work on the summative blog on the wiki. Honestly, I'm not too excited about the fact that we have to make our own website, considering my other one still needs improving, but I have no other choice but to do it. That's about all we did in class. We had time to finish our business cards, if we hadn't done so already and our letter too. Then when the bell rang at 3:00pm, all of us just ran out the door. =]
That's all the news for today.
Oh and I will be uploading P.N.S News eleventh edition tomorrow so check it out!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
If you want to do it, do it right!
Hello fellow students of BTT. Today in class, we didn't really do much other than finishing up our letter heads and business cards. However, we got a little tip on how to do a letterhead professionally. If you think that your letter will be more than one page, it is better for you to change the settings of it so that the header will not appear on the second page too. The way you can do this is by going to file-page setup-different first page. By doing this, your letter will look more professional, and it is the proper way to do it.
We also got the task to go to this site: http://www.forms.ssb.gov.on.ca/mbs/ssb/forms/ssbforms.nsf/AttachDownload?openagent&TM=5_13_2009_9_29_08_AM&ENV=WWE&NO=002-14002&SEQ=5&VER=1
And once you are there, you have to complete the form, but do NOT submit it because even though you didn't pay for it, they will assume that you are going to pay and you might get in a big, complicated situation. Just fill it out, and print it, and save it somewhere so you don't lose it, because it will count for marks!
That's pretty much all we did today.
Make sure that you catch up on anything you are behind on because if your behind, your summative might not turn out as well as it should!
Bye.
- Peggy .
We also got the task to go to this site: http://www.forms.ssb.gov.on.ca/mbs/ssb/forms/ssbforms.nsf/AttachDownload?openagent&TM=5_13_2009_9_29_08_AM&ENV=WWE&NO=002-14002&SEQ=5&VER=1
And once you are there, you have to complete the form, but do NOT submit it because even though you didn't pay for it, they will assume that you are going to pay and you might get in a big, complicated situation. Just fill it out, and print it, and save it somewhere so you don't lose it, because it will count for marks!
That's pretty much all we did today.
Make sure that you catch up on anything you are behind on because if your behind, your summative might not turn out as well as it should!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Monday, May 11, 2009
Professional or sloppy?
What better place to learn keyboard than at. . . . . MAGIC MUSIC?? Yes the one and only, keyboard teaching class in this area. Would you rather let your kids wonder around in the streets during summer and get a tan, and a possible chance of cancer, when they can be having fun in the safety of your home, and learn something too? All you need to do is contact peggysmagicmusicteachingclassnotsofaraway.com
Now your thinking wow! How on earth is anyone supposed to remember that LONG address? Of course, my website isn't like that, but lets say it was, then how would you be able to spread the word? Lets say you are outside and you overheard someone talking about keyboard lessons for their kids. You go over and offer them your business and tell them all the positives to it. Finally after a couple of minutes, you win them over. They agree to call you once they have discussed and thought about it. But wait! No one has a pen to lend you. There are no papers and no cell phones. What do you do? The answer is simple. You simply reach into your pocket and hand them a. . . business card! Think about how handy that would be, in a situation like that! As you have probably guessed by now, this part of our summative requires us to make a business card, that we can carry around with us, once our business is up and running. Business cards are a very effective way of advertising. It makes you and your business look more professional. If you have a good business card, then you will attract more eyes.
A letterhead has your logo and address of the business on the top. If your business card is catchy and is easy to remember, more people will pay attention to it. We looked at some creative business cards today. They include cards like: one is ripped in half, representing a divorce lawyer. One has teeth on them, for dental care and many more. Try to make your business card as creative and attractive as possible, because it will attract more customers and more marks!
Some of the information that you need to put onto a business card is: name, phone number, address, website, and anything else you think that might help people access your business better.
What we all need to do today is to start creating our business card. Try to make it as creative as possible. You start out by going to word, and inserting header and footer. Put ''my business card'' in the top, and start working on the rest.
That's everything.
Bye.
- Peggy .
Now your thinking wow! How on earth is anyone supposed to remember that LONG address? Of course, my website isn't like that, but lets say it was, then how would you be able to spread the word? Lets say you are outside and you overheard someone talking about keyboard lessons for their kids. You go over and offer them your business and tell them all the positives to it. Finally after a couple of minutes, you win them over. They agree to call you once they have discussed and thought about it. But wait! No one has a pen to lend you. There are no papers and no cell phones. What do you do? The answer is simple. You simply reach into your pocket and hand them a. . . business card! Think about how handy that would be, in a situation like that! As you have probably guessed by now, this part of our summative requires us to make a business card, that we can carry around with us, once our business is up and running. Business cards are a very effective way of advertising. It makes you and your business look more professional. If you have a good business card, then you will attract more eyes.
A letterhead has your logo and address of the business on the top. If your business card is catchy and is easy to remember, more people will pay attention to it. We looked at some creative business cards today. They include cards like: one is ripped in half, representing a divorce lawyer. One has teeth on them, for dental care and many more. Try to make your business card as creative and attractive as possible, because it will attract more customers and more marks!
Some of the information that you need to put onto a business card is: name, phone number, address, website, and anything else you think that might help people access your business better.
What we all need to do today is to start creating our business card. Try to make it as creative as possible. You start out by going to word, and inserting header and footer. Put ''my business card'' in the top, and start working on the rest.
That's everything.
Bye.
- Peggy .
Friday, May 8, 2009
How good is your name?
First period of the day, and what other way to start this wonderful day, other than doing summatives. Everyone should have already handed in their proposal and budget into Mr.Case. So today, we have a couple of steps to do. Now that everyone has their logo and name, we can start.
Step one: What we are going to do today is do a little research, to see if anyone else already has the name you have chosen for your business. Keep in mind that this is a very critical step to being successful, and staying away from an ''F'', because if someone else is using your name, it will be considered plagiarism, and you can get sued!
Step two: The most common form of advertising is web presence. You are going to want to have a URL to direct people to your page and business. You want to make sure that you have a name that is catchy and is easily remembered. Think about it, if you want to make a 30 second advertisement on the radio, you want people to first of all understand the name, and remember it, and second, they can spell it or take a good guess as to how your name is spelled.
A way in which you can see if your business name is valid, is that you can go to domain.com and check the availabilities. Once you have done that, print screen the page, paste it onto word and keep it in your home drive for future references.
Each website that you have, you have to buy the rights to use it, and own it. When you stop paying your bills, they will cancel your domain and you no longer own it.
Of course, we are not going to actually pay for the sites that we are creating, but are just pretending that we are using it.
I'm off to my next class, to worry about another summative!
Bye for now.
- Peggy .
Step one: What we are going to do today is do a little research, to see if anyone else already has the name you have chosen for your business. Keep in mind that this is a very critical step to being successful, and staying away from an ''F'', because if someone else is using your name, it will be considered plagiarism, and you can get sued!
Step two: The most common form of advertising is web presence. You are going to want to have a URL to direct people to your page and business. You want to make sure that you have a name that is catchy and is easily remembered. Think about it, if you want to make a 30 second advertisement on the radio, you want people to first of all understand the name, and remember it, and second, they can spell it or take a good guess as to how your name is spelled.
A way in which you can see if your business name is valid, is that you can go to domain.com and check the availabilities. Once you have done that, print screen the page, paste it onto word and keep it in your home drive for future references.
Each website that you have, you have to buy the rights to use it, and own it. When you stop paying your bills, they will cancel your domain and you no longer own it.
Of course, we are not going to actually pay for the sites that we are creating, but are just pretending that we are using it.
I'm off to my next class, to worry about another summative!
Bye for now.
- Peggy .
Thursday, May 7, 2009
No time to lose!
This is my second post this week, even though we have had four classes, I was only able to attend two of them, because my partners and I were busy showing the future grade 7's of Woodbine around the school. However, I have asked around, and it seems like I haven't missed too much so far. On Tuesday, the class discussed summatives, and the things you need to do so that you don't fall behind, or worse, fail this course!
Yesterday, the class discussed the importance of having a logo, but the rules you need to look out for when making your logo and choosing a name for your company.
If you miss any BTT classes, make sure you catch up. This is a very stressful time for all of us, with all the summatives and exams to prepare for. We all get freaked out, and its very tempting to skip class or a day at school, but I don't think its a wise idea, considering how much you will miss, in one day!
I personally am struggling to get my logo and name finished, because I was not aware of it until today, and everything is due tomorrow morning at 9:00! Make sure you get everything in by then or else if its 9:01, it will not be accepted!
That's all for now.
Bye.
- Peggy .
Yesterday, the class discussed the importance of having a logo, but the rules you need to look out for when making your logo and choosing a name for your company.
If you miss any BTT classes, make sure you catch up. This is a very stressful time for all of us, with all the summatives and exams to prepare for. We all get freaked out, and its very tempting to skip class or a day at school, but I don't think its a wise idea, considering how much you will miss, in one day!
I personally am struggling to get my logo and name finished, because I was not aware of it until today, and everything is due tomorrow morning at 9:00! Make sure you get everything in by then or else if its 9:01, it will not be accepted!
That's all for now.
Bye.
- Peggy .
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Like playing instruments? Try playing the Keyboard!
Here is what I have in mind for my summer job. Teaching keyboard. But before I can be sure on that, I need to go over many questions and obstacles to see if my business is worth it, and if I will gain any money by the end of summer.
