Friday, Jan 12
There is a week and a half left in the semester. So this is not when you should be wasting time! Your Adobe Premier Elements Video is due on Wed. Jan 17. You should be finished filming by Wednesday, editing on Monday and doing your write up and self assessment on Tuesday.
here is the instructions for the reduced final assignment. Read the instructions carefully!! You are responsible for a Word document write up as well as ONE of the following: a Photoshop poster, an Illustrator iPhone case or an Elements commercial.
It is a SOLO project, unless you choose to do the video. Then you may work in groups of 2.
Final Assignment for Info Tech 9
Wednesday, Dec 20
In the first 5-10 min of class you should be telling me who is in your group as well as what song you would like to do. I will look up the lyrics and let you know if you are able to do it or not. The rest of the time should be spent on your scenes. This is NOT a time to get caught up.
Adobe Premiere Elements Music Video
Monday, Dec 18
Adobe Elements Intro Assignment
Friday, Dec 15
Hello class! I am unexpectedly away today. Please complete your final Adobe illustrator project and email to me today. If you do finish you may open Adobe premiere elements and play around with it or work on your code.org.
If you have not gotten your planning approved by me, unfortunately there isn’t much I can do about that now. You need to continue with your project and make sure you are using appropriate colors and that your card is cohesive and works all together.
Ask other students for opinions if necessary. I will see you on Monday when we begin Adobe premiere elements for video editing.
Monday, Dec 11
Work to email in:
- Pathfinder practice assignments (2)
- Vector pen tool drawing
- Toy Story re-creation
- Batman logo re-creation
The Info Tech logo or replicated logos for twitter, snapchat, apple and Yoshi are NOT due and therefore if you have not completed then yet, just continue to the Final Assignment.
Adobe Illustrator Final Assignment
Create your Own Business Card – READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!
Then complete the planning stage before moving on. I created a basic sample for you (I would like a little more from you then what I have provided)
Illustrator final project planning
Illustrator final project planning – Sample
Friday, Dec 8
Duplicate Batman Logo
1.) In Adobe Illustrator –> File –> New (landscape orientation – 11 x 8.5)
2.) Copy the image (right click –> copy image) and paste (crtl+v)
3.) Resize image to fit on screen ( using select tool [v] and holding down shift+alt, drag the corner of the image till it fits on the page)
4.) Lock the layer (click the blank space next to the eye) then create a new layer on top (this will be the layer we create our logo on so make sure it is selected)
5.) Make sure that your fill is cleared (red line) and your stroke is bright green or purple and at least 2 pt. thick (so you can see it)
6.) Left click around the batman logo, make sure to enclose it at the end (Very Important! – the fewest points possible. 3 points per curve MAX)
7.) Use the anchor point tool to match the curves to the logo image
8.) Use ellipse to create background oval
9.) be creative with the fill and stroke colours/ styles to create the best logo possible.
When you are finished, try to create your own logo for IT class!
- use a new document, 8.5″ x 11″
- you should use both shape tools as well as the pen tool
- your logo should have 3 elements (shapes or letters)
- it should include 3 different colours
Think about IT class and what images/shapes might best represent this class if you were to design a logo for posters/business cards advertising the class.
********OR********
Practice these other logos
Thursday, Dec 7
Adobe Illustrator – Pen Tool Practice Exercise
***You will need to get the AI file from me***
1.) Make sure you have selected the working layer and made it visible in the layer panel
2.) Make sure you have NO FILL (so colour doesn’t cover the instructions as you go)
3.)Read and follow instructions… on the illustrator file
When you are finished, try to duplicate the Toy Story 3 logo (you do not need to include the Disney-Pixar)
Tuesday, Dec 5
We will watch the pathfinder tutorial together, then I would like you to try these pathfinder practice shapes. I would like you to make a single Illustrator file, but with 2 artboards for the 2 different practice assignments. When you are finished please send me an email with a single attachment that includes BOTH artboards.
Here are the practice shapes.
Monday, Dec 4
If you would like some of the tutorial main points in print, they can be found at this website: http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/getting-started-in-illustrator/
You will have today and tomorrow to complete watching the tutorials before we move on.
Thursday, Nov 30
After you have watched a few of the tutorials and you need a break, try one of these two options:
- Watch the Roberto Blake tutorial (number 2 on your tutorials list) and follow along to create a pencil on Adobe Illustrator.
