Out.

Have fun while Mr. B is on vacation, and getting married!



BELANGER OUT!

Thursday, June 19

Good Morning! Today is Thursday, so that means it it the last day in the lab this week. Almost everyone yesterday had the opportunity to place their photos into Photo Story and write text on the slides. I have two microphones today, so we can actually record some narration. Afterwards, you'll export your file to a WMV (Windows Media Video).


Group 5/6 - You'll post as a downloadable file on your Weebly.com Web page.

Group 2-3-4 - You'll record to a CD-rom to take home.


As you can see, lots to do, but I also expect that people will be at different points today, so patience is needed!!


Done?
Click here for acceptable games (only when you are done!)

Wednesday, June 18

Good Morning!
Yesterday was alot of fun outside with you guys. You were well behaved & took great photos! Today you will be using the skills that you learned on Monday to create a photo slide show using PhotoStory with the photos that you took, yesterday.



Accessing your photos:
All of your photos are saved on the "polaris" file server. Simply, this means that you access the files from any computer in this room. Pretty neat. Follow these steps to open the folder:

• * Click on the start menu
• * Click on my computer
• * Click on the s:\ drive, its on the bottom
• * Click on the folder that describes your group; 5-6 or 2-3-4

Required
Your slideshow should have:

* Titles (description of what it was)
* Good transitions
* Custom Music

Here is a Web site that has "color blocks." These are good to make a background if you want to have just text on top of it, like the video below.

This is a brief video, from Mr. Belanger's point of view, of the students capturing images on Tuesday.

Tuesday, June 17

Thank you for another great day, and a day of intensive instruction! I hope today we have alot of fun!

Today is the Mr. Belanger's famous photo scavenger hunt activity. First, a bit about photography!

* Cameras take pictures of light. All objects reflect light differently, this is why we see color. This is important to think about, so you don't shoot directly into the sun, for example.
* Flash is good--especially when you are taking pictures of people; when it is overcast, or you are in the shade.
* Handle equipment with care--you've done a great job with this so far!


The task:

You will be working in teams of 2-4 people to create funny photos that you can then use in PhotoStory, tomorrow. The key to the hunt is creativity, and the result is new friends, new memories and some really great pictures.

• Scene from a Disney movie (explaining it afterwards is half the fun!)
• Catalog pose or pretend to be a model
• Do exactly what the sign says (any sign can work)
• Most creative use of ‘leap-frog'
• "I can't believe we all fit in here!"
• Picture with an animal (the more unusual the better)
• Take your picture with someone in uniform
• Create a public work of art
• Capture your reflection in an unexpected place
• Spell something using people letters – family name, hello, SOS . . . teamwork here...
• Mimic a statue -- fountains also work well
• At least one geometric shape that is found in an unusual place
• An unsual perspective -- could be everyone's shoes, or the just top of their heads. .
• Make yourselves appear really small
• Can you find us?

Where: We will work in the circle-drive area by the theatre. Lets try our best to work here; and not spread out too far.

Rules: The only rule is that EVERYONE (except the person behind the camera) has to be in each picture, somewhere. Rotate photographers so everyone can participate. Have Fun!

When we come back in, we will work to download photos.

UPDATE: This is a really cool site, The New York Times, that did a reader photo hunt... sort of neat! http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/travel/04weekend.1.html

Monday, June 16

Good morning fellow campers! Welcome to week 2 of technology lab--if you are new, welcome, if you are a returning camper, welcome back! This week we will be working with digital story telling.

The process of digital storytelling enables students to tell their stories with a compelling and competitive voice.

Tutorials/Screen Casts
Tutorial 1 Beginning the digital storytelling process, corresponds to pages 1-2 of the tutorial handout.
Tutorial 2 Removing black borders from images, corresponds to page 3 of the tutorial handout.
Tutorial 3 Adding text to a title slide or image, corresponds to page 4 of the tutorial handout.
Tutorial 4 Adding your voice narration.
Tutorial 5 Customizing motion with Pans
Tutorial 6 Customizing motion with Zooms
Tutorial 7 Fine tuning motion in your digital story
Tutorial 8 Adding transitions
Tutorial 9 Adding background music-mp3's
Tutorial 10 Adding background music-onboard music
Tutorial 11 Finishing Your Digital Story

Group 5/6

* Start by logging into http://www.weebly.com/ -- navigate to your blog page, and create a new entry. Today's entry is: Why is it important for schools, librays, etc to block (filter) some Web sites. Be creative, and think outside of the box here.

* Instruction: Screencast introduction of PhotoStory 3

* Lab: Practice DST by creating a very small show. Lab limitation: we do not have headphones or microphones, yet. Focus on inserting photos, titles, and telling the story.