Saying that I am a professional at playing keyboard is very broad, and would be considered a lie. But I can however say that I have certain skills that may be very helpful when teaching others. I have been playing keyboard since I was 9 years old. I attended various keyboard classes, but was never quit satisfied with the teaching skills. I then stooped attending the classes, and basically gave up. I stopped playing for about a year, but then was interested again when I learned that my cousin had attended classes when he was young, and had received various certificates. What I then did was ask my cousin if he could tutor me. He graciously agreed to teach me three days a week for as long as I wanted to. I started from scratch, bought new books, and started learning. My cousin tutored me for three years. Then I started becoming more familiar with everything, and no longer needed his help. I still get playing tips from my cousin every so often[because he now attends university and has limited time on his hands], but I think that I would be capable of teaching others my skills. Of course, I have to take into consideration that teaching all ages may not be a good idea, since I may not have the skills that some people require.
So in order for my business to expand and be successful, I have decided that I will be teaching grade two to five.
I don't want to say too much, considering this is a business I will hopefully be successful in, and don't want competition! =P
So that's all for now.
Bye.
- Peggy .
Saying that I am a professional at playing keyboard is very broad, and would be considered a lie. But I can however say that I have certain skills that may be very helpful when teaching others. I have been playing keyboard since I was 9 years old. I attended various keyboard classes, but was never quit satisfied with the teaching skills. I then stooped attending the classes, and basically gave up. I stopped playing for about a year, but then was interested again when I learned that my cousin had attended classes when he was young, and had received various certificates. What I then did was ask my cousin if he could tutor me. He graciously agreed to teach me three days a week for as long as I wanted to. I started from scratch, bought new books, and started learning. My cousin tutored me for three years. Then I started becoming more familiar with everything, and no longer needed his help. I still get playing tips from my cousin every so often[because he now attends university and has limited time on his hands], but I think that I would be capable of teaching others my skills. Of course, I have to take into consideration that teaching all ages may not be a good idea, since I may not have the skills that some people require.
So in order for my business to expand and be successful, I have decided that I will be teaching grade two to five.
I don't want to say too much, considering this is a business I will hopefully be successful in, and don't want competition! =P
So that's all for now.
Bye.
- Peggy .
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Use your brain!
Think about it. If everyone made a page on the wiki and wrote down every hint that Mr.Case has given us during the lessons, we would all get a really good mark on the test.
Business concept. Which is when you describe to him roughly what you are going to do for your business. You use Microsoft word to show your general idea. What sort of costs and obstacle are you going to have to overcome? Like time, knowledge and more.
Using excel we are going to create a budget. One how much money are
Gross income- how much money you bring in. [your earnings.]
Net is the amount of money you earn after taking away the expenses.
Capitol expense- all the extra expenses that you will have, even when your business is done.
You want to think of everything.
You can break it down to operational expenses.
When it comes to taxes, its easier.
Business cards for 25 dollars.
You can get a basic web page for about 150 dollars.
You need to think about the rent costs.
You have to think about buying shelves, painting the store, getting people to set things up for you.
Your net income is your total income minus your total expenses. Then you have to look at the total and see if the business you are planing to do is realistic.
You have to be REALISTIC, or else your business wont work!
Is your business viable! When you hand it in to Mr.Case and he says you idiot your going to lose money, then your business is not worth it.
Just because you have lost money, it doesn't mean that its not a worthwhile business.
The capital expenses are sometimes worthwhile.
Opening your business is a risk. But some good things about having a business is that you are working for yourself. If things go well, you can make more money than working in MacDonalds or anywhere else. Job experience. It looks good on your resume when you are going to work for somewhere else. For example, if you want to then go work in MacDonalds, and on your resume you have written that you owned your own business, it will get you a better position.
Here is what you need to do:
start on making your own business budget on excel.
And write your business idea for your business, on Microsoft word for Monday's class so that you are not behind, because we are moving onto something else on Monday.
Work hard and think everything through!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Business concept. Which is when you describe to him roughly what you are going to do for your business. You use Microsoft word to show your general idea. What sort of costs and obstacle are you going to have to overcome? Like time, knowledge and more.
Using excel we are going to create a budget. One how much money are
Gross income- how much money you bring in. [your earnings.]
Net is the amount of money you earn after taking away the expenses.
Capitol expense- all the extra expenses that you will have, even when your business is done.
You want to think of everything.
You can break it down to operational expenses.
When it comes to taxes, its easier.
Business cards for 25 dollars.
You can get a basic web page for about 150 dollars.
You need to think about the rent costs.
You have to think about buying shelves, painting the store, getting people to set things up for you.
Your net income is your total income minus your total expenses. Then you have to look at the total and see if the business you are planing to do is realistic.
You have to be REALISTIC, or else your business wont work!
Is your business viable! When you hand it in to Mr.Case and he says you idiot your going to lose money, then your business is not worth it.
Just because you have lost money, it doesn't mean that its not a worthwhile business.
The capital expenses are sometimes worthwhile.
Opening your business is a risk. But some good things about having a business is that you are working for yourself. If things go well, you can make more money than working in MacDonalds or anywhere else. Job experience. It looks good on your resume when you are going to work for somewhere else. For example, if you want to then go work in MacDonalds, and on your resume you have written that you owned your own business, it will get you a better position.
Here is what you need to do:
start on making your own business budget on excel.
And write your business idea for your business, on Microsoft word for Monday's class so that you are not behind, because we are moving onto something else on Monday.
Work hard and think everything through!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Monday, April 27, 2009
BTT summative Part UNE !
Here are some stupid ideas that people in the past have thought of and haven't succeeded!
Opening a Ferrari dealership! Think about it, could a 15 year old really open up a place, buy a large amount of Ferrari's and sell them, in only two months! It is highly unlikely. So try to come up with something reasonable, affordable, and realistic!
If you want a level four on your project, you have to work hard and think about every possibility, question, and obstacle. A level three is when Mr.Case will look at your project and will agree that you have done everything that was asked for you to do, nothing more or less. A level two is when Mr.Case looks at your work and laughs! If you want to open up a Ferrari dealership, you guarantee yourself a level two or lower! And level one is when you have not done any sort of thinking on your project and the night before it was due, you remembered that you needed to hand it in! And of course, zero is when you don't hand anything in at all.
Many people first think of retail and selling food. The problem with retail is that you need to sell your product with a lower amount that you bought the product for. Also, how and where are you going to sell them? Wholesale is cheaper in ways because you don't buy a large about of a product. There are many questions you need to be able to answer so that your business goes well. For example, where are you going to keep your product? Where are you going to open up your business? If its at home, then think about how you can sell things by making people come to your house! If you are planing on renting a store somewhere then you need to think about the costs. Like how much you have to pay to rent the place, things like electricity, insurance, alarm systems etc. How are you going to find the money to do all these, but also finish the two months with more money that you started out with.
If you want to sell food to people, for example a hot dog stand, you need to get permission from the government so that you can set up in one specific place in the city. You also need permits that show you are capable of making and selling food to people.
These are just one of the many questions you will be facing when coming up with an idea for your summative. Keep in mind that if you want a good mark, you need to think your idea through, and not just the basics but everything there is about it. Think about the money you will spend and in return the money you will gain.
Your job for the next two days is to come up with an idea for your summer job. Get opinions from three other people. Two your own age, and one adult. See if they think its a good idea, and if it will succeed. Be prepared to do work on it on Wednesday.
Also, make sure you study for the Flash and Dream Weaver test that is coming up on Monday!
There are three types of businesses in Canada:
Sole proprietorship: is when one person owns the business. You can have people work for you, but only one person is the owner.
Partnership: it is exactly as it sounds. You and another person, or people own the business. But if along the way you change your mind and you want to own the whole business, you can pay their share of the business, and therefore making yourself the owner.
Corporation: Corporation is kind of like a company. For example, if you sue a company, you are not necessarily suing the owner but the company itself. A corporation can be owned by more than one person. Although the more supply there is, the more the value of things go down.
A takeover is when someone comes in and expresses their idea but no one likes it, so they don't agree upon it. Therefore everyone decides to vote on it. But if you have bought their share then you win, because you own most of the company. A takeover is when one person has gone around and bought everyone's ownership of the company, and therefore gets to decide upon what changes occur.
These are many things you need to take into account for your project. Remember, if you want a good mark, you have to work hard!
Bye for now.
- Peggy .
Opening a Ferrari dealership! Think about it, could a 15 year old really open up a place, buy a large amount of Ferrari's and sell them, in only two months! It is highly unlikely. So try to come up with something reasonable, affordable, and realistic!
If you want a level four on your project, you have to work hard and think about every possibility, question, and obstacle. A level three is when Mr.Case will look at your project and will agree that you have done everything that was asked for you to do, nothing more or less. A level two is when Mr.Case looks at your work and laughs! If you want to open up a Ferrari dealership, you guarantee yourself a level two or lower! And level one is when you have not done any sort of thinking on your project and the night before it was due, you remembered that you needed to hand it in! And of course, zero is when you don't hand anything in at all.
Many people first think of retail and selling food. The problem with retail is that you need to sell your product with a lower amount that you bought the product for. Also, how and where are you going to sell them? Wholesale is cheaper in ways because you don't buy a large about of a product. There are many questions you need to be able to answer so that your business goes well. For example, where are you going to keep your product? Where are you going to open up your business? If its at home, then think about how you can sell things by making people come to your house! If you are planing on renting a store somewhere then you need to think about the costs. Like how much you have to pay to rent the place, things like electricity, insurance, alarm systems etc. How are you going to find the money to do all these, but also finish the two months with more money that you started out with.
If you want to sell food to people, for example a hot dog stand, you need to get permission from the government so that you can set up in one specific place in the city. You also need permits that show you are capable of making and selling food to people.
These are just one of the many questions you will be facing when coming up with an idea for your summative. Keep in mind that if you want a good mark, you need to think your idea through, and not just the basics but everything there is about it. Think about the money you will spend and in return the money you will gain.