OR
2. Try to create your name on Illustrator using SHAPES (not text) Add various colour and stroke techniques to make it fun and interesting.
Wednesday, Nov 29
Beginning Adobe Illustrator
With Adobe Illustrator we will be reproducing and creating logos. This is only one small portion of the things you can do with Illustrator, but it is as far as we are going to go in this course. Below is a link to a series of tutorials. You must start with tutorial one. We will watch it in class together, but if you are absent it is up to you to watch it on your own.
Getting Started Illustrator Tutorials
There is also a folder of AI files that go with each tutorial so you may work along in AI while watching the tutorial. You will need to get these files from me before we begin.
Tuesday, Nov 21
Here are the instructions for your final Photoshop project. This project will be due at the end of next week (Dec 1). You will not have the entire time to work on it though, so use your time wisely! Wednesday of next week we will be starting Adobe Illustrator.
Friday, Nov 17
Last day to hand in work before the midterm report card!! If you are all finished everything else you may come get the 2 images required to start lesson 7. Lesson 7 will be the last lesson we do in Photoshop before the final project.
Wednesday, Nov 15
For everyone who is almost done Lesson 5 or on Lesson 6, today we are going to make a Kahoot game! You may work in partners to create your own kahoot quiz. It must be at least 10 questions with pictures for each question. I will go over how to do this with you.
Tuesday, Nov 14
Welcome Back everyone!! Hope you all had a good 4 day weekend! If you are done everything, you may begin to work on Chapter 6 of the Photoshop Classroom in a Book. You will need a layered file to work on it, so you will need to get that from me on a USB stick.
Monday, Nov 6
Good Morning! Once you begin to finish up your magazine covers you can move on to Chapter 5 of the Photoshop book. It is about touching up photos to account for things such as red eyes, poor lighting, depth of field, etc. There are 5 different photos to adjust. I will show you the first one quickly, but I would like you do it as well, taking your time. I have posted the before and after images so you will be able to see the difference.
The first photo you need to start with is a camera raw file. It is not supported by this website and therefore you will need to come pick it up from me from a usb stick.
Monday, Oct 30
Create Your Own Magazine Cover. Due Wed, Nov. 8.
Friday, Oct 27
Catch up day. Those of you that have not finished the Hawaii layering tutorial need to put nose to the grindstone today and finish up. Those of you that are all caught up can work on a postcard for a location of you choosing. You should choose 5 images to layer together.
They should include:
A background, a tourist photo of the area, a postmark and other images that represent the location. You should also include text with the name of the area and a tagline.
Thursday, Oct 26
Wednesday, Oct 25
Today we are starting on Layers!! You will be adding several layers together to create your own postcard. Follow the steps in Chapter 4 to create the Hawaii postcard.
Do not forget to click on each photo before saving it! Don’t save the thumbnail!
Tuesday, Oct 24
Hello! Sorry I am away today, I am not feeling well. Please continue with your Photoshop assignment. If you have finished, please work on the extra credit assignment at the end of the chapter. Using the photo below, transform in into black and white using Photoshop as well as the Camara Raw in Adobe Bridge. If you happen to complete that as well, choose your own landscape photos from the internet and convert them to black and white, then play with the coloured tint options.
Monday, Oct 23
We are working with touching up photos today. Follow the guide in chapter 2 of the “classroom in a book” to retouch and edit the photo. First you will need to download the folder.
Wednesday, Oct 18
Photoshop today!
Go through the following instructions to produce the correct image:
Photoshop Lesson 1 – Selections Tools
images you will need:
Tutorial help:
Book help:
Tuesday, Oct 17
Good Afternoon!
You will have a TOC today, so I expect to hear nothing but wonderful things.
Many of you have spreadsheet assignments to finish. The rest of you may open Photoshop and begin to play around. Look up some photos online and see what you might be able to do with them
Have fun and see you tmrw!
Monday, Oct 16
Spreadsheets 1-3 are due at the end of class. Please attach them all to one email and email me them with the subject as “Spreadsheets123 – Name”
For your final MS Excel project, following these instructions, using the example if necessary.
