It's very easy to design your own Christmas paper, if you think about the Tessellations you have made in maths. Just choose any shape that will tessellate, add your own colours, pictures or text, a bit of copy and paste and voila! Here's an example:
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Christmas Projects
Our end-of-term project this term had a Christmas theme. Here are some examples:
Chris
Mikayla
Billie-Rae
We've put some of the animations together into a little movie:
Chris
Mikayla
Billie-Rae
We've put some of the animations together into a little movie:
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
What would you do if . . . ?
After watching the YouTube movie below, Year 9 took homework sheets home to talk over with parents, about how they would handle some tricky situations.
Back in the classroom they worked collaboratively to add their ideas to our class Voice Thread. This was very easy, and everyone managed to get on with very little assistance from me.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Animated Stories for Littlies
My Year 10 ICT class ended their two-term course by creating animated stories, aimed at beginner-readers (4 - 7 years). They have created interesting, interactive stories that can be used by little people without assistance from adults. Below is a selection of their stories - because of the interactive features, they need to be downloaded to your own computer.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
End of Term 2 Already!
Time to say goodbye to another lovely group of year 9 students - I hate losing them, but I do get to meet a lot of our year 9 students so it's not all bad! Here are some of the animations we created this term - unfortunately it's not all of them but you will be able to see how clever these guys are. These are all painted and animated by the students - for most of them it was their first time using paint.
Also, a selection of PowerPoints on the topic "ICT Technology . . . Skills Learnt".
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Level 1 Technology
We are about to embark on our big technology project. This can be quite daunting for the uninitiated, as we combine several Achievement Standards in one project. Hopefully this slideshow will help you understand the process a little better.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Desktop Publishing
By following a few basic 'tried and true' design principles, and being willing to try new ideas (easy on a computer!), we can begin to produce professional-looking documents. Here are the things we discussed in class - make sure you keep referring back to this.
Google Tools and Services
We all use Google regularly, many of us on a daily basis. Google has so much to offer beyond basic searching - here are a few things to get you started:
Better Searches - Better Results (Google search tips)
Better Searches - Better Results (Google search tips)
Friday, April 18, 2008
Farewell Year 9
Unfortunately today was the last day for my Year 9 ICT class - next term they will start the next stage of the technology rotation. For the last two weeks we've been creating PowerPoint shows, to highlight some of the things they have learnt in the course. I'd love to share all their presentations here, but it is just too many so the class have selected a few for me to include here. Well done everyone - you are all fantastic!!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Year 9 Morphing & Animation
Morphing is not only fun, but also an excellent way to graphically illustrate changes from then to now, before/after etc. Consider creating your own morphed images for inclusion in presentations. Year 9 have been experimenting with the free morphing software, Sqirlz Morph.
We've also been creating our own animations (more info about that below, in Year 10 posting. Once again I've put these together in Windows Movie Maker, for inclusion here.
We've also been creating our own animations (more info about that below, in Year 10 posting. Once again I've put these together in Windows Movie Maker, for inclusion here.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Digital Photography for the Web
Adding photos to web pages requires a few more skills than just taking the photos. You want them to look as good as possible, and be sure that they will load quickly.
For a few wee tips, go to my Digital Photography page.
Today we experimented with making a flash slideshow, which can easily be added to a web page. We used an incredibly easy (no instruction necessary), free program called 'Flash Slideshow Maker' and were really delighted with the results.
For the majority of us who don't have PhotoShop at home, here's an online photo editor that has some pretty cool features - FotoFlexer.
For a few wee tips, go to my Digital Photography page.
Today we experimented with making a flash slideshow, which can easily be added to a web page. We used an incredibly easy (no instruction necessary), free program called 'Flash Slideshow Maker' and were really delighted with the results.
For the majority of us who don't have PhotoShop at home, here's an online photo editor that has some pretty cool features - FotoFlexer.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Free Rice
FreeRice has two goals:1. Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
Check it out at www.freerice.com
Ergonomics
ICT105 experimented with Google Presentations, all working together online to create one presentation. The information contained in their presentation should help you with your 2780 assessment.
Animations
Year 10 has had a great time creating their own GIF animations. Have a look at their creations:
Create your own animations at home, using Microsoft Paint, and the free UnFreez Gif Animator. Download here
I've put them together as a movie, using Windows Movie Maker (free download). Free video instruction tutorials on Movie Maker are available at Atomic Learning.
I've put them together as a movie, using Windows Movie Maker (free download). Free video instruction tutorials on Movie Maker are available at Atomic Learning.
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