Your job for the next two days is to come up with an idea for your summer job. Get opinions from three other people. Two your own age, and one adult. See if they think its a good idea, and if it will succeed. Be prepared to do work on it on Wednesday.
Also, make sure you study for the Flash and Dream Weaver test that is coming up on Monday!
There are three types of businesses in Canada:
Sole proprietorship: is when one person owns the business. You can have people work for you, but only one person is the owner.
Partnership: it is exactly as it sounds. You and another person, or people own the business. But if along the way you change your mind and you want to own the whole business, you can pay their share of the business, and therefore making yourself the owner.
Corporation: Corporation is kind of like a company. For example, if you sue a company, you are not necessarily suing the owner but the company itself. A corporation can be owned by more than one person. Although the more supply there is, the more the value of things go down.
A takeover is when someone comes in and expresses their idea but no one likes it, so they don't agree upon it. Therefore everyone decides to vote on it. But if you have bought their share then you win, because you own most of the company. A takeover is when one person has gone around and bought everyone's ownership of the company, and therefore gets to decide upon what changes occur.
These are many things you need to take into account for your project. Remember, if you want a good mark, you have to work hard!
Bye for now.
- Peggy .
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Stay on Task!
We usually start the day out with a lesson on something new, and then get to work on whatever that we have been assigned for the rest of the period. But today started out differently. We first began with talking about our portfolio, which is due at the end of the year. Also other things that are due very soon are our flash projects and our websites. Yes, make sure you complete them and hand them into Mr.Case no later than Monday, because Mr.Case is going to be giving us a completion mark for our websites, and a mark for our flash projects. But as soon as the flash projects were brought up, everyone started to complain about the limited time we had to complete them. The reason for this is that these flash projects were supposed to be a practice for us so that we can better our skills in flash.
Before we got time to work on our projects and anything else that needed completing, we touched upon our summative that is going to be given to us on Monday, as soon as everyone comes back from Ottawa. The good news is that we DON'T have an end of the year exam for BTT, which in my opinion is great because it just adds to the amount of studying that we have to already do. But the drawback is that the project we are getting will be worth 30% of our BTT mark, which is a great deal of a mark!! This summatives will make or break us, so you have to start thinking of ways in which you can make the best out of it.
Now for the good part. What our summatives is going to be. We are required to come up with a summer job that will fit our budget, our capability and is realistic. It is kind of like a company that you are making. You have to write plans and ideas down about how, where, when and why you want to create the kind of company that you chose. But I wont get into too much detail because Mr.Case will explain everything on Monday.
Another thing that you need to keep track of is your portfolio. You need to put your portfolio into your website, because it is something that represents you and all the different things you've done during this school year. You need to get working on it if you want it completed by the end of the year, and ready to hand in!
These are many important things that you need to complete by the end of the year so that you can get the best mark as possible in this course.
However, after all this scary news was over, we got to work on our flash projects, websites and anything else that we wanted to.
That's all the news for now.
Get tarted on your summatives so that you have time to finish all of them!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Before we got time to work on our projects and anything else that needed completing, we touched upon our summative that is going to be given to us on Monday, as soon as everyone comes back from Ottawa. The good news is that we DON'T have an end of the year exam for BTT, which in my opinion is great because it just adds to the amount of studying that we have to already do. But the drawback is that the project we are getting will be worth 30% of our BTT mark, which is a great deal of a mark!! This summatives will make or break us, so you have to start thinking of ways in which you can make the best out of it.
Now for the good part. What our summatives is going to be. We are required to come up with a summer job that will fit our budget, our capability and is realistic. It is kind of like a company that you are making. You have to write plans and ideas down about how, where, when and why you want to create the kind of company that you chose. But I wont get into too much detail because Mr.Case will explain everything on Monday.
Another thing that you need to keep track of is your portfolio. You need to put your portfolio into your website, because it is something that represents you and all the different things you've done during this school year. You need to get working on it if you want it completed by the end of the year, and ready to hand in!
These are many important things that you need to complete by the end of the year so that you can get the best mark as possible in this course.
However, after all this scary news was over, we got to work on our flash projects, websites and anything else that we wanted to.
That's all the news for now.
Get tarted on your summatives so that you have time to finish all of them!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Not at Ottawa? So you have to learn!!
Hello everyone. Our class today seems very odd because there are a few people missing. But I must say its not that much of a difference for our BTT class, but for the other classes, there are a lot of people missing! Anyways, today we are going to learn how to fix/create videos. This is just a cool way to increase your marks for summatives. This information that Mr.Case is teaching us today will not be on any sort of test, its just for out own knowledge!
When you capture a video, the program you have opened it with will save your file on the computer and then read it. But if you import them then it means that the program is bringing the video into the program to read it.
On your movie maker screen, you can see three things; a timeline that is at the bottom of your page, the stage that is on the right, and the well which is where you can see everything.
Scene is the number of times when you turn your camera on and off, to take different pictures.
Auto movie means that windows decide were the movies would best fit in.
You can make your video brighter, darker, look old, and many more.
When you want to edit your movies, its better to do it using the timeline because you can actually see your videos.
Transition means change between two scenes.
By changing the order, you can simply drag your video from the beginning to anywhere on the timeline that you want.
If you don't like a part, you can cut it out by shortening the frame.
You can put the same thing over and over again, by putting the same video in several times.
You can copy and past it anywhere for as many times as you want.
You can also trim anything that you don't want, that is in the video itself. Cutting is when you take the whole clip away, but trim is taking some part of a video out.
Here is where kids freak out all the time.
If you save it as an MSWMM then it will not work because what this file does is that it gives the computer instructions to go to the computer, get the pictures/videos and make changes and play it. So if you save it on a USB, it wont work!
If you save it as an email, it is going to save on a USB key. Just like a JPEG, because it is a lossy file. MWV is a small file. But if you save your work as a DVAVI file, it will take up lots of space.
You can also add titles on your screen, but because the title is inverted, it blanks out everything else.
The more things you have on your video, the more it will take for the video to export it. Like titles, clips and more.
Always save your files as AVI.
FLA is an flash file. SWIFF is a flash animation. FLV is a flash video.
Frame rate it the frames per second.
The standard size for the Internet is 360x240.
Frame rate is 15.
This information is just for your information, because Mr.Case wont test us on it.
*If you have Windows XP at home, then you automatically have it at home, because this program comes with windows XP. Or you can search Movie KP, on search and it will find it for you.*
Here comes the fancy stuff!! =]
Your going to need Flash CS3, and Dream Weaver.
Go to Insert-Media-Flash video and bring in the videos you want.
You can put a skin on a video, which is the over layer. It creates a basic video for you. You can chose different ones.
You can create your own skin. Go to Create-skin. And then chose the size and frame.
Only use progressive download. Then chose the skin you want, [you can chose the colour you want for your skin] press next and finish. Save it as ''name'' FLA.
Your taking a video and making an animation out of your video.
Go to publish settings[where you want to publish] and chose where you want. The HTML is important because you want to put it on the Internet. Press publish, and your done. *If you have the video open, it wont publish.*
Farzin has gladly volunteered to let us use his videos so that we can play around with them.
So use them well!! =]
That's all the learning I can take today!
Have a great Wednesday!! And people at Ottawa have fun!!
Bye.
- Peggy .
When you capture a video, the program you have opened it with will save your file on the computer and then read it. But if you import them then it means that the program is bringing the video into the program to read it.
On your movie maker screen, you can see three things; a timeline that is at the bottom of your page, the stage that is on the right, and the well which is where you can see everything.
Scene is the number of times when you turn your camera on and off, to take different pictures.
Auto movie means that windows decide were the movies would best fit in.
You can make your video brighter, darker, look old, and many more.
When you want to edit your movies, its better to do it using the timeline because you can actually see your videos.
Transition means change between two scenes.
By changing the order, you can simply drag your video from the beginning to anywhere on the timeline that you want.
If you don't like a part, you can cut it out by shortening the frame.
You can put the same thing over and over again, by putting the same video in several times.
You can copy and past it anywhere for as many times as you want.
You can also trim anything that you don't want, that is in the video itself. Cutting is when you take the whole clip away, but trim is taking some part of a video out.
Here is where kids freak out all the time.
If you save it as an MSWMM then it will not work because what this file does is that it gives the computer instructions to go to the computer, get the pictures/videos and make changes and play it. So if you save it on a USB, it wont work!
If you save it as an email, it is going to save on a USB key. Just like a JPEG, because it is a lossy file. MWV is a small file. But if you save your work as a DVAVI file, it will take up lots of space.
You can also add titles on your screen, but because the title is inverted, it blanks out everything else.
The more things you have on your video, the more it will take for the video to export it. Like titles, clips and more.
Always save your files as AVI.
FLA is an flash file. SWIFF is a flash animation. FLV is a flash video.
Frame rate it the frames per second.
The standard size for the Internet is 360x240.
Frame rate is 15.
This information is just for your information, because Mr.Case wont test us on it.
*If you have Windows XP at home, then you automatically have it at home, because this program comes with windows XP. Or you can search Movie KP, on search and it will find it for you.*
Here comes the fancy stuff!! =]
Your going to need Flash CS3, and Dream Weaver.
Go to Insert-Media-Flash video and bring in the videos you want.
You can put a skin on a video, which is the over layer. It creates a basic video for you. You can chose different ones.
You can create your own skin. Go to Create-skin. And then chose the size and frame.
Only use progressive download. Then chose the skin you want, [you can chose the colour you want for your skin] press next and finish. Save it as ''name'' FLA.
Your taking a video and making an animation out of your video.
Go to publish settings[where you want to publish] and chose where you want. The HTML is important because you want to put it on the Internet. Press publish, and your done. *If you have the video open, it wont publish.*
Farzin has gladly volunteered to let us use his videos so that we can play around with them.