Spreadsheet Final Instructions
Excel Final Assignment Example
Tuesday. Oct 10
Continuing MS Excel. Excel spreadsheets should be formatted correctly. Marks will be taken off if it is not done right. (ie. No capitals for heading, incorrect column/row spacing, etc)
Your spreadsheet should look like the example!
I will review the next 2 spreadsheets in class.
When you have finished, you may work on missing assignments and then typing.com or code.org
Friday, Oct 6
Today we will be staring MS Excel.
After the Powerpoint presentation, please continue on to the exercise.
Follow the instructions carefully, using the link provided as a guide.
Please try to troubleshoot yourself before asking me for help.
**Your Bad Letter, your partners corrected version and the marking sheet will be due on Tuesday. Please email them to me by then.**
Wednesday, Oct 5
If you need help writing or formatting your letter, please refer to:
http://auspost.com.au/education/letterwriting/students/personal-letters.html
If you finish today,
complete the typing.com until you finish the beginner courses. once those are complete you may continue with code.org
Tuesday, Oct 3
Once your Grade 8 Winter Retreat letter corrections have been made and approved by me, you may get into pairs (also need to be approved by me) and follow these directions.
Do not forget, you want to make your letter as bad as possible! I will be looking at how difficult you made your letter to correct as well as the corrections you will be making to your friends letter.
Instructions:
Marking Criteria:
Monday, Oct 2
Here is the document you will need to correct. Save one version of the document as the original, then fix the document. Once you fix it, save it again as a SEPARATE file. So you should have 2 versions saved, the original and the fixed copy. You are NOT to just re-type to document. That is not the purpose of this exercise.
If you need assistance re-formatting the document, first try this link
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/word2010/
if you still have questions, ask for help.
Document to change:
Grade 8 Winter Retreat – Bad Formatting
When you are finished you may go to typing.com – https://www.typing.com/student/join#59B2D8104A3D9
or code.org if you have also finished the beginner typing lessons.
Thursday, Sept 28
Today you will be watching another word tutorial.
Tutorial 5 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkrhiqEiTOw&t=2s
When you are finished, use what you have learned so far to create a flier for an event in a new MS Word document. It may be any type of event you wish, such as a book club meeting, a movie premiere, a music concert, food festival, video game tournament, etc. Use your imagination!
Your flyer should include:
- COLOUR! Lots of it!
- A title (name of your event)
- some text with the details of your event, such as time, place, maybe a summary depending on what you are doing.
- Several pictures (at least 3)
- page borders
- word art
If you have any questions about whether to include/not include something, ask!
You will have tomorrow to work on all three assignments to get caught up if necessary.
Wednesday, Sept 27
I am away again today. Please work on the following. Do not send me the completed assignments yet. I will get them all together next week. Please also remember to put your name and the name of the assignment as the subject line when you do eventually send them to me. It is very time consuming to go through each email to figure out who has sent what.
Please watch the following tutorials for MS Word:
Tutorial 3 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Qj5etaqL8
Tutorial 4 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44o0fknfH_E
You are then to create a survey for your fellow classmates about their heritage. In a new word document, design a questionnaire that might be given out to a class to collect information on each individual’s heritage. The questions may include ideas such as (but are not limited to) culture, traditions, food or about the country itself. (ie. Have you ever traveled to the country of your heritage? If so, when? or What are some common traditional foods in that country?) Keep the questions respectful and thoughtful.
Things to include in your questionnaire:
- at least 10 questions with space to answer (use textboxes)
- a header that allows someone to write their name and block
- a watermark so that no one can copy your questionnaire!
- page numbers at the bottom of each page
- add a page border
- change the page colour
Be creative! Use the possibilities of MS Word to your full advantage. Your questionnaire should be cohesive and the colours, art, etc. should complement each other. Same goes for the previous assignment. The colours/ clip art you choose should complement the poem you selected.
Here is an example if you need it:
Unit 2 – Lesson 2 – Questionnaire Example
Tuesday Sept, 26
Today you are starting the Microsoft Word unit. You are to watch the 2 tutorials below and complete the assignment.
Tutorial 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_ddFubJ3tc
Tutorial 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3H9o1W06o0
The Assignment is as follows:
Choose one of the poems below and re-format it.
You need to look the poem up online to make sure each line and paragraph start where they need to.
ie) rather then: The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
it should look like
Other things to change:
-font – size – colour – add clip art – page alignment
You have the freedom to choose what you would like to change. However, you need to add at least one clip art, change the font at least once, the size once and the colour once.