* You will need to createa folder on your desktop called DST Practice (right click on desktop New Folder Type the name)

* Save these images to that folder on the desktop (right-click, "Save Picture as"):

1. Image 1
2. Image 2
3. Image 3
4. Image 4
5. Image 5
6. Image 6
7. Image 7
8. Image 8

* Click on PhotoStory from the desktop, insert the saved photos, and add a "tag line for each story" -- When you are done, you may export it, and then I'd like you try t upload it to your http://www.weebly.com/ as a second blog entry, and add it as an attachment (under multimedia!)

This is my example, silly, but it worked!

Thursday, June 12

Today is the last day in the lab this week. You have made this a great 1st week of camp, and a sign of many great things to come!


GROUP 5/6
Blog topic of the day: Current Technology News... Two teenagers who posted a malicious "fire in the hole" prank on YouTube are now dealing with the real-life concequences from their actions. After reading this short article, write a response about this apparent misuse of the internet.

Do you think that their court-ordered sentence of "to write, film, and post their video apology on YouTube, as well as pay $30 to clean the restaurant and serve 100 hours of community service" is enough, or too much?

YOU BE THE JUDGE!


Today's Agenda:

1. Post daily blog topic
2. Finish All About Me page on Weebly
3. Add a photo (if we can get a camera) to your Home Page
4. Possible free time?

Group 2/3/4

Today's Agenda:
You will be able to play online games today. Here are some of the options:

• Lego.com
• Hidden Pictures (Highlights)
• Goosebumps Slime Shooter
• I Spy (Older students only)
• Cartoon Network (Mostly older students)
• Scholastic Books (Games about books)

Wednesday, June 11

Good Morning Panther Campers!

Another great and productive day yesterday. It sure makes my job much easier when you are on task, and ready to learn the skill-set that I have for you that day. Thanks!


GROUP 5/6

You will continue to work on your Weebly.com project. Notice that I have put hyperlinks to the right of ALL of your projects!


TODAY'S TIPS:
* Don't forget to use the "publish" after each time you make an edit-->




* Don't forget to "publish live" after you write a blog -->








Today's blog: Write about the last item or thing(s) that you had to save up money to purchase.





Today's lesson/Activities:

* Mr. B to teach LINKS, PHOTOS & GOOGLE MAPS

* Do you have a page called "All about me?" If not, create one.
* Create your page as if you are trying to sell yourself



* Include:

* Your name (Obviously)
* Photo of yourself, family, friends?
* Where were you born? Links???
* What school did you goto last year? (Add a link, picture, etc)
* What do you do in your spare time? (Photos, links, etc)
* Your favorite vacation spot? (Links, photos, etc)
* What are you looking forward to in camp this summer? Next school year?

Group 2/3/4

Today we will be working on basic powerpoint skills today, and creating a mock powerpoint.

Tuesday, June 10

Good morning, and welcome to the 2nd day of SFCC Summer Youth Enrichment Camp. Yesterday was a great start to the program. We worked through a little bit of technical difficulty--and I appreciate your flexibility and patience. I hope that we don't have to have many of "those days."

This both classes will have similar topics, but will publish them using different medias.

For the next three days we will be looking at getting to know one another. If you were here last year, you may recall the "get to know you PowerPoint." Each group will be using different software or Web applications, but will have some of the same criteria.

Do not forget the rules of the Web:

• Only write your first name & last initial -- NO EXCEPTIONS
• Never write your address, phone number or other personal information
• Never chat with someone that you do not already know

GRADES 2/3/4

• You will be creating a short presentation using PowerPoint
  (Start All Programs Microsoft Office Microsoft PowerPoint 2007)
  
  

GRADES 5/6

• Today will begin the process of quite a large portfolio. We are going to use a Web application called http://www.weebly.com/

The how-to:

• Visit http://www.weebly.com/
• Create an account (try to make your username either unique or your firstname, last initial) -- if you do not have an email address, use: sfcc@ianbelanger.com
• Click on the new page button, add a BLOG page, name it Blog
• Write a new entry, topic: You just watched a video called "Did you know 2.0?" - Write about at least one thing that REALLY surprised you in that video. How might this class help better prepare you?
• Create a new page, title it "All about me!" - This is the page where all your information will go.

The BIG checklist (a.k.a. what to include!)

• Your name (Obviously)
• Photo of yourself, family, friends?
• Where were you born?
• What school did you goto last year?
• What do you do in your spare time?
• Your favorite vacation spot?
• What are you looking forward to in camp this summer? Next school year?

Monday - June 9

Today's agenda:

I want to get to know you, so let's take a quick survey.


Summer Camp Surveys:

• If you are in the 1st class: CLICK HERE
• If you are in the 2nd class: CLICK HERE

Agenda:

1) Discuss lab rules & Internet safety

• This is a classroom - No foolishness (running, etc)
• No food/Drinks
• Internet is a privledge, not a right
• We will be "publishing" work online -- we will only use first names & last inital

2) Today we will be working with a Web site that allows you to make comic strips, its called www.TOONDOO.com

• Username: sfcc
• Password: summercamp

Directions: You will be creating a comic strip! It can be a real situation, like a conversation with a friend, or imaginative.