So use them well!! =]
That's all the learning I can take today!
Have a great Wednesday!! And people at Ottawa have fun!!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Monday, April 20, 2009
Who likes rainy days?
It's a Monday morning. But it's a different Monday morning, because its raining outside, and everyone is feeling gray and tired. At least I know I am. Mr.Case asked us to finish or start if you haven't already, on our flash projects. Also make sure that your web pages are done by the end of the week, so that you can hand it in. Also try to finish your flash projects so that we can start on our summatives.
Here's something cool that's going to be happening in the near future. There is going to be an electric engineer coming to our class to talk to us about well electric engineering! I can't wait, especially because this is a job that I am considering for my future, so I'd like to familiarize myself with it more.
Finish all your work as soon as possible because summatives are starting to build up on us!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Here's something cool that's going to be happening in the near future. There is going to be an electric engineer coming to our class to talk to us about well electric engineering! I can't wait, especially because this is a job that I am considering for my future, so I'd like to familiarize myself with it more.
Finish all your work as soon as possible because summatives are starting to build up on us!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Friday, April 17, 2009
Use it wisely!
Before we could start on our own individual flash projects, we needed to complete our pool table and show it to Mr.Case so that we can get the approval of starting on our own project. I have a few ideas in mind, but I'm pretty sure that if I think harder on it, I can come up with something impressive. The good thing about learning flash is that you can apply your knowledge of flash into your summatives! Lets say you have a project that requires you to make some kind of presentation on the computer. What better way to do that than by using flash! You can then hand in your project for that specific subject, but at the same time, hand in a copy of it to Mr.Case for marks. Two projects in one! I think that's a very clever idea, and hopefully, if I'm lucky, I'll be able to do that too!
But before you can get a good mark for your hard work, you need to do the work, and do it well. There are many tips Mr.Case points out to us while he is teaching us something, so make sure you listen well so you can learn them. Today in class, we got our final time to work on our pool table, and get started on our own projects.
Here are some tips to help you make your project the best it can be.
If you want to add pictures, go to file import library, to bring pictures into your flash.
If you want it to fade in and fade out, click on your picture, go down to colour, alfa is your transparency. If you drag your picture from zero, and then increase your alfa to 100, it will start out faded and fade in.
To make a picture rotate, you need to click on transform tool and brings out dots on the picture so you can change the size and the way it rotates.
Onion skin shows you the frames before and after.
When you have a dotted line, it means that there it nothing there for you to insert a tween.
If you see a white circle, it means that there is no tween. And at the end of a tween, you will see a white circle.
Make sure to work on your flash projects so you can get them done and out of the way, so you also have time to work on your websites.
Have a great weekend!
- Peggy .
But before you can get a good mark for your hard work, you need to do the work, and do it well. There are many tips Mr.Case points out to us while he is teaching us something, so make sure you listen well so you can learn them. Today in class, we got our final time to work on our pool table, and get started on our own projects.
Here are some tips to help you make your project the best it can be.
If you want to add pictures, go to file import library, to bring pictures into your flash.
If you want it to fade in and fade out, click on your picture, go down to colour, alfa is your transparency. If you drag your picture from zero, and then increase your alfa to 100, it will start out faded and fade in.
To make a picture rotate, you need to click on transform tool and brings out dots on the picture so you can change the size and the way it rotates.
Onion skin shows you the frames before and after.
When you have a dotted line, it means that there it nothing there for you to insert a tween.
If you see a white circle, it means that there is no tween. And at the end of a tween, you will see a white circle.
Make sure to work on your flash projects so you can get them done and out of the way, so you also have time to work on your websites.
Have a great weekend!
- Peggy .
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Flash about Flash!
Before we start this class, we watched a video that was about Flash, using Flash! Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgwxXKsZhAo Its very cool!
View-magnification-fit window. That is how you make it fit the window.
Tween means in between.
We are all busy making our pool tables so that we can get Mr.Case to look at it. Once we have finished it, we
Export[choose version] choose flash 9.
Flash 7 and 8 are more compatible but choose Flash 9 for now.
Save as FLA if you want to work on it. Once your done, change it to Swift!
Turn your extra layers off.
Swift is playable anywhere.
Make sure to check out the video, its cool!
Peace!
- Peggy .
View-magnification-fit window. That is how you make it fit the window.
Tween means in between.
We are all busy making our pool tables so that we can get Mr.Case to look at it. Once we have finished it, we
Export[choose version] choose flash 9.
Flash 7 and 8 are more compatible but choose Flash 9 for now.
Save as FLA if you want to work on it. Once your done, change it to Swift!
Turn your extra layers off.
Swift is playable anywhere.
Make sure to check out the video, its cool!
Peace!
- Peggy .
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Test Over With!
Hello. First period on a Wednesday, guess what we did? Write a big test on photoshop, hexadecimals and everything else we learned in this unit. It was a fairly easy test, except for a couple of questions which I was unsure of. But other than that, everything else wen great. I'm sure everyone else thought that the test was somewhat easy, too.!
We basically spent the whole period writing the test, so nothing very exciting happened today in class!
That's it for today.
Later days.
- Peggy .
We basically spent the whole period writing the test, so nothing very exciting happened today in class!
That's it for today.
Later days.
- Peggy .
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Learning something NEW !
There is only about 40 minutes left untill our long weekend starts! And I mean long. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, you get to spend doing what ever you want. I am looking forwards to a great long weekend with my friends and family, but mostly friends! Although, this weekend can't be all fun fun fun, because a portion of it, I have to spend studying for the BTT test that will be taking place on Wednesday. As much as I want to leave it untill tuesday night, I have to study, because my marks depend on it! = But on the bright side, I have four days to spend how ever I'd like! Not to get too carried away, I still have to learn before I can have fun and go home. So here's everything Mr.Case will say in the next 30-45 minutes!! =]
FLA- flash project
FLV- flash video
SWF- Shock wave flash
Action script is a simply programming language. One of the biggest complaints for programmers is that its not that complex, therefore they couldn't make so many programs.
Time line is good for making videos.
Main space is called a stage. Make it 600x400 pixels, which is the most common.
When you are watching a video, you really see still pictures one after the other, very fast.
Movies have a slower frame rate, therefore it is different when you watch a movie in the movie theater.
You see 30 frames a second.
Videos on YouTube run 12 frames a second, which makes it more clear than if you see it on something else.
When you have a little box at the top, it means you have one frame[one picture in your video].
The amount of boxes shows you how many pictures you have.
If you want to add a video, you add a new layer, so you don't mess up your background.
Your top layer will automatically go to the right number of frames as the bottom layer.
Cue ball= a graphical image on the screen.
Grab your selection tool, and double click, and right click to turn it into a symbol. [graphic symbol]
The good thing about symbols is that it will have the same picture stored, but wont increase the size of your file.
When you make a symbol, it wont add much to the file size, because its using the image to make more of it.
In the old days, if you wanted to animate something, you would have to make it into a key frame. key frame= when something happens in an animation.
What flash does is gives you access to a tween. To make your life easier.
Tween= in between.
Insert key frame when something is going to happen.
Key frames- where things happen.
The more frames, the slower it will go.
For today, Mr.Case wants us to make a pool table, so that you can get used to this program a little and then next week, we will work on other things like animations and more.
Thats all for this week.
It's a long weekend, so everyone enjoy!
- Peggy .
FLA- flash project
FLV- flash video
SWF- Shock wave flash
Action script is a simply programming language. One of the biggest complaints for programmers is that its not that complex, therefore they couldn't make so many programs.
Time line is good for making videos.
Main space is called a stage. Make it 600x400 pixels, which is the most common.
When you are watching a video, you really see still pictures one after the other, very fast.
Movies have a slower frame rate, therefore it is different when you watch a movie in the movie theater.
You see 30 frames a second.
Videos on YouTube run 12 frames a second, which makes it more clear than if you see it on something else.
When you have a little box at the top, it means you have one frame[one picture in your video].
The amount of boxes shows you how many pictures you have.
If you want to add a video, you add a new layer, so you don't mess up your background.
Your top layer will automatically go to the right number of frames as the bottom layer.
Cue ball= a graphical image on the screen.
Grab your selection tool, and double click, and right click to turn it into a symbol. [graphic symbol]
The good thing about symbols is that it will have the same picture stored, but wont increase the size of your file.
When you make a symbol, it wont add much to the file size, because its using the image to make more of it.
In the old days, if you wanted to animate something, you would have to make it into a key frame. key frame= when something happens in an animation.
What flash does is gives you access to a tween. To make your life easier.
Tween= in between.
Insert key frame when something is going to happen.
Key frames- where things happen.
The more frames, the slower it will go.
For today, Mr.Case wants us to make a pool table, so that you can get used to this program a little and then next week, we will work on other things like animations and more.
Thats all for this week.
It's a long weekend, so everyone enjoy!
- Peggy .
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
S.T.U.D.Y. !
Here's what you need to know for the test that will be coming up on Wednesday!
Organize. (photoshop will automatically add pictures into your organizer, if you have created it with photoshop.) Tag your images by clicking it, and going up to the options column and click on ''tag''.
Tagging is a great way to organize your pictures.
You can add things like captions, sound, etc. All the information is in the picture, like what camera was used to take the picture, what time it was taken at etc.
If you want to make a calendar, you can drop the pictures into the calendar. You can insert pictures into your calendar, on the date you took the picture or you made it. This is a user friendly feature. This calendar feature isn't on every photoshop.
Hint: study the ''create'' things.
He might ask you how to create a photo book= You select the pictures you want, go to create, photo book.