If you are already comfortable with MS Word, you may skip the first tutorial but you should be working on Poem 3 then.
Those that have completed this class before should also be adding to this assignment on their own (ie. using several fonts, colours and clip arts)
When you are finished please work on typing.com
Here is the link to get started: http://www.typing.com/student/join#59B2D8104A3D9
please email me if you have any questions, I will try to check it as often as possible
Have a great day!
- Ms. Truss
Thursday, Sept 20
Review for test
- create a foldable with the the components listed on one side and the functions listed on the other side. Use it to test yourself or a partner
- see if you can label the computer town image
Monday, Sept 18
Buying a Computer Final Assignment Instructions
Buying a Computer Final Assignment Part 1
Buying a Computer Final Assignment Part 2
Answer Keys
IT 9 – Components Worksheet – Answer Key
IT 9 – Computer Comparison activity – Step 1 – Answer Key
Basic Parts of a Computer Answer Keys
Thursday, Sept 14
Lastly, there is a write up as to what computer you think I should buy and why.
Please click on the link and follow the directions. Ask me if you have any questions!
Computer Comparison Write up – Step 3
Wednesday, Sept 13
For this next assignment, you will be using the previous 2 worksheets you completed. Be sure to have them open to refer back to.
The goal is to help me decide which computer I should buy to help me fit my needs. Using the table given in the following link, compare each component of the 2 computers deciding which component will suit my needs better and why.
When you are finished save a copy to your Info Tech folder and go to code.org
IT 9 – Computer Comparison activity Step 2
Tuesday, Sept 12
1 – Finish the Windows Scavenger Hunt if you have not yet done so.
2 – Computer Hardware Slides
These slides discuss the basics of computer hardware, much like the assignment you handed in yesterday. Please review, then proceed to the next set of slides.
IT 9-10 – Unit 1 – Lesson 2 – Parts of A Computer (part 1)
These slides go into further detail of the internal hardware within a computer. They are a bit dated, so please refer to the changes as you review the slides.
IT 9-10 – Unit 1 – Lesson 2 – Parts of A Computer (part 2)
Changes:
Slide 5 – you must also consider the graphics card requirements when choosing a power supply
Slide 8 – to clarify, these components are all part of ONE motherboard
Slide 11 – AMD has come out with some recent rival CPUs for Intel
Slide 17 – clarification: nVidia and ATI are the competitor companies, SLI is nVidia’s product and Crossfire is ATI’s product
Slide 22 – a solid state drive is getting more common among hard drives. For amount of money spent, the storage size is smaller (less bang for buck), but the access speed is faster (can load things faster). It is also more reliable because there are no moving parts
3 – Research how upgrading different components can increase a computer’s performance using the links on the following worksheet.
Fill out the worksheet and save it to your Info Tech 9/10 folder.
4 – When you have completed this, follow the instructions on the next worksheet. You will need it for the next activity.
IT 9 – Computer Comparison activity – Step 1
Tuesday Sept 12,
Grade 10 Who have Completed Info Tech 9
Create a Powerpoint presentation on the history of computers.
-One slide per decade beginning with the 1940’s and ending with 2017.
-During the 2000’s I would like one slide per every 5 years (one slide for 2000-2004, one for 2005-2009, etc) The last slide can be 2015-2017.
-On each slide list the major developments for computer technology (at least 5 per slide)
-Include at least one picture per slide
-Make sure your slide show is consistent in theme and layout
Use these sites as a reference
http://www.akita.co.uk/computing-history/
http://visual.ly/comprehensive-history-computers
Please finish this rubric and summary on a classmates’ slideshow. make any improvements on your own slideshow and email it, along with the peer rubric to Ms. Truss on Monday.
Info Tech – History of Computers Slide Show – Rubric
Monday, Sept 11.
When finished –
Sign Up For Code.org
Steps to getting set up:
1.) Click on link below
Block A – http://studio.code.org/join/RLWVGH
Block B – http://studio.code.org/join/VGMQNF
2.) Click on your name
3.) Enter password (see Ms, Truss for password)
4.) Enter age (real or made up your choice)
5.) Start at Stage 2: The Maze – Lesson 1, do not do the unplugged activity
This is where I will post your assignments, answers keys and other relevant information.
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