Women's History Wordle

Next Month (on Friday) is March which is Women's History Month, to honor and celebrate it we are going to create several wordle's.

Make 3 different wordle's of significant women in history, screen shot them using Picasa 3, save as your name and upload them using dropittome.

The Bio turned into The Wordle

You are welcome to find your own website with a BIO (biography) of a famous or notable women that history should remember.

 Bio's - http://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/womenenc.htm


Step 1. Copy all the text, select all (ctrl + A, then ctrl + c, ctrl + v to paste)


Step 2. Paste all the text into the directed area at Wordle.net
http://www.wordle.net/create


Step 3. Change the look of the Wordle, colors, fonts, direction of text, etc..


Next we need to SAVE the Wordle as a picture.


Open the program Picasa 3.
Step 1. Press the PntScn (Print Screen) key on the keyboard (upper right)
Step 2. Crop, name and save as to the Y drive.

Name all thee your name for example.
Hurst1.jpg
hurst2.jpg
hurst3.jpg



Step 5.
Either select all three and "Send To" Compressed Zip, then upload  zipped file of all three, to dropbox.using dropitto.me. OR individually upload all three.

password: lane


http://dropitto.me/lane <- click this to upload completed file.

GIMP a gif of your silly animated face

See last years silly faces - This time if you have done this assignment before expand your understanding of animation and make your animation ever BETTER. 

https://picasaweb.google.com/103325365671581899517/SillyAnimatedGifFaces?authkey=Gv1sRgCLWRk6mAy9PFJA     -     LAST YEARS Faces :)

Step 1. open GIMP (Start > program files> GIMP 2...)

Step 1.1 Find and drag into GIMP your picture day photo. (My Computer, X drive...)
(X:\Media\2012-2013\picture day)

To find your picture.
Open the INDEX.txt then use the FIND to search for your name, look at the file name on the left and then go get it.

Step 2. In GIMP: click Filters > Distorts > Iwarp
Step 3. On the Animate tab click "Animate"
Step 4. Drag the slider up to 10.
Step 5. Check Ping Pong,
Step 6. On the settings tab move parts of your face to make a silly or interesting animation, then click ok.
It has now created the frames inbetween the start position and the end position for you.



Step 7. Save the animation as filename.gif          IN your Y drive.
Step 8. after you click save the window "export file" choose to "Save as Animation"


Watch your animation by dragging the file.gif into a browser, (Internet Explorer, Chrome)

Then upload the completed file to me using drop it to me.
password: lane

http://dropitto.me/lane <- click this to upload completed file. 

Vector Valentine - Luscious Layers

You will learn how to make a heart shape and then add depth and layers to make it pretty. The assignment: The goal of this assignment is to make a digital valentine with a vector art designing application called Inkscape, you will get some practice using a computer graphics program designing something from scratch. Furthermore it is a test on how well you as a student to become more independent and see if you can read and follow tutorials without the instructor holding your hand through each step.

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To get started launch the application Inkscape.(hint: click the Start button to launch applications)

Document Setup

Step 1: Click File > Document Properties

Step 2: Set Width 800px by Height 800px.

Step 3: Check "border ontop of drawing" Then close the document properties window.

Step 4: Click File > Save As - name the file valentine

Basic Heart Shape from Circle Steps

Step 1: Use this visual tutorial and follow through to make a heart shape.

Next duplicate (ctrl + d) or edit duplicate the heart shape and leave it in place but change the fill or stroke to various patterns, gradients, colors and set the opacity of the various layers so it looks good.

Have at least 4 layers,

1=pattern

1=linear gradient

1=color

1=second gradient, or second pattern, try radial gradient...

Layers What you Need to Know

Notes to remember - the more layers with duplicating shapes and adding gradients or patterns the more advanced and fancy it will look.

Adding text and putting it on a path steps
Step 1: Use this visual tutorial and follow through to make text on a path.

Once you are completed with your design and have all the requirements are met, you will need to save the drawing.svg as your name.svg in your Y drive, then upload it to Dropbox using dropitto.me.
password: lane


http://dropitto.me/lane <- click this to upload completed file.

Make sure to rename the file to include your name: hurst_valentine.svg


If you want to send this as a finished picture file to someone you are encouraged to do so but not required.

Export as bitmap

Step 1: In Inkscape click File > Export Bitmap

Step 2: Click for export area "selection" for Bitmap size "90 dpi" (the width and height will follow) for filename "Browse and designate where you want the file and what you want it to be named. Then click Export.

Sending the image as an Email Attatchment

Step 1: Go to your email and compose an new email.

Step 2: Look for and then click the word or symbol attatchment(s). the symbol usually looks like a paperclip.

Step 3: browse for the image file name should be "valentine.png" unless you saved and exported it as something else.

OR
Sending the image as an Ecard.

Step 1: Click on this link: http://www.bigdates.com/ecard/ephoto.asp

Step 2: Click "choose file" and locate your finished file.png.

Step 3: Follow the steps on the bigdates.com website...

Design your logo

First, what is a logo?

A logo distinguishes, identifies  signifies, indicates, symbolizes or represents you or your company/organization, it should be easily recognizable while personal to you.

Look, at some famous logos and see if you can recognize them.

Logo's should be recognizable even if not in color:

Can a logo change over time? Click here to see example.

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Today's assignment: Create your own logo using Inkscape.

To get started imagine, brainstorm, visualize what you think a cool logo would look like, consider words that might describe you, or shapes that you identify with. 

Save as logo.svg to your Y drive.

3D Layers - Flame Name

Learn about 3D and Layers.

Make something recognizable. A bird, chair, horse, cat, car, logo, etc. anything that is more than just random chunks of blah.

Click here to get started, and to see the example. Guess what the example is supposed to be.

Turn it in by posting the finished URL as a comment. The URL should look like this. See below comments.
see last year assignments by 6th graders

After Supper - or before if you wanted to have more free time later.


Your Name In Flame

Examples:

Upload finished flame image here:
password: lane


http://dropitto.me/lane

Make sure to rename the file to include your name: flame_hurst.jpg

FIRST DAY!! - - Who are you, who is Mr. Hurst?... - Tech Savvy Survey

Today you are to fill out both of these forms, after you fill these both out we can hang out get to know each other and have free time on the computer.

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