Its a nice way to make a page. Slide show= select the pictures you want, go to create and select slide show. When you make a slide show, you can put it onto a DVD, and watch it on your computer.
You can fit slides to audio. You can have slides match the mp3, so it fills the whole space.
You can email the slide show, and change the size of it.
You should know:
What resolution should a picture be when your printing it? 300 DPI
What are the two main sizes a picture should be. 8x10 and 5x7, and 4x6
resolution for monitor= 72DPI
The different tools.
- You can use the navigator instead of the zoom tool.
If you want to add a complimentary colour to your picture, you can use the eye dropper, and it will sample colour from an image .
Markee tool- selects an area. If you want to get rid of the markee tool, you have to click CTRL+D.
First thing you do for trouble shooting your problem(if your tools aren't working) : 1) go to layers. [you might be on the wrong layer]
2) remove a selection. [there is a good chance that there might be a small selection on your page, so check for any selections. so press CTRL+D, to make sure.
3) they are on the wrong mode. (but you don't need to worry about this step)
Lasso tool: tries to automatically highlight the closest thing you wanted to choose. [a selection tool]
magic wand: selecting colors= when you use the magic wand,
tolerance- how close the pixels are together.
contiguous- will select the pixels that are touching the pixel you chose.
You can use the magic brushes to extract people, or anything from a picture.
You have mask tool: its a selection for wanting to do something weird. Gives you a mask, so you can make changes. It will mask an area out. [don't need to know because Mr.Case doesn't use it.]
Crop tool: you can choose the length, height, resolution.
Cookie cutter tool: you chose a shape and it make a selection for you. [Mr.Case doesn't use it.]
Its a way of making selections in fancy shapes. Like hearts, etc.
Straightening an image(it makes your image straight): you have to make a duplicate layer, [like you always have to do]. (Mr.Case doesn't use it)
Red eye: desaturates the red in someones colour. It extracts the red. Changes the red level to zero.
Spot healing: If there is a blemish in a picture, tap on a n area, it takes the information from the surrounding pixels to make the blemished spot go away. Its similar to the clone tool.
Blur: opposite = sharpen
dodge: brighter.
burn: darker. Trick is to apply it to a realistic place. Used for making shadows. [you don't really need to know]
Make sure you know your hexadecimals: (goes up by 16's)
256= 100
16- 10
17= 11
32= 20
There will be three questions on the test about hexadecimals!
a0 = 160
a1= 161
a00= 2560
Additive and subtractive colours.
Primary colours when dealing with light: RGB
Primary colours when dealing with ink: Cyan, magenta, yellow
Opposite of RGB is cyan, magenta, and yellow. And the middle is white. [when you add everything together]
CMYK. k=black
Additive for monitors. [when you add colours it will get brighter colors]
Subtractive for printers. [when you add colours together you get darker colors]
ff is the highest value.
If you have ff under R, you'll have red.
Studyyy !!
Bye .
- Peggy .
Organize. (photoshop will automatically add pictures into your organizer, if you have created it with photoshop.) Tag your images by clicking it, and going up to the options column and click on ''tag''.
Tagging is a great way to organize your pictures.
You can add things like captions, sound, etc. All the information is in the picture, like what camera was used to take the picture, what time it was taken at etc.
If you want to make a calendar, you can drop the pictures into the calendar. You can insert pictures into your calendar, on the date you took the picture or you made it. This is a user friendly feature. This calendar feature isn't on every photoshop.
Hint: study the ''create'' things.
He might ask you how to create a photo book= You select the pictures you want, go to create, photo book.
Its a nice way to make a page. Slide show= select the pictures you want, go to create and select slide show. When you make a slide show, you can put it onto a DVD, and watch it on your computer.
You can fit slides to audio. You can have slides match the mp3, so it fills the whole space.
You can email the slide show, and change the size of it.
You should know:
What resolution should a picture be when your printing it? 300 DPI
What are the two main sizes a picture should be. 8x10 and 5x7, and 4x6
resolution for monitor= 72DPI
The different tools.
- You can use the navigator instead of the zoom tool.
If you want to add a complimentary colour to your picture, you can use the eye dropper, and it will sample colour from an image .
Markee tool- selects an area. If you want to get rid of the markee tool, you have to click CTRL+D.
First thing you do for trouble shooting your problem(if your tools aren't working) : 1) go to layers. [you might be on the wrong layer]
2) remove a selection. [there is a good chance that there might be a small selection on your page, so check for any selections. so press CTRL+D, to make sure.
3) they are on the wrong mode. (but you don't need to worry about this step)
Lasso tool: tries to automatically highlight the closest thing you wanted to choose. [a selection tool]
magic wand: selecting colors= when you use the magic wand,
tolerance- how close the pixels are together.
contiguous- will select the pixels that are touching the pixel you chose.
You can use the magic brushes to extract people, or anything from a picture.
You have mask tool: its a selection for wanting to do something weird. Gives you a mask, so you can make changes. It will mask an area out. [don't need to know because Mr.Case doesn't use it.]
Crop tool: you can choose the length, height, resolution.
Cookie cutter tool: you chose a shape and it make a selection for you. [Mr.Case doesn't use it.]
Its a way of making selections in fancy shapes. Like hearts, etc.
Straightening an image(it makes your image straight): you have to make a duplicate layer, [like you always have to do]. (Mr.Case doesn't use it)
Red eye: desaturates the red in someones colour. It extracts the red. Changes the red level to zero.
Spot healing: If there is a blemish in a picture, tap on a n area, it takes the information from the surrounding pixels to make the blemished spot go away. Its similar to the clone tool.
Blur: opposite = sharpen
dodge: brighter.
burn: darker. Trick is to apply it to a realistic place. Used for making shadows. [you don't really need to know]
Make sure you know your hexadecimals: (goes up by 16's)
256= 100
16- 10
17= 11
32= 20
There will be three questions on the test about hexadecimals!
a0 = 160
a1= 161
a00= 2560
Additive and subtractive colours.
Primary colours when dealing with light: RGB
Primary colours when dealing with ink: Cyan, magenta, yellow
Opposite of RGB is cyan, magenta, and yellow. And the middle is white. [when you add everything together]
CMYK. k=black
Additive for monitors. [when you add colours it will get brighter colors]
Subtractive for printers. [when you add colours together you get darker colors]
ff is the highest value.
If you have ff under R, you'll have red.
Studyyy !!
Bye .
- Peggy .
Monday, April 6, 2009
Get your site up and running!
-Roll over image means that when you click on a picture that has two layers, and it will automatically change the picture so the second layer.
-You can insert flash buttons.
Disadvantage- everyone knows what it looks like. They can recognize them.
-You can put pictures on your buttons if you want to!
Hint: When you are making your page, don't use HTML, use the tools at the bottom. You don't need to use HTML right now. You only need to know HTML for the test.
-Tables are a great way for laying out your document.
-When your building a page using tables, you insert tables into tables. No border, 90% of the page.
-The reason why is that when you center the table, no matter how big your text is, it will fit into the table, and no matter how long your line is, it wont run off. The tables is kind of like a margin for your page.
-You can use tables to create your page. You can go to expanded table mod, because it will make it easier for you to see your tables.
-You can also use invisible tables, and that way no one will see it, but it's easier for you to make your table.
What you need to know on the test on Wednesday:
Hexadecimals. (no number more than 256)
And everything on Adobe Photoshop.
GOOD NEWS! Right before the bell, Mr.Case told us that the test on Wednesday is canceled!
So I guess you don't need to study . =P
Bye.
- Peggy .
-You can insert flash buttons.
Disadvantage- everyone knows what it looks like. They can recognize them.
-You can put pictures on your buttons if you want to!
Hint: When you are making your page, don't use HTML, use the tools at the bottom. You don't need to use HTML right now. You only need to know HTML for the test.
-Tables are a great way for laying out your document.
-When your building a page using tables, you insert tables into tables. No border, 90% of the page.
-The reason why is that when you center the table, no matter how big your text is, it will fit into the table, and no matter how long your line is, it wont run off. The tables is kind of like a margin for your page.
-You can use tables to create your page. You can go to expanded table mod, because it will make it easier for you to see your tables.
-You can also use invisible tables, and that way no one will see it, but it's easier for you to make your table.
What you need to know on the test on Wednesday:
Hexadecimals. (no number more than 256)
And everything on Adobe Photoshop.
GOOD NEWS! Right before the bell, Mr.Case told us that the test on Wednesday is canceled!
So I guess you don't need to study . =P
Bye.
- Peggy .
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Long weekend ahead of us!
Last day of school, before the long weekend. How great?!!!! We also have a four day week next week, because next Friday is Good Friday! And the week after, it's a four day week too, because there is no school on Monday.
Before we got time to work on Dream Weaver, we learned some things! There is a program called Pirate Bay. This is a program that finds hash files by connecting with each other with a Peer to Peer network.
Each site has it's own address. Just like how every one of us lives somewhere and has an address. No one else in the world has the same address as you, unless of course it's your parents and brothers and sisters. The address for a site is called a URL (Uniformed Resource Locator).
Each address is started with ''www''. And ends with a domain like ''com'', ''org'', ''ca'' etc.
A domain is very similar to your address in whole. Like if you live in a building, you say your building number, just like ''com'' etc.
We have started a new assignment. We each have to create our own web page using our knowledge of HTML. There are a few rules you need to look out for when you are creating a web page.
1) Don't put pictures, videos, logos etc. onto your HTML page. When you are creating a web page, the only things that should be on your page is words and HTML codes. If you want to add pictures and anything else to your web page, you need to give a link and it will access the page with your pictures, videos etc on it.
2) You can't send pictures, videos etc. with HTML!
When you are making a web page, keep the videos, pictures and anything else you want in one folder. The mistake that many kids made during the past few years, when they were handing in their web pages is that they didn't send Mr.Case the folder containing their pictures, videos etc. And Mr.Case couldn't view their web page on the Internet! So be sure to send Mr.Case everything you have done.
3) Be sure to save your main page as ''Index''! The reason for this is that if you don't, other people can simply view the rest of your page, with all the files on it, and could possibly hack it and find out your password!
Tip: If you want to resize your pictures, make sure you have a sample of it, just in case!
That's it for today!
Good Day !
- Peggy .
Before we got time to work on Dream Weaver, we learned some things! There is a program called Pirate Bay. This is a program that finds hash files by connecting with each other with a Peer to Peer network.
Each site has it's own address. Just like how every one of us lives somewhere and has an address. No one else in the world has the same address as you, unless of course it's your parents and brothers and sisters. The address for a site is called a URL (Uniformed Resource Locator).
Each address is started with ''www''. And ends with a domain like ''com'', ''org'', ''ca'' etc.
A domain is very similar to your address in whole. Like if you live in a building, you say your building number, just like ''com'' etc.
We have started a new assignment. We each have to create our own web page using our knowledge of HTML. There are a few rules you need to look out for when you are creating a web page.
1) Don't put pictures, videos, logos etc. onto your HTML page. When you are creating a web page, the only things that should be on your page is words and HTML codes. If you want to add pictures and anything else to your web page, you need to give a link and it will access the page with your pictures, videos etc on it.
2) You can't send pictures, videos etc. with HTML!
When you are making a web page, keep the videos, pictures and anything else you want in one folder. The mistake that many kids made during the past few years, when they were handing in their web pages is that they didn't send Mr.Case the folder containing their pictures, videos etc. And Mr.Case couldn't view their web page on the Internet! So be sure to send Mr.Case everything you have done.
3) Be sure to save your main page as ''Index''! The reason for this is that if you don't, other people can simply view the rest of your page, with all the files on it, and could possibly hack it and find out your password!
Tip: If you want to resize your pictures, make sure you have a sample of it, just in case!
That's it for today!
Good Day !
- Peggy .
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
APRIL FOOLS!
Hello people. Hope everyone had a great April Fools day, because I know I sure did! =]
Before we started the class today, we talked a little about the april fools jokes on the internet. How people make viruses that are fake and put them on the internet. But most of them are real so be aware!!!! In the old days, viruses were made to just hack into a computer and damage one's computer, but recently, viruses are made to be hidden in your computer, and then mess up your computer, by making your computer not function the way its supposed to. Virus makers can now control the way your computer works. They can also make money by selling information that they stole off your computer, like some one's pictures, email address etc. Now we all sit and think to ourselves why people spend so much time creating viruses, just so that they can hack into other people's computers. Well, virus writers are mostly people who have been turned down for program writting, because they weren't good enough, therefore they take their anger out on others, by messing up other people's computers. Sounds silly, but they do it anyways! Here's something that might surprise you. Everyone thinks that when they have anti virus programs on their computer, they are protected from any virus that is out there on the Internet. But their wrong! Some viruses can hide themselves from anti virus programs. Where do all these viruses come from? Virus makers are smart, in some ways, because they hide viruses in places that people use the most. For example, no one likes paying for Photoshop because it's expensive, so the next best place to own photoshop is by downloading it from a site! Now you think, just because the site says it's safe, and virus free, it has to be! But in reality, virus writers hide viruses in programs like Photoshop, because they know that a lot of people like downloading the program! It's not just computer programs, but movies, songs, and pirated softwares. Here's a hint! Never download a pirated version of anything, especially Anti Virus, because it is guaranteed that it contains a virus. Also because people hide viruses in the Anti Virus program, and it can't detect it because it is pirated!
Here's a cool trick! In order to prevent viruses on your computer, if you don't have Anti Virus is to run your clocks two days behind, so that when a virus hits, and other computers are affected, you will find out about the virus ahead of everyone!
This is what we learned on April first! =]
Bye for now.
- Peggy .
Oh, by the way, Mr.Case gave me a site where I can download an Anti Virus program, that he uses himself. If you don't have Anti Virus on your computer, I suggest you download it from this site: http://free.avg.com/
Before we started the class today, we talked a little about the april fools jokes on the internet. How people make viruses that are fake and put them on the internet. But most of them are real so be aware!!!! In the old days, viruses were made to just hack into a computer and damage one's computer, but recently, viruses are made to be hidden in your computer, and then mess up your computer, by making your computer not function the way its supposed to. Virus makers can now control the way your computer works. They can also make money by selling information that they stole off your computer, like some one's pictures, email address etc. Now we all sit and think to ourselves why people spend so much time creating viruses, just so that they can hack into other people's computers. Well, virus writers are mostly people who have been turned down for program writting, because they weren't good enough, therefore they take their anger out on others, by messing up other people's computers. Sounds silly, but they do it anyways! Here's something that might surprise you. Everyone thinks that when they have anti virus programs on their computer, they are protected from any virus that is out there on the Internet. But their wrong! Some viruses can hide themselves from anti virus programs. Where do all these viruses come from? Virus makers are smart, in some ways, because they hide viruses in places that people use the most. For example, no one likes paying for Photoshop because it's expensive, so the next best place to own photoshop is by downloading it from a site! Now you think, just because the site says it's safe, and virus free, it has to be! But in reality, virus writers hide viruses in programs like Photoshop, because they know that a lot of people like downloading the program! It's not just computer programs, but movies, songs, and pirated softwares. Here's a hint! Never download a pirated version of anything, especially Anti Virus, because it is guaranteed that it contains a virus. Also because people hide viruses in the Anti Virus program, and it can't detect it because it is pirated!
Here's a cool trick! In order to prevent viruses on your computer, if you don't have Anti Virus is to run your clocks two days behind, so that when a virus hits, and other computers are affected, you will find out about the virus ahead of everyone!
This is what we learned on April first! =]
Bye for now.
- Peggy .
Oh, by the way, Mr.Case gave me a site where I can download an Anti Virus program, that he uses himself. If you don't have Anti Virus on your computer, I suggest you download it from this site: http://free.avg.com/
Monday, March 30, 2009
Work hard, because it counts!
Hello. I just wanted to point out the fact that today is officially the first day of third term. We received our report cards today, and personally, I could have done much better in some subjects. But it is my, and every one else's, last chance to bring up our grades, in order to graduate proudly and successfully! We will start to get our summatives, and exams in the near future, so I just wanted to say, be prepared. [Mostly telling myself :D]
Not trying to worry anyone. =]
But just because it's the first day of term three doesn't mean that Mr.Case isn't going to teach us anything! Today in class, we learned more about HTML and the World Wide Web. Notice how every time you want to type in an address, you first type in ''www...'' ? Well that means World Wide Web. This is a huge web that connects everything together.
We then got to explore Dream Weaver a little bit, and get to know more HTML codes.
That's all for today.
Good Day.
- Peggy .
Not trying to worry anyone. =]
But just because it's the first day of term three doesn't mean that Mr.Case isn't going to teach us anything! Today in class, we learned more about HTML and the World Wide Web. Notice how every time you want to type in an address, you first type in ''www...'' ? Well that means World Wide Web. This is a huge web that connects everything together.
We then got to explore Dream Weaver a little bit, and get to know more HTML codes.
That's all for today.
Good Day.
- Peggy .
Put your hands on your head!
We came to class, and forgot to turn on our ears. So Mr.Case was talking and trying to teach us a lesson, but everyone simply continued to do what they were doing, and refused to give him their full attention. Therefore, Mr.Case told us all to put our hands on our heads. Fortunately, that was just to get our attention, so that we can listen.
Anyways, today in class we learned something new. We went into Dream Weaver, a program best fit for HTML, and explored the program. HTML codes are very fascinating, once you get the hang of them. You can create/edit pages using HTML, very easily. Although it is impossible to learn every single code there is, we have access to a site called http://www.webmonkey.com/reference/HTML_Cheatsheet
This site is considered as a cheat sheet for us to use, so that we can look at the different codes. Basically what we did was go into Dream Weaver and write down things and change them using HTML codes.
Also voip is voice over Internet protocol.
We have just been introduced to a new program, therefore it is a good idea to start remembering some of these codes, because they will make their way onto tests, pretty soon!
Bye For Now!
- Peggy .
Sunday, March 29, 2009
How organized are you?
Alert, test alert! Make sure to study for the test that is coming up next next Wednesday. Since its two weeks away, make sure to make pages on the wiki for everyone to study off of, so that we don't all fail the test.
In order to be successfully, you need to first be organized and know when and what you are supposed to do. Now, some people naturally have a mind for remembering things very well, and most of the time, don't need a calendar to help them keep track of things. On the other hand, most people do need some kind of calendar or note book or something to help them be organized and remember things. Mr.Case showed us, once again, how to use the wiki calendar to keep organized. He also suggested Google calendar, which he says is a great tool for keeping organized. The good thing about Google calendar is that you can insert other calendars into it to, for example the school calendar so that we know when the shortened period days are, the PA days, or any other events. Of course that's why Neda, Serena and I do a podcast on the events so you don't have to read too much! =]
We briefly touched upon the fact that Internet has become an amazing tool for everyone to use and digest information from. The Internet was first devised by the American Military in the 60's. The military made them so that they could track their enemies at all times. It then became more popular and more useful to the public. The Internet is connected to each station. You can get a message through to someone in more than one way. This is useful because if a virus happens to be blocking a message pathway, the message can then be delivered in other ways, using other routes.
FTP stands for file transfer protocol.
HTTP means Hyper text transfer protocol which is a fairly new inventions, that came out in the 80's. As you all know, when we want to access a page, we first type in WWW. This means World Wide Web. This is a network that uses hyper text transfer protocol to get a message across, or to simply access a page of information.
Hyper text is a code embedded text, that has the power to link text. For example, if you click a link, it will open up the page that is attached to the link.
We also looked at HTML codes and what it looks like. HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is a code that web pages are able to read, that represent the things that we can see. For example, when you open up Google, you can see the page, with colours, text, links, etc. But what you can't see is all the different HTML codes that lie behind the page. The are used to create the actual page. You can try this out for yourself. Simply open up a web page of your choice, go to View-Source, and you will see what the page really looks like. Lets say you want to freak out your friends. Here's a really cool way you can do that. Go to a page that you want, and change the HTML codes, and put your name or any text of your choice. Then save the changes to your desktop. By saving it to your desktop, you are not changing anything on the actual site, but you have a copy of the site, but with what ever you added to it. When you want to access the page, you just open up the saved page, on your desktop, and there you have it, the page you created yourself!
That's all the stuff for today!
Bye.
- Peggy .
In order to be successfully, you need to first be organized and know when and what you are supposed to do. Now, some people naturally have a mind for remembering things very well, and most of the time, don't need a calendar to help them keep track of things. On the other hand, most people do need some kind of calendar or note book or something to help them be organized and remember things. Mr.Case showed us, once again, how to use the wiki calendar to keep organized. He also suggested Google calendar, which he says is a great tool for keeping organized. The good thing about Google calendar is that you can insert other calendars into it to, for example the school calendar so that we know when the shortened period days are, the PA days, or any other events. Of course that's why Neda, Serena and I do a podcast on the events so you don't have to read too much! =]
We briefly touched upon the fact that Internet has become an amazing tool for everyone to use and digest information from. The Internet was first devised by the American Military in the 60's. The military made them so that they could track their enemies at all times. It then became more popular and more useful to the public. The Internet is connected to each station. You can get a message through to someone in more than one way. This is useful because if a virus happens to be blocking a message pathway, the message can then be delivered in other ways, using other routes.
FTP stands for file transfer protocol.
HTTP means Hyper text transfer protocol which is a fairly new inventions, that came out in the 80's. As you all know, when we want to access a page, we first type in WWW. This means World Wide Web. This is a network that uses hyper text transfer protocol to get a message across, or to simply access a page of information.
Hyper text is a code embedded text, that has the power to link text. For example, if you click a link, it will open up the page that is attached to the link.
We also looked at HTML codes and what it looks like. HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is a code that web pages are able to read, that represent the things that we can see. For example, when you open up Google, you can see the page, with colours, text, links, etc. But what you can't see is all the different HTML codes that lie behind the page. The are used to create the actual page. You can try this out for yourself. Simply open up a web page of your choice, go to View-Source, and you will see what the page really looks like. Lets say you want to freak out your friends. Here's a really cool way you can do that. Go to a page that you want, and change the HTML codes, and put your name or any text of your choice. Then save the changes to your desktop. By saving it to your desktop, you are not changing anything on the actual site, but you have a copy of the site, but with what ever you added to it. When you want to access the page, you just open up the saved page, on your desktop, and there you have it, the page you created yourself!
That's all the stuff for today!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Messing with pictures!
I'll be honest, messing around with other people's pictures is a lot of fun! Another picture was added today, and this time it was a picture of Mr.Crew!!
Once we were done with the pictures, we put them into the drop off folder for them to be marked!
These few classes have been spent making pictures, so there isn't really so much for me to talk about, but starting next week, we are getting into HTML formats, so my blog will be filled with new exciting information that we learn.
Oh also, Neda and I would like to welcome the new member of our podcast, SERENA !!! =]
This is a new term, therefore everything is going to be new and improved!
Hope you enjoy!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Once we were done with the pictures, we put them into the drop off folder for them to be marked!
These few classes have been spent making pictures, so there isn't really so much for me to talk about, but starting next week, we are getting into HTML formats, so my blog will be filled with new exciting information that we learn.
Oh also, Neda and I would like to welcome the new member of our podcast, SERENA !!! =]
This is a new term, therefore everything is going to be new and improved!
Hope you enjoy!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Don't cross the line!
Before you start to play around with other people's pictures, make sure that you have the permission to do so, and make sure you know the line. What I mean by that is, if you have permission to make some one's picture goofy and different, know where to stop and be serious, so that you don't hurt the other person's feelings. Make sure you always ask the person before you publish their picture on the Internet, or even just show it to some one else.
Today in class, we worked on making teachers' pictures look funny, sad, angry or anything else that we wanted. Mr.Case wasn't here, so we had to save it in the drop off folder. Anyways,, it was a lot of fun!
That's all!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Today in class, we worked on making teachers' pictures look funny, sad, angry or anything else that we wanted. Mr.Case wasn't here, so we had to save it in the drop off folder. Anyways,, it was a lot of fun!
That's all!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Monday, March 23, 2009
Can you say sad. . ?
It's so sad that march break is over and we are back at school. I think I speak for everyone when I say that I think we need another week off so we can function properly! But there isn't anything we can do about it, so let's be happy that wer'e back !
Thank god we didn't do very much today. We spent the first 20 minutes or so doing DEAR, and then we worked on the photo oganizer on Photoshop 5.
That's pretty much everything we did.
Bye.
- Peggy .
Thank god we didn't do very much today. We spent the first 20 minutes or so doing DEAR, and then we worked on the photo oganizer on Photoshop 5.
That's pretty much everything we did.
Bye.
- Peggy .
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Breaks almost over!
Hello everyone. Hope you all had a wonderful march break, because today is the last day of it! Personally, I think it went by very fast! There was just so many things, and people to catch up on, I think I still need another week or so. I'm not going to get my hopes up the least bit, because this is one wish that won't come true. We all have to get back to school, and in a month or two, get ready for exams and sumatives!
That's about it. I just felt like writing in my blog! =]
See you tomorrow =P
Bye .
- Peggy .
That's about it. I just felt like writing in my blog! =]
See you tomorrow =P
Bye .
- Peggy .
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Good class for some, bad for others.
The reason I say that today's class was good for some and bad for others is because some people in our class forgot that they had to bring in 5-10 pictures of anything that they took, so they had to spend the whole class writing an essay on why photoshop is helpful and a great thing to use. Remember people, that the essay is due tomorrow. When you are finished writing the essay, upload it onto the wiki for others to read and get a better understanding of what Photoshop is all about.
Basically what we did today was play around with the pictures we brought to class, and explore the many wonders of Photoshop. By just playing around with pictures, we familiarize ourselves with the tools that we often use, and the ones that we don't use that much. That way, we are not limiting our knowledge of the photoshop tools, but are getting to know ones that we didn't have a clue about.
That's about all we did.
Good Bye, for now!
- Peggy .
Basically what we did today was play around with the pictures we brought to class, and explore the many wonders of Photoshop. By just playing around with pictures, we familiarize ourselves with the tools that we often use, and the ones that we don't use that much. That way, we are not limiting our knowledge of the photoshop tools, but are getting to know ones that we didn't have a clue about.
That's about all we did.
Good Bye, for now!
- Peggy .
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Get organized.
It's almost march break. Hope everyone is excited, because I know I sure am! But before we can get excited over march break, we need to finish the remaining two days of school, and that means learning!
So today, we started looking at how to organize pictures on Photoshop 5. You can simply put thousands of pictures into your computer, you need to keep organized, using Photoshop.
Photo downloader creates a sub folder for the pictures you are uploading. And each time you upload pictures onto your computer, it will create a new sub folder. The disadvantage of this feature is that every time you upload a set of pictures, it automatically fixes the pictures for you, whether you want it or not. For example it gets rid of red eyes etc. So in order to prevent it from doing that, you can turn it off. Go to Edit,Preferences and it will give you the option of turning it off or on.
Tagging a picture is a very effective way to organize your pictures. There are many ways in which you can organize your pictures. It will automatically organize your pictures by date, by name, by how recently you have taken your picture etc.
Under create you can create photo book pictures. This feature will let you create a page for your book. Lets say you want to make a bunch of pictures and turn it into a collage looking image. For example, you can choose in what position your pictures are in, in a line, in different positions on your page, you can choose which pictures to put on the page book and which ones to put on the second, third, or any other page that you want. It is kind of like a cover page for a book!
You can make as many collections of pictures you want, on photoshop, but it will not affect the pictures on your computer. But when you are trying to organize pictures on your own, you are most likely to end up with duplicates of a picture. But with photoshop, you can change anything, and it will not change the location, or the amount of pictures on your hard drive. Now backing up is different from having duplicates of a picture. Backing up is when you have a copy of your picture stored so that if you have messed up a picture, you have the original copy. But having duplicates is when you are trying to sort pictures but you accidentally end up with more than one of the same picture.
XF file is a picture that has information attached to it, but you can't see it, even if you print it.
For example, someone send yous a picture that has information attached to it, and say a teacher comes by and asks you what you are doing, you will say that you are simply, and innocently, looking at a picture, when you are really reading, or listening to the message it holds. The good thing is that the teacher will not find out, and if you print the picture, you will not see the message.
Here's something cool. If you don't have a printer at home and can't print pictures, and your too lazy to go to the store and let them print it for you, you can drag your picture(s) onto the Order Prints toolbar, fill out a form, and they will mail the pictures to you!!
So why not get photoshop to help you get organized in a blink of an eye!!
That's all for now,
Bye.
- Peggy .
So today, we started looking at how to organize pictures on Photoshop 5. You can simply put thousands of pictures into your computer, you need to keep organized, using Photoshop.
Photo downloader creates a sub folder for the pictures you are uploading. And each time you upload pictures onto your computer, it will create a new sub folder. The disadvantage of this feature is that every time you upload a set of pictures, it automatically fixes the pictures for you, whether you want it or not. For example it gets rid of red eyes etc. So in order to prevent it from doing that, you can turn it off. Go to Edit,Preferences and it will give you the option of turning it off or on.
Tagging a picture is a very effective way to organize your pictures. There are many ways in which you can organize your pictures. It will automatically organize your pictures by date, by name, by how recently you have taken your picture etc.
Under create you can create photo book pictures. This feature will let you create a page for your book. Lets say you want to make a bunch of pictures and turn it into a collage looking image. For example, you can choose in what position your pictures are in, in a line, in different positions on your page, you can choose which pictures to put on the page book and which ones to put on the second, third, or any other page that you want. It is kind of like a cover page for a book!
You can make as many collections of pictures you want, on photoshop, but it will not affect the pictures on your computer. But when you are trying to organize pictures on your own, you are most likely to end up with duplicates of a picture. But with photoshop, you can change anything, and it will not change the location, or the amount of pictures on your hard drive. Now backing up is different from having duplicates of a picture. Backing up is when you have a copy of your picture stored so that if you have messed up a picture, you have the original copy. But having duplicates is when you are trying to sort pictures but you accidentally end up with more than one of the same picture.
XF file is a picture that has information attached to it, but you can't see it, even if you print it.
For example, someone send yous a picture that has information attached to it, and say a teacher comes by and asks you what you are doing, you will say that you are simply, and innocently, looking at a picture, when you are really reading, or listening to the message it holds. The good thing is that the teacher will not find out, and if you print the picture, you will not see the message.
Here's something cool. If you don't have a printer at home and can't print pictures, and your too lazy to go to the store and let them print it for you, you can drag your picture(s) onto the Order Prints toolbar, fill out a form, and they will mail the pictures to you!!
So why not get photoshop to help you get organized in a blink of an eye!!
That's all for now,
Bye.
- Peggy .
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
We didn't win, but we gained a lot of experience!
Hello everyone. You see, I could say that we all had a great time in class today and that we got time to work on our pictures that are due any time soon, but I can't say that, because I wasn't at school, and WE HAD NO BTT TODAY!!! =]
While everyone was spending the day working and learning, my team mates and I spent the day loosing various volleyball games, against other schools. Yes, that is pretty sad, but on the bright side, we all had a great time spending the volleyball season together and got to learn new skills each and every day. Even though we didn't win, we were still very proud of our hard work, and that's what matters. We spent the day at A.Y Jackson, and yes it is a high school, and surprisingly my future school, playing volleyball against the other schools. So I guess at this point I can say that winning is not everything and it's okay to sometimes loose!
That's all for now.
Good Bye.
- Peggy .
While everyone was spending the day working and learning, my team mates and I spent the day loosing various volleyball games, against other schools. Yes, that is pretty sad, but on the bright side, we all had a great time spending the volleyball season together and got to learn new skills each and every day. Even though we didn't win, we were still very proud of our hard work, and that's what matters. We spent the day at A.Y Jackson, and yes it is a high school, and surprisingly my future school, playing volleyball against the other schools. So I guess at this point I can say that winning is not everything and it's okay to sometimes loose!
That's all for now.
Good Bye.
- Peggy .
Monday, March 9, 2009
Work Work and more Work.
Work Work Work. We are almost done with the Microsoft Word Book. Friday is the last date for us to publish any work we have done on the book, because Mr.Case is going to be working on it in March break and wants it published as soon as possible or else they will not accept our book and will not let us sell it. So get you're things in as soon as possible!
Anyways, what we did in class was work on our photoshop pictures. We have to complete 5-10 pictures from scratch by Friday the latest and upload them onto the wiki. Also get your pictures in and uploaded so that Mr.Case can mark them. We basically got the whole period to work on and finish our pictures and get them in. Also go check out everyone's pictures on the wiki, people did such a nice job of their pictures! =]
That's all for now.
Tootles.
- Peggy .
Anyways, what we did in class was work on our photoshop pictures. We have to complete 5-10 pictures from scratch by Friday the latest and upload them onto the wiki. Also get your pictures in and uploaded so that Mr.Case can mark them. We basically got the whole period to work on and finish our pictures and get them in. Also go check out everyone's pictures on the wiki, people did such a nice job of their pictures! =]
That's all for now.
Tootles.
- Peggy .
Friday, March 6, 2009
You don't need art skills to be an artist. . Just belive in yourself!
I would love to say that I can sit on the computer for hours creating a unique picture, from scratch, but I truly can't. Not to mention that my art skills, well, not so great. In some ways, I would love to make an interesting piece of artwork using photoshop, but I doubt that imagination is enough to make that happen. Although you need a wild imagination to get started on an original piece of work, you still need art skills to make them happen. I have spent the last few classes, and some time at home, trying to make my snowman look its best. I have gone a long distance to get to where I am now, but I think that I can improve my drawing. However, I am going to make a new picture at home on the weekend, hoping it will look better than my evil snowman.
Anyways, today in class, we got to spend the whole period fixing up our pictures, and adding finishing touches to them. Last class, Mr.Case showed us how to make our own art gallery to put our pictures into so that others in the class could see them. I also have made a gallery of my own, and I'm hoping to get some pictures uploaded into them as soon as possible.
That's it for this week.
Good Night. [And yes, I am writing this at night, and I'm about to go to bed (: ]
- Peggy .
Anyways, today in class, we got to spend the whole period fixing up our pictures, and adding finishing touches to them. Last class, Mr.Case showed us how to make our own art gallery to put our pictures into so that others in the class could see them. I also have made a gallery of my own, and I'm hoping to get some pictures uploaded into them as soon as possible.
That's it for this week.
Good Night. [And yes, I am writing this at night, and I'm about to go to bed (: ]
- Peggy .
Thursday, March 5, 2009
And the award goes to the best looking. . . EYE !?
Everyone wants their picture to look the best and the most unique one from a group of pictures. And why wouldn't you? Photoshop isn't all about having the best border for your picture, or the best and most meaningful text on your picture either. Now, I'm not saying those things don't count, but there are other small, yet important, things you can do to improve your picture. Here's a simple way, using different types of filters. Here is a very cool way that you can make some one's eye in a picture look very sharp and alive looking by using filters, but by not overdoing it. A simple and quick way you can do this is by using a filter. We have used two different versions of photoshop, Photoshop Elements 1 and Photoshop Elements 5.0. Each photoshop that you work with, no matter how advanced will have a filter button. Keep in mind though that as Photoshop gets more advanced, there are more varieties of filters to choose from. However, using Elements 5.0 will cause you no problems. In a way, filters are equivalent to the special effects that you can find in PowerPoint. They are used to make a picture more attractive. There are different types of filtering, like sharpening or unsharpening a picture, making it look like it has been pencil drawn etc.
A great way to use Photoshop easily and efficiently, is to know which tool to use for which task. That way, it saves you time from searching the menu bar for something to make your picture look more interesting. Here are some features of filter that you can use.
Pasteurize: It takes away all the colours in your picture except for the four main ones (CYMK)
Lets say you want to make your picture look black and white. The simplest way to do that is to use Threshold. What this feature does is that it takes your picture and makes it black and white.
Photo filter: This is used to make a picture look warmer or cooler. It all depends on the colour you use to do this. For example; you can choose orange to make your picture look more warmer.
Blur: The blur tool is, as you can guess, a tool that is used to blur a picture. There is a few different types of blurring. One of them is Motion Blur. It is when you blur a picture to make it look like it is in motion. For example you can make it blur so that the picture looks like it is being blown to one side.
Distort is a tool used to add ripples to a picture.
Brush strokes is used to puts ink on the outlines of a picture.
Spherize: It is used to make a circular shape, or any other shape, look 3-D. This feature is particularly used to make planets look more natural looking.
To add grain to a picture, you have to use the Noise tool.
Pixelating is when you make the pixels of an image stand out more.
Render is used for clouds and making pictures lighter.
Sketch is a cool way to make your picture look unique. It makes your picture look like it has been sketched, rather than made with Photoshop.
Last but not least, the texture effect adds, well, texture to your picture.
That's everything.
Bye.
- Peggy .
A great way to use Photoshop easily and efficiently, is to know which tool to use for which task. That way, it saves you time from searching the menu bar for something to make your picture look more interesting. Here are some features of filter that you can use.
Pasteurize: It takes away all the colours in your picture except for the four main ones (CYMK)
Lets say you want to make your picture look black and white. The simplest way to do that is to use Threshold. What this feature does is that it takes your picture and makes it black and white.
Photo filter: This is used to make a picture look warmer or cooler. It all depends on the colour you use to do this. For example; you can choose orange to make your picture look more warmer.
Blur: The blur tool is, as you can guess, a tool that is used to blur a picture. There is a few different types of blurring. One of them is Motion Blur. It is when you blur a picture to make it look like it is in motion. For example you can make it blur so that the picture looks like it is being blown to one side.
Distort is a tool used to add ripples to a picture.
Brush strokes is used to puts ink on the outlines of a picture.
Spherize: It is used to make a circular shape, or any other shape, look 3-D. This feature is particularly used to make planets look more natural looking.
To add grain to a picture, you have to use the Noise tool.
Pixelating is when you make the pixels of an image stand out more.
Render is used for clouds and making pictures lighter.
Sketch is a cool way to make your picture look unique. It makes your picture look like it has been sketched, rather than made with Photoshop.
Last but not least, the texture effect adds, well, texture to your picture.
That's everything.
Bye.
- Peggy